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NICHOLS SPRING DITCH

Structure dossier · WDID 7201751 · 1 · PLATEAU CREEK · DWR record

Where this page's figures come from

Generated 2026-08-27 21:04 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

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 1950-07-01 — 1897th 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: BOREN POND NO 2 (2003-11-15). Immediately behind: HIGHTOWER RANCH RESERVOIR NO. 1 (1970-12-31).

Decreed rights (1)

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. UnitsUsesWhat the court said this water may be used for -- irrigation, municipal supply, augmentation and so on.Case
56247.367061950-07-012004-12-31 1.20.0 CIRRINDSTK

Recorded use (last 9 years on record)

In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 336 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2016, came in at 389 AF — 116% of that, and 9th lowest of the 9 years with a recorded volume.

YearDiverted (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 recordDays recordedPeak (cfs)
2007 255 2nd lowest of 9 · 76% of median 130 1.2
2008 336 5th lowest of 9 · 100% of median 142 1.2
2009 362 7th lowest of 9 · 108% of median 153 1.2
2010 290 3rd lowest of 9 · 86% of median 123 1.2
2011 362 7th lowest of 9 · 108% of median 153 1.2
2012 81 1st lowest of 9 · 24% of median 35 1.2
2014 336 5th lowest of 9 · 100% of median 143 1.2
2015 333 4th lowest of 9 · 99% of median 154 1.2
2016 389 9th lowest of 9 · 116% of median 163 1.5

Advisory reading aid on public data — not an administrative or legal conclusion, not a title opinion, and not a substitute for DWR administration or an engineer's analysis. Methodology review status is disclosed at hydrohistorian's basin pages.