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Structure dossier · WDID 7200703 · 1 · PLATEAU CREEK · DWR record
Where this page's figures come from
Generated 2026-08-27 19:53 by Hydrohistorian. Sources: DWR HydroBase snapshot HydroBase_CO_20260707 (history) + CDSS REST (current), USGS NWIS cross-checks. Engine v0.5.0 (a1c9146) — every figure regenerates from this named code version and data image.
Where it sits in line
Priority 1888-10-01 — 101st most senior of the 2166 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: HOLLINGSWORTH DITCH (1882-12-01). Immediately behind: HARDSCRABBLE DITCH (1888-10-10).
Decreed rights (7)
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18749.14154 | 1888-10-01 | 1905-10-14 | 11.07 | 0.0 | C | IRR | |
| 18749.15117 | 1891-05-22 | 1905-10-14 | 0.72 | 0.0 | C | IRR | |
| 18749.17653 | 1898-05-01 | 1905-10-14 | 0.27 | 0.0 | C | IRR | |
| 30895.14154 | 1888-10-01 | 1941-07-25 | 6.0 | 0.0 | C | MUNDOM | |
| 30895.25322 | 1919-05-01 | 1941-07-25 | 2.1 | 0.0 | C | IRR | |
| 32811.0 | 1939-11-01 | 1941-07-25 | 8.04 | 0.0 | C | IRR | |
| 59808.0 | 2013-09-30 | 2013-12-31 | 0.0 | 0.12 | C | IRRFIRSTKAUG |
Recorded use (last 15 years on record)
In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 4,429 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2024, came in at 4,358 AF — 98% of that, and 7th lowest of the 15 years with a recorded volume.
| 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 | Days recorded | Peak (cfs) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 4,429 | 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median | 303 | 23.4 |
| 2011 | 4,907 | 12th lowest of 15 · 111% of median | 228 | 30.2 |
| 2012 | 5,039 | 13th lowest of 15 · 114% of median | 290 | 14.1 |
| 2013 | 3,194 | 1st lowest of 15 · 72% of median | 153 | 21.9 |
| 2014 | 3,256 | 2nd lowest of 15 · 74% of median | 171 | 17.7 |
| 2015 | 4,098 | 6th lowest of 15 · 92% of median | 265 | 19.8 |
| 2016 | 4,735 | 11th lowest of 15 · 107% of median | 359 | 15.8 |
| 2017 | 4,582 | 9th lowest of 15 · 104% of median | 365 | 13.1 |
| 2018 | 3,444 | 3rd lowest of 15 · 78% of median | 365 | 22.5 |
| 2019 | 5,395 | 15th lowest of 15 · 122% of median | 360 | 21.1 |
| 2020 | 3,977 | 5th lowest of 15 · 90% of median | 365 | 15.2 |
| 2021 | 3,692 | 4th lowest of 15 · 83% of median | 365 | 13.3 |
| 2022 | 4,701 | 10th lowest of 15 · 106% of median | 345 | 21.5 |
| 2023 | 5,232 | 14th lowest of 15 · 118% of median | 365 | 17.5 |
| 2024 | 4,358 | 7th lowest of 15 · 98% of median | 289 | 16.0 |
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