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SPRINGDALE DITCH
Structure dossier · WDID 6400530 · 1 · SOUTH PLATTE RIVER · DWR record
Where this page's figures come from
Generated 2026-08-27 21:59 by Hydrohistorian. Sources: DWR HydroBase snapshot HydroBase_CO_20260707 (history) + CDSS REST (current), USGS NWIS cross-checks. Engine v0.5.0 (2deb1d7) — every figure regenerates from this named code version and data image.
Where it sits
Location as DWR records it. Faint dots are the neighbouring water; click any to open it.
Which of its rights are out of priority?
Not computable for this structure: this structure is not on the modelled flow network, so no reference gage can honestly stand in for it.
Where it sits in line
Priority 1886-07-19 — 70th most senior of the 2052 structures with decreed rights in this water districtDWR's administrative subdivision of a river basin; the unit calls are usually stated in..
Under prior appropriationColorado's rule for sharing water: first in time, first in right. Age decides, not proximity or need., everything ahead of it in this line is satisfied in full before it receives any water. Immediately ahead: SOUTH FORK WELL (1884-07-26). Immediately behind: STERLING WELL 1-R-8460 (1890-12-31).
Decreed rights (4)
| Admin noDWR's numeric encoding of a water right's seniority. Smaller is more senior; the integer part counts days from 1849-12-31 to the date that ranks the right. | AppropriatedWhen water was first put to beneficial use. It sets seniority unless a prior adjudication date is later. | AdjudicatedWhen the water court confirmed the right. A use decreed in 1975 was not a decreed use in 1955, however old the appropriation is. | AbsoluteA right actually put to use, as opposed to conditional -- a placeholder for a use not yet made. | ConditionalA right reserving a place in line for a use not yet made; it must be diligently pursued or it lapses. | Units | UsesWhat the court said this water may be used for -- irrigation, municipal supply, augmentation and so on. | Case |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13349.0 | 1886-07-19 | 1894-11-15 | 62.275 | 0.0 | C | IRRMUNAUGRCH | |
| 53074.0 | 1995-04-24 | 1995-12-31 | 26.6 | 0.0 | C | AUGRCH | |
| 55888.0 | 2003-01-06 | 2003-12-31 | 62.5 | 0.0 | C | AUGRCH | |
| 56613.55995 | 2003-04-23 | 2005-12-31 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | IRRMUNCOMFIRSTKAUGRCH |
Legal record & documents
16 decreed actions on record across
9 court cases:
03CW0195, 12CW0017, 95CW0101, 02CW0073, 86CW0368, W9206, W8104, CA0304, 00CW0253.
Every case, dated
| Case | Actions | Latest adjudication | Types |
|---|---|---|---|
03CW0195 | 6 | 2005-12-31 | O, S |
12CW0017 | 1 | 2003-12-31 | S |
95CW0101 | 1 | 1995-12-31 | S |
02CW0073 | 2 | 1995-12-31 | S |
86CW0368 | 1 | 1986-12-31 | S |
W9206 | 1 | 1978-12-31 | S |
W8104 | 1 | 1894-11-15 | O |
CA0304 | 1 | 1894-11-15 | O |
00CW0253 | 2 | 1894-11-15 | O |
DWR's own records for this structure: net amounts · transactions & adjudication history · scanned decrees (search a case number there for the imaged document). On this site: the district's full legal picture →
Recorded use (last 15 years on record)
In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 11,338 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2024, came in at 13,369 AF — 118% of that, and 13th lowest of the 15 years with a recorded volume.
This structure records both diversions and reservoir releases — they are separate water movements and are accounted separately below.
| Year | Diverted (AFA volume: one acre covered a foot deep, about 326,000 gallons -- roughly a suburban household's outdoor use for a year.) | Compared with its own record | Released (AF) | Days recorded | Peak (cfs) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 13,319 | 12th lowest of 15 · 118% of median | — | 259 | 64.2 |
| 2011 | 12,383 | 10th lowest of 15 · 109% of median | — | 264 | 64.8 |
| 2012 | 9,092 | 2nd lowest of 15 · 80% of median | — | 247 | 47.4 |
| 2013 | 8,144 | 1st lowest of 15 · 72% of median | — | 255 | 51.4 |
| 2014 | 11,338 | 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median | — | 307 | 57.7 |
| 2015 | 10,661 | 6th lowest of 15 · 94% of median | — | 216 | 71.6 |
| 2016 | 14,856 | 14th lowest of 15 · 131% of median | — | 258 | 61.6 |
| 2017 | 15,525 | 15th lowest of 15 · 137% of median | — | 187 | 81.3 |
| 2018 | 12,909 | 11th lowest of 15 · 114% of median | — | 263 | 57.9 |
| 2019 | 9,807 | 5th lowest of 15 · 86% of median | — | 221 | 45.7 |
| 2020 | 9,638 | 4th lowest of 15 · 85% of median | — | 216 | 54.6 |
| 2021 | 9,280 | 3rd lowest of 15 · 82% of median | — | 155 | 57.5 |
| 2022 | 11,191 | 7th lowest of 15 · 99% of median | — | 307 | 50.4 |
| 2023 | 12,347 | 9th lowest of 15 · 109% of median | — | 365 | 47.1 |
| 2024 | 13,369 | 13th lowest of 15 · 118% of median | — | 305 | 64.1 |
Call-derived yield: senior right divertible 34.5% of a median season / 3.7% dry-year.
Trends for this structure
Recorded use shows no clear trend over its last 15 recorded years — which is itself worth knowing.
How good is our record of it?
Grade A (9/10 points) — the components below are the finding; the letter alone is not.
The rubric, component by component
| Check | State | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| identity | complete | name, type, and water source all on file |
| decreed rights | on file | 4 right(s), seniority decoded |
| diversion record | present | 13189 measured days; currency unknown (no data-coverage date to compare against) |
| record continuity | continuous | 83% of the irrigation seasons in 1950-2024 carry measured days |
| published-record stability | stable | no upstream revisions recorded against this structure |
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