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Structure dossier · WDID 6400535 · DITCH · SOUTH PLATTE RIVER · DWR record
South Platte Ditch is a ditch on South Platte River in Colorado. This page is its public record: the water it has a right to, whether it may take it today, and its history, compiled from the Colorado Division of Water Resources.
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Where this page's figures come from
Generated 2026-10-31 02:30 by Hydrohistorian. Sources: DWR HydroBase snapshot HydroBase_CO_20260928 (history) + CDSS REST (current), USGS NWIS cross-checks. Engine v0.5.0 (3876149) — every figure regenerates from this named code version and data image.
Who owns it
- The South Platte Ditch Company (nonprofit corporation) — probable match, from the Colorado Secretary of State business record ↗; verify before relying on it. A nonprofit corporation of this name, in good standing, with its principal office in Merino; matched on the name and the location, not confirmed by the company.
DWR’s own records name no owner for a ditch, reservoir or well, so this comes from the source shown and can be out of date. Organisations only: a private landowner’s name is never listed.
Where this structure is measured
| Gage | Flowing now | Record | How we know |
|---|---|---|---|
| SOUTH PLATTE DITCH SPLDITCO | 33.32 cfs | 2008–2026, 6,619 days | DWR telemetry mapping |
A green link is DWR's own: either its telemetry inventory maps this WDID to that station, or the station is named for this WDID (0700553 → 0700553A). An amber one is ours — the station sits within 250 m and shares a distinctive word with this structure's name, which is a strong hint rather than a DWR statement that this gage meters this structure. Wrong? Tell us.
Flowing now
33.32 cfs as of 2026-10-30 22:45 (3.8 h ago)
Provisional 15-minute telemetry from SPLDITCO ↗ (SOUTH PLATTE DITCH). Raw, not the approved record — it is never merged into the diversion history below. DWR publishes the official diversion record after the water year closes and is approved, which is why that record ends months back while this reads minutes ago.
In short
SOUTH PLATTE DITCH holds 9 decreed rights on SOUTH PLATTE RIVER. No active call senior to its rights reaches its district today (16 active calls checked), so it is in priority now. 2 further calls state no district and sit outside this one, so they are counted here rather than assumed either way. That is today's position; the weeks ahead cannot be projected for it: no gage record for this year at this date, so there is nothing to find analogs for. In a median year over its last 15 recorded years it diverts 16,260 acre-feet. That use is rising by about 339.2 acre-feet a year over 15 years (p=0.029448104214274018). It was a party to 10 court cases that also touched 14 other structures.
Assembled from the figures on this page — every number above is checked against them before it is shown (10 checked). The detail, with its method, is in the cards below.
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What is in the bundle
rights.csv— every decreed right, most senior first, with admin numbers, dates, amounts, uses and case numbers.annual_use.csv— recorded diversion by year, with releases accounted separately.curtailment_now.csv— each right's current priority status and how often it was out across analog years.court_cases.csv— the cases attached to its rights.co_parties.csv— the other structures that were parties to those cases. Not available anywhere else.call_climatology.csv— how often each right has been out of priority by week of season, with confidence intervals and the seasons the record could actually judge.README.txt— provenance, methods, limits, disclaimer, and links back to DWR's own records for verification.
Where it sits
Location as DWR records it (diversion). Faint dots are the neighbouring water; click any to open it.
Current administration
● In priority — no active call senior to this structure's rights affects its district (16 active call(s) checked).
2 further calls state no district and sit outside this one, so they are counted here rather than assumed either way.
Which of its rights are out of priority?
The outlook for the weeks ahead is not computable for this structure: no gage record for this year at this date, so there is nothing to find analogs for. Today’s position is a separate question, and it is answered in Current administration above — that screen reads the district’s active calls and needs no reference gage.
Where it sits in line
Priority 1872-05-01 — 1st 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 behind: FRITZLER WELL P00881 (1872-06-01).
On MAINSTEM at river mile 4.0, it is 4th of 255 down the reach. Immediately upstream: FOILES LF DRAW DIVR. Immediately downstream: SCHACKLEY DITCH.
Position on the modelled network, not a claim about whose water this is — a stream carries water from many rights at once, and diverted water returns to it.
Decreed rights (9)
| 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. | Alt-pointAn absolute amount decreed at another structure that may be diverted here instead -- an alternate point of diversion or an exchange. DWR calls this the APEX amount; a right showing 0.0 absolute but an alt-point amount is exercised here under another structure's decree. | Decreed forWhat the court said this water may be used for -- irrigation, municipal supply, augmentation and so on. | Case |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8157.00000 | 1872-05-01 | 1894-11-15 | 22.5 cfs | 0.0 | — | Irrigation, Augmentation +1 | 03CW0195, CA0765 +2 |
| 9542.00000 | 1876-02-15 | 1903-02-24 | 7.5 cfs | 0.0 | — | Irrigation, Augmentation +1 | CA0765, 03CW0195 |
| 12164.00000 | 1883-04-21 | 1903-02-24 | 20.0 cfs | 0.0 | — | Irrigation, Augmentation +1 | CA0765, 03CW0195 |
| 14731.00000 | 1890-05-01 | 1903-02-24 | 37.5 cfs | 0.0 | — | Irrigation, Augmentation +1 | 03CW0195, CA0765 |
| 16893.00000 | 1896-04-01 | 1902-09-29 | 50.0 cfs | 0.0 | — | Irrigation, Augmentation +1 | 03CW0195, CA0605 |
| 45364.00000 | 1974-03-15 | 1974-12-31 | 26.8 cfs | 0.0 | — | Storage, Recharge | 96CW0097, W7839 |
| 46590.00000 | 1977-07-23 | 1977-12-31 | 14.283 cfs | 0.0 | — | Storage | W8686, 93CW0039 +2 |
| 55882.53771 | 1997-03-21 | 2003-12-31 | 55.0 cfs | 65.0 cfs | — | Augmentation, Recharge | 12CW0017, 03CW0195 |
| 56613.55995 | 2003-04-23 | 2005-12-31 | 0.0 cfs | 0.0 | 104.0 cfs | Irrigation, Municipal +5 | 03CW0195 |
Amounts marked cfs are flow rates; AF are stored volumes (storage rights are decreed in acre-feet). An absolute amount of 0.0 beside an alt-point amount is not a dead right: the water is decreed at another structure, and that row records permission to divert it here instead (an alternate point or exchange). A case listing several numbers reflects the original decree plus later change cases.
How much of this decree was in priority, by day
A right is in priority on a day when it is senior to every call administering this structure. Of its 233.583 cfs decreed rate, the average day over the last 5 year(s) had 173.693 cfs in priority (74% of the decree). No call in effect is a free river — that was 48.1% of days.
On 904 days some rights were in priority and others were not — seniority splits a decree rather than switching it off. Calls are set and released at a time of day, not at midnight, so a day is counted by the hour: a call setting at 4pm costs that day a third of its rate, not all of it. A call began or ended mid-day on 61 of these days.
This is paper water. It is the decreed rate that was in priority — not water that was physically in the stream, and not water this structure diverted. A ditch can be in priority for 50 cfs on a day the creek carries five. What that distinction means →
| Year | Mean in priority (Apr–Sep) | Share of decree | Free-river days | Days fully out |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 84.56 cfs | 36% | 57 | 0 |
| 2025 | 120.07 cfs | 51% | 174 | 0 |
| 2024 | 144.31 cfs | 62% | 225 | 0 |
| 2023 | 193.44 cfs | 83% | 263 | 0 |
| 2022 | 103.74 cfs | 44% | 131 | 0 |
Show the last 120 days, day by day
| Date | In priority | Controlling call |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-30 | 137.5 cfs (59%) | SOUTH PLATTE RIVER COMPACT, 1897-06-14 · South Platte River · same source, at or above the calling point |
| 2026-10-29 | 137.5 cfs (59%) | SOUTH PLATTE RIVER COMPACT, 1897-06-14 · South Platte River · same source, at or above the calling point |
| 2026-10-28 | 137.5 cfs (59%) | SOUTH PLATTE RIVER COMPACT, 1897-06-14 · South Platte River · same source, at or above the calling point |
| 2026-10-27 | 137.5 cfs (59%) | SOUTH PLATTE RIVER COMPACT, 1897-06-14 · South Platte River · same source, at or above the calling point |
| 2026-10-26 | 137.5 cfs (59%) | SOUTH PLATTE RIVER COMPACT, 1897-06-14 · South Platte River · same source, at or above the calling point |
| 2026-10-25 | 137.5 cfs (59%) | SOUTH PLATTE RIVER COMPACT, 1897-06-14 · South Platte River · same source, at or above the calling point |
| 2026-10-24 | 137.5 cfs (59%) | SOUTH PLATTE RIVER COMPACT, 1897-06-14 · South Platte River · same source, at or above the calling point |
| 2026-10-23 | 137.5 cfs (59%) | SOUTH PLATTE RIVER COMPACT, 1897-06-14 · South Platte River · same source, at or above the calling point |
| 2026-10-22 | 137.5 cfs (59%) | SOUTH PLATTE RIVER COMPACT, 1897-06-14 · South Platte River · same source, at or above the calling point |
| 2026-10-21 | 137.5 cfs (59%) | SOUTH PLATTE RIVER COMPACT, 1897-06-14 · South Platte River · same source, at or above the calling point |
| 2026-10-20 | 137.5 cfs (59%) | SOUTH PLATTE RIVER COMPACT, 1897-06-14 · South Platte River · same source, at or above the calling point |
| 2026-10-19 | 137.5 cfs (59%) | SOUTH PLATTE RIVER COMPACT, 1897-06-14 · South Platte River · same source, at or above the calling point |
| 2026-10-18 | 137.5 cfs (59%) | SOUTH PLATTE RIVER COMPACT, 1897-06-14 · South Platte River · same source, at or above the calling point |
| 2026-10-17 | 137.5 cfs (59%) | SOUTH PLATTE RIVER COMPACT, 1897-06-14 · South Platte River · same source, at or above the calling point |
| 2026-10-16 | 137.5 cfs (59%) | SOUTH PLATTE RIVER COMPACT, 1897-06-14 · South Platte River · same source, at or above the calling point |
| 2026-10-15 | 137.5 cfs (59%) | SOUTH PLATTE RIVER COMPACT, 1897-06-14 · South Platte River · same source, at or above the calling point |
| 2026-10-14 | 137.5 cfs (59%) | SOUTH PLATTE RIVER COMPACT, 1897-06-14 · South Platte River · same source, at or above the calling point |
| 2026-10-13 | 137.5 cfs (59%) | SOUTH PLATTE RIVER COMPACT, 1897-06-14 · South Platte River · same source, at or above the calling point |
| 2026-10-12 | 137.5 cfs (59%) | SOUTH PLATTE RIVER COMPACT, 1897-06-14 · South Platte River · same source, at or above the calling point |
| 2026-10-11 | 137.5 cfs (59%) | SOUTH PLATTE RIVER COMPACT, 1897-06-14 · South Platte River · same source, at or above the calling point |
| 2026-10-10 | 137.5 cfs (59%) | SOUTH PLATTE RIVER COMPACT, 1897-06-14 · South Platte River · same source, at or above the calling point |
| 2026-10-09 | 137.5 cfs (59%) | SOUTH PLATTE RIVER COMPACT, 1897-06-14 · South Platte River · same source, at or above the calling point |
| 2026-10-08 | 137.5 cfs (59%) | SOUTH PLATTE RIVER COMPACT, 1897-06-14 · South Platte River · same source, at or above the calling point |
| 2026-10-07 | 137.5 cfs (59%) | SOUTH PLATTE RIVER COMPACT, 1897-06-14 · South Platte River · same source, at or above the calling point |
| 2026-10-06 | 137.5 cfs (59%) | SOUTH PLATTE RIVER COMPACT, 1897-06-14 · South Platte River · same source, at or above the calling point |
| 2026-10-05 | 137.5 cfs (59%) | SOUTH PLATTE RIVER COMPACT, 1897-06-14 · South Platte River · same source, at or above the calling point |
| 2026-10-04 | 137.5 cfs (59%) | SOUTH PLATTE RIVER COMPACT, 1897-06-14 · South Platte River · same source, at or above the calling point |
| 2026-10-03 | 137.5 cfs (59%) | SOUTH PLATTE RIVER COMPACT, 1897-06-14 · South Platte River · same source, at or above the calling point |
| 2026-10-02 | 137.5 cfs (59%) | SOUTH PLATTE RIVER COMPACT, 1897-06-14 · South Platte River · same source, at or above the calling point |
| 2026-10-01 | 137.5 cfs (59%) | SOUTH PLATTE RIVER COMPACT, 1897-06-14 · South Platte River · same source, at or above the calling point |
| 2026-09-30 | 137.5 cfs (59%) | SOUTH PLATTE RIVER COMPACT, 1897-06-14 · South Platte River · same source, at or above the calling point |
| 2026-09-29 | 137.5 cfs (59%) | SOUTH PLATTE RIVER COMPACT, 1897-06-14 · South Platte River · same source, at or above the calling point |
| 2026-09-28 | 137.5 cfs (59%) | SOUTH PLATTE RIVER COMPACT, 1897-06-14 · South Platte River · same source, at or above the calling point |
| 2026-09-27 | 137.5 cfs (59%) | SOUTH PLATTE RIVER COMPACT, 1897-06-14 · South Platte River · same source, at or above the calling point |
| 2026-09-26 | 137.5 cfs (59%) | SOUTH PLATTE RIVER COMPACT, 1897-06-14 · South Platte River · same source, at or above the calling point |
| 2026-09-25 | 137.5 cfs (59%) | SOUTH PLATTE RIVER COMPACT, 1897-06-14 · South Platte River · same source, at or above the calling point |
| 2026-09-24 | 137.5 cfs (59%) | SOUTH PLATTE RIVER COMPACT, 1897-06-14 · South Platte River · same source, at or above the calling point |
| 2026-09-23 | 137.5 cfs (59%) | SOUTH PLATTE RIVER COMPACT, 1897-06-14 · South Platte River · same source, at or above the calling point |
| 2026-09-22 | 137.5 cfs (59%) | SOUTH PLATTE RIVER COMPACT, 1897-06-14 · South Platte River · same source, at or above the calling point |
| 2026-09-21 | 137.5 cfs (59%) | SOUTH PLATTE RIVER COMPACT, 1897-06-14 · South Platte River · same source, at or above the calling point |
| 2026-09-20 | 137.5 cfs (59%) | SOUTH PLATTE RIVER COMPACT, 1897-06-14 · South Platte River · same source, at or above the calling point |
| 2026-09-19 | 137.5 cfs (59%) | SOUTH PLATTE RIVER COMPACT, 1897-06-14 · South Platte River · same source, at or above the calling point |
| 2026-09-18 | 137.5 cfs (59%) | SOUTH PLATTE RIVER COMPACT, 1897-06-14 · South Platte River · same source, at or above the calling point |
| 2026-09-17 | 137.5 cfs (59%) | SOUTH PLATTE RIVER COMPACT, 1897-06-14 · South Platte River · same source, at or above the calling point |
| 2026-09-16 | 137.5 cfs (59%) | SOUTH PLATTE RIVER COMPACT, 1897-06-14 · South Platte River · same source, at or above the calling point |
| 2026-09-15 | 137.5 cfs (59%) | SOUTH PLATTE RIVER COMPACT, 1897-06-14 · South Platte River · same source, at or above the calling point |
| 2026-09-14 | 137.5 cfs (59%) | SOUTH PLATTE RIVER COMPACT, 1897-06-14 · South Platte River · same source, at or above the calling point |
| 2026-09-13 | 137.5 cfs (59%) | SOUTH PLATTE RIVER COMPACT, 1897-06-14 · South Platte River · same source, at or above the calling point |
| 2026-09-12 | 137.5 cfs (59%) | SOUTH PLATTE RIVER COMPACT, 1897-06-14 · South Platte River · same source, at or above the calling point |
| 2026-09-11 | 137.5 cfs (59%) | SOUTH PLATTE RIVER COMPACT, 1897-06-14 · South Platte River · same source, at or above the calling point |
| 2026-09-10 | 137.5 cfs (59%) | SOUTH PLATTE RIVER COMPACT, 1897-06-14 · South Platte River · same source, at or above the calling point |
| 2026-09-09 | 137.5 cfs (59%) | SOUTH PLATTE RIVER COMPACT, 1897-06-14 · South Platte River · same source, at or above the calling point |
| 2026-09-08 | 137.5 cfs (59%) | SOUTH PLATTE RIVER COMPACT, 1897-06-14 · South Platte River · same source, at or above the calling point |
| 2026-09-07 | 137.5 cfs (59%) | SOUTH PLATTE RIVER COMPACT, 1897-06-14 · South Platte River · same source, at or above the calling point |
| 2026-09-06 | 137.5 cfs (59%) | SOUTH PLATTE RIVER COMPACT, 1897-06-14 · South Platte River · same source, at or above the calling point |
| 2026-09-05 | 137.5 cfs (59%) | SOUTH PLATTE RIVER COMPACT, 1897-06-14 · South Platte River · same source, at or above the calling point |
| 2026-09-04 | 137.5 cfs (59%) | SOUTH PLATTE RIVER COMPACT, 1897-06-14 · South Platte River · same source, at or above the calling point |
| 2026-09-03 | 137.5 cfs (59%) | SOUTH PLATTE RIVER COMPACT, 1897-06-14 · South Platte River · same source, at or above the calling point |
| 2026-09-02 | 137.5 cfs (59%) | SOUTH PLATTE RIVER COMPACT, 1897-06-14 · South Platte River · same source, at or above the calling point |
| 2026-09-01 | 137.5 cfs (59%) | SOUTH PLATTE RIVER COMPACT, 1897-06-14 · South Platte River · same source, at or above the calling point |
| 2026-08-31 | 137.5 cfs (59%) | SOUTH PLATTE RIVER COMPACT, 1897-06-14 · South Platte River · same source, at or above the calling point |
| 2026-08-30 | 137.5 cfs (59%) | SOUTH PLATTE RIVER COMPACT, 1897-06-14 · South Platte River · same source, at or above the calling point |
| 2026-08-29 | 137.5 cfs (59%) | SOUTH PLATTE RIVER COMPACT, 1897-06-14 · South Platte River · same source, at or above the calling point |
| 2026-08-28 | 137.5 cfs (59%) | SOUTH PLATTE RIVER COMPACT, 1897-06-14 · South Platte River · same source, at or above the calling point |
| 2026-08-27 | 137.5 cfs (59%) | SOUTH PLATTE RIVER COMPACT, 1897-06-14 · South Platte River · same source, at or above the calling point |
| 2026-08-26 | 137.5 cfs (59%) | SOUTH PLATTE RIVER COMPACT, 1897-06-14 · South Platte River · same source, at or above the calling point |
| 2026-08-25 | 137.5 cfs (59%) | SOUTH PLATTE RIVER COMPACT, 1897-06-14 · South Platte River · same source, at or above the calling point |
| 2026-08-24 | 137.5 cfs (59%) | SOUTH PLATTE RIVER COMPACT, 1897-06-14 · South Platte River · same source, at or above the calling point |
| 2026-08-23 | 137.5 cfs (59%) | SOUTH PLATTE RIVER COMPACT, 1897-06-14 · South Platte River · same source, at or above the calling point |
| 2026-08-22 | 137.5 cfs (59%) | SOUTH PLATTE RIVER COMPACT, 1897-06-14 · South Platte River · same source, at or above the calling point |
| 2026-08-21 | 137.5 cfs (59%) | SOUTH PLATTE RIVER COMPACT, 1897-06-14 · South Platte River · same source, at or above the calling point |
| 2026-08-20 | 137.5 cfs (59%) | SOUTH PLATTE RIVER COMPACT, 1897-06-14 · South Platte River · same source, at or above the calling point |
| 2026-08-19 | 137.5 cfs (59%) | SOUTH PLATTE RIVER COMPACT, 1897-06-14 · South Platte River · same source, at or above the calling point |
| 2026-08-18 | 137.5 cfs (59%) | SOUTH PLATTE RIVER COMPACT, 1897-06-14 · South Platte River · same source, at or above the calling point |
| 2026-08-17 | 137.5 cfs (59%) | SOUTH PLATTE RIVER COMPACT, 1897-06-14 · South Platte River · same source, at or above the calling point |
| 2026-08-16 | 137.5 cfs (59%) | HARMONY DITCH 1, 1897-05-03 · South Platte River · same source, at or above the calling point |
| 2026-08-15 | 101.667 cfs (44%) | STERLING IRR CO DITCH 1, 1882-10-18 · South Platte River · same source, at or above the calling point |
| 2026-08-14 | 30.0 cfs (13%) | STERLING IRR CO DITCH 1, 1882-09-04 · South Platte River · same source, at or above the calling point |
| 2026-08-13 | 30.0 cfs (13%) | STERLING IRR CO DITCH 1, 1882-07-01 · South Platte River · same source, at or above the calling point |
| 2026-08-12 | 30.0 cfs (13%) | STERLING IRR CO DITCH 1, 1882-06-22 · South Platte River · same source, at or above the calling point |
| 2026-08-11 | 30.0 cfs (13%) | STERLING IRR CO DITCH 1, 1882-06-22 · South Platte River · same source, at or above the calling point |
| 2026-08-10 | 30.0 cfs (13%) | STERLING IRR CO DITCH 1, 1882-06-22 · South Platte River · same source, at or above the calling point |
| 2026-08-09 | 30.0 cfs (13%) | STERLING IRR CO DITCH 1, 1882-06-22 · South Platte River · same source, at or above the calling point |
| 2026-08-08 | 30.0 cfs (13%) | STERLING IRR CO DITCH 1, 1882-06-22 · South Platte River · same source, at or above the calling point |
| 2026-08-07 | 30.0 cfs (13%) | STERLING IRR CO DITCH 1, 1882-06-22 · South Platte River · same source, at or above the calling point |
| 2026-08-06 | 30.0 cfs (13%) | STERLING IRR CO DITCH 1, 1882-06-22 · South Platte River · same source, at or above the calling point |
| 2026-08-05 | 30.0 cfs (13%) | STERLING IRR CO DITCH 1, 1882-06-22 · South Platte River · same source, at or above the calling point |
| 2026-08-04 | 30.0 cfs (13%) | STERLING IRR CO DITCH 1, 1882-06-22 · South Platte River · same source, at or above the calling point |
| 2026-08-03 | 30.0 cfs (13%) | STERLING IRR CO DITCH 1, 1882-09-04 · South Platte River · same source, at or above the calling point |
| 2026-08-02 | 30.0 cfs (13%) | STERLING IRR CO DITCH 1, 1882-09-04 · South Platte River · same source, at or above the calling point |
| 2026-08-01 | 30.0 cfs (13%) | STERLING IRR CO DITCH 1, 1882-07-01 · South Platte River · same source, at or above the calling point |
| 2026-07-31 | 30.0 cfs (13%) | STERLING IRR CO DITCH 1, 1882-06-22 · South Platte River · same source, at or above the calling point |
| 2026-07-30 | 30.0 cfs (13%) | STERLING IRR CO DITCH 1, 1882-06-22 · South Platte River · same source, at or above the calling point |
| 2026-07-29 | 30.0 cfs (13%) | STERLING IRR CO DITCH 1, 1882-06-22 · South Platte River · same source, at or above the calling point |
| 2026-07-28 | 30.0 cfs (13%) | STERLING IRR CO DITCH 1, 1882-06-22 · South Platte River · same source, at or above the calling point |
| 2026-07-27 | 30.0 cfs (13%) | STERLING IRR CO DITCH 1, 1882-06-22 · South Platte River · same source, at or above the calling point |
| 2026-07-26 | 30.0 cfs (13%) | STERLING IRR CO DITCH 1, 1882-06-22 · South Platte River · same source, at or above the calling point |
| 2026-07-25 | 30.0 cfs (13%) | STERLING IRR CO DITCH 1, 1882-09-04 · South Platte River · same source, at or above the calling point |
| 2026-07-24 | 30.0 cfs (13%) | STERLING IRR CO DITCH 1, 1882-06-22 · South Platte River · same source, at or above the calling point |
| 2026-07-23 | 30.0 cfs (13%) | STERLING IRR CO DITCH 1, 1882-06-22 · South Platte River · same source, at or above the calling point |
| 2026-07-22 | 30.0 cfs (13%) | STERLING IRR CO DITCH 1, 1882-06-22 · South Platte River · same source, at or above the calling point |
| 2026-07-21 | 30.0 cfs (13%) | STERLING IRR CO DITCH 1, 1882-06-22 · South Platte River · same source, at or above the calling point |
| 2026-07-20 | 30.0 cfs (13%) | STERLING IRR CO DITCH 1, 1882-06-22 · South Platte River · same source, at or above the calling point |
| 2026-07-19 | 30.0 cfs (13%) | STERLING IRR CO DITCH 1, 1882-06-22 · South Platte River · same source, at or above the calling point |
| 2026-07-18 | 30.0 cfs (13%) | STERLING IRR CO DITCH 1, 1882-06-22 · South Platte River · same source, at or above the calling point |
| 2026-07-17 | 30.0 cfs (13%) | STERLING IRR CO DITCH 1, 1882-06-22 · South Platte River · same source, at or above the calling point |
| 2026-07-16 | 30.0 cfs (13%) | STERLING IRR CO DITCH 1, 1882-06-22 · South Platte River · same source, at or above the calling point |
| 2026-07-15 | 30.0 cfs (13%) | STERLING IRR CO DITCH 1, 1882-06-22 · South Platte River · same source, at or above the calling point |
| 2026-07-14 | 30.0 cfs (13%) | STERLING IRR CO DITCH 1, 1882-06-22 · South Platte River · same source, at or above the calling point |
| 2026-07-13 | 30.0 cfs (13%) | STERLING IRR CO DITCH 1, 1882-09-04 · South Platte River · same source, at or above the calling point |
| 2026-07-12 | 30.0 cfs (13%) | STERLING IRR CO DITCH 1, 1882-09-04 · South Platte River · same source, at or above the calling point |
| 2026-07-11 | 30.0 cfs (13%) | STERLING IRR CO DITCH 1, 1882-09-04 · South Platte River · same source, at or above the calling point |
| 2026-07-10 | 30.0 cfs (13%) | STERLING IRR CO DITCH 1, 1882-09-04 · South Platte River · same source, at or above the calling point |
| 2026-07-09 | 30.0 cfs (13%) | STERLING IRR CO DITCH 1, 1882-09-04 · South Platte River · same source, at or above the calling point |
| 2026-07-08 | 30.0 cfs (13%) | STERLING IRR CO DITCH 1, 1882-06-22 · South Platte River · same source, at or above the calling point |
| 2026-07-07 | 30.0 cfs (13%) | STERLING IRR CO DITCH 1, 1882-06-22 · South Platte River · same source, at or above the calling point |
| 2026-07-06 | 40.0 cfs (17%) | LOWLINE DITCH, 1882-10-18 · South Platte River · same source, at or above the calling point |
| 2026-07-05 | 50.0 cfs (21%) | STERLING IRR CO DITCH 1, 1886-07-19 · South Platte River · same source, at or above the calling point |
| 2026-07-04 | 108.333 cfs (46%) | STERLING IRR CO DITCH 1, 1886-07-19 · South Platte River · same source, at or above the calling point |
| 2026-07-03 | 137.5 cfs (59%) | HARMONY DITCH 1, 1897-05-03 · South Platte River · same source, at or above the calling point |
How this is worked out, and what it cannot tell you
- This is a decreed rate that was in priority -- paper water, not water that was available or diverted.
- Augmentation plans, exchanges and substitute supply plans let a structure divert lawfully while out of priority; none are modelled.
- Calls on the river this source flows into are included without a position test, so curtailment can be over-reported where the calling point sits above the confluence.
- DWR's administration is the authority. Scored against DWR's own call analysis, this method agreed on 95.5% of 85,822 structure-days (2026-08-29).
- Calls considered for this structure: 1757.
Legal record & documents
34 decreed actions on record across
14 court cases:
03CW0195, 12CW0017, W8686, 93CW0039, 10CW0051, 03CW0207, W7839, 96CW0097, CA0765, CA0605 and 4 more below.
Every case, dated
| Case | Actions | Latest adjudication | Types |
|---|---|---|---|
03CW0195 | 14 | 2005-12-31 | O, S |
12CW0017 | 1 | 2003-12-31 | S |
W8686 | 1 | 1977-12-31 | S |
93CW0039 | 1 | 1977-12-31 | S |
10CW0051 | 2 | 1977-12-31 | S |
03CW0207 | 1 | 1977-12-31 | S |
W7839 | 1 | 1974-12-31 | S |
96CW0097 | 1 | 1974-12-31 | S |
CA0765 | 5 | 1903-02-24 | O |
CA0605 | 1 | 1902-09-29 | O |
CA0547 | 1 | 1897-05-29 | O |
CA1669 | 2 | 1894-11-15 | O |
CA1435 | 2 | 1894-11-15 | O |
CA0304 | 1 | 1894-11-15 | O |
Imaged documents at DWR. DWR keeps the scanned documents for this structure — decrees, rulings, plats, correspondence — in its Laserfiche archive. Open the list directly: imaged documents for 6400535 ↗ (indexed by structure, not by case — the cases listed above appear within the list).
Other DWR records for this structure: DWR’s page for this structure ↗ — net amounts, water rights, transactions & adjudication history, and diversion records, all on that one page. On this site: the district’s full legal picture →
How often is it out of priority?
Across the 12 seasons whose call record is complete enough to judge this structure (2004, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026), week by week from April.
8157.00000 · never out of priority in these seasons
16893.00000 · peaks at
12 of 12 seasons
56613.55995 · peaks at
12 of 12 seasons
Why only 12 seasons, and what the bars mean
Each bar is one week: how many of those seasons that right was out of priority under a call this site can lawfully attribute to this structure. Green is never, red is every season on record.
The short record is a property of DWR's data, not of the river. A call only counts against a structure when we can establish it applies — by the districts named in its set comments, or by stream mile on the same source. DWR did not begin stating affected districts routinely until about 2015: fewer than one call in ten can be judged before then, against roughly two in three since. A season we cannot judge is not a season without calls, so it is dropped rather than counted as quiet — 11 seasons dropped here.
This is a frequency over past seasons, not a forecast. It says nothing about what the division engineer will do this year.
Structures it shares court cases with
This structure was a party to 10 court cases that also touched 14 other structures — changes of water right, augmentation plans, exchanges. Being parties to the same case does not by itself mean water moved between them; which way it ran, and how much, is in the decree.
| Case | Filed | Also touched |
|---|---|---|
96CW0097 |
1996 | SOUTH PLATTE D RCHRG A |
CA1435 |
— | SCHNEIDER DITCH |
CA1669 |
— | DAVIS BROS DITCH |
W7839 |
— | SOUTH PLATTE D RCHRG A |
10CW0051
⚠ abandonment |
2010 | SOUTH PLATTE D SMART RECHARGE AREA 1, SMART LAND/LIVESTOCK ALV WL FLD |
03CW0207 |
2003 | SOUTH PLATTE D SMART RECHARGE AREA 1, SMART LAND/LIVESTOCK ALV WL FLD |
93CW0039 |
1993 | SOUTH PLATTE D SMART RECHARGE AREA 1, SMART LAND/LIVESTOCK ALV WL FLD |
W8686 |
— | SOUTH PLATTE D SMART RECHARGE AREA 1, SMART LAND/LIVESTOCK ALV WL FLD |
CA0547 |
— | SOUTH RESERVATION DITCH, SCHNEIDER DITCH, DAVIS BROS DITCH, HUSTON DITCH and 1 more |
CA0605 |
— | CHAMBERS DITCH, RAMSEY DITCH, HARMONY DITCH 2, POWELL BLAIR DITCH and 2 more |
Also a party to 3 omnibus
adjudications
(03CW0195, 68 structures; 12CW0017, 23 structures; CA0304, 15 structures).
Those settled many rights at once and are listed separately: they say
these structures were adjudicated together, not that they deal with
each other.
How this is derived
Every court action DWR records for a structure
carries its case number. Where one case number appears in the records of
several structures, those structures were parties to the same proceeding.
This is read straight from the cached transaction tables — no
document was interpreted to build it. Case numbers are validated against
the known Colorado formats first: the case column also contains stray
dates (10/04/1884 appears on 98 Clear Creek rows), and
treating one as a case number would invent a shared proceeding between
60 unrelated structures. Cases spanning more than
12 structures are separated out as omnibus
adjudications. The filing year comes from the case number, not from the
row's adjudication date — that date belongs to the water right the
action describes, so a 2006 case legitimately carries a 1989 date.
Recorded use (last 15 years on record)
Years far under the decreed amount? That gap has a name — paper water vs. wet water, explained on this structure.
In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 16,260 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2025, came in at 16,260 AF — 100% of that, and 8th 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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 16,389 | 9th lowest of 15 · 101% of median | — | 246 | 65.8 |
| 2012 | 12,674 | 2nd lowest of 15 · 78% of median | — | 237 | 45.1 |
| 2013 | 12,561 | 1st lowest of 15 · 77% of median | — | 272 | 55.8 |
| 2014 | 14,751 | 6th lowest of 15 · 91% of median | — | 239 | 68.9 |
| 2015 | 14,467 | 4th lowest of 15 · 89% of median | — | 275 | 48.8 |
| 2016 | 12,834 | 3rd lowest of 15 · 79% of median | — | 271 | 42.1 |
| 2017 | 18,007 | 13th lowest of 15 · 111% of median | — | 274 | 61.8 |
| 2018 | 16,429 | 10th lowest of 15 · 101% of median | — | 261 | 57.3 |
| 2019 | 14,596 | 5th lowest of 15 · 90% of median | — | 190 | 56.3 |
| 2020 | 17,503 | 12th lowest of 15 · 108% of median | — | 271 | 54.8 |
| 2021 | 17,361 | 11th lowest of 15 · 107% of median | — | 225 | 66.6 |
| 2022 | 15,211 | 7th lowest of 15 · 94% of median | — | 227 | 54.3 |
| 2023 | 20,167 | 15th lowest of 15 · 124% of median | — | 270 | 76.6 |
| 2024 | 19,785 | 14th lowest of 15 · 122% of median | — | 337 | 62.3 |
| 2025 | 16,260 | 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median | — | 238 | 60.9 |
Call-derived yield: senior right divertible 61.2% of a median season / 20.1% dry-year.
Trends for this structure
Recorded use is rising over its last 15 recorded years (+339 AF/yr, Mann-Kendall p=0.029).
Its reference gage, Johnson and Edwards Ditch: no clear flow trend.
How good is our record of it?
Grade A (10/10 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 | 9 right(s), seniority decoded |
| diversion record | current | 16681 measured days, newest 331 day(s) before the data's end (DWR publishes ~1 year in arrears) |
| record continuity | continuous | 100% of the irrigation seasons in 1950-2025 carry measured days |
| published-record stability | stable | no upstream revisions recorded against this structure |
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