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PLUMTEAU CREEK DITCH

Structure dossier · WDID 7800607 · 1 · PLUMTAW CREEK · DWR record

Where this page's figures come from

Generated 2026-08-27 19:16 by Hydrohistorian. Sources: DWR HydroBase snapshot HydroBase_CO_20260707 (history) + CDSS REST (current), USGS NWIS cross-checks. Engine v0.5.0 (f6d7fdc) — every figure regenerates from this named code version and data image.

Where it sits in line

Priority 1888-05-15 — 60th most senior of the 366 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: KEANE RANCH DITCH NO 1 (1888-05-15). Immediately behind: LYND-PLUMTEAU CK DITCH (1888-05-15).

Decreed rights (2)

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
14015.01888-05-151902-01-20 1.00.0 CIRR #35
15706.01892-12-311902-01-20 0.1250.0 CIRR #67

Recorded use (last 15 years on record)

In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 82 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2005, came in at 65 AF — 79% of that, and 5th lowest of the 15 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)
1991 500 14th lowest of 15 · 610% of median 159 3.0
1992 528 15th lowest of 15 · 644% of median 147 2.6
1993 262 11th lowest of 15 · 320% of median 120 3.3
1994 288 12th lowest of 15 · 351% of median 141 1.5
1995 486 13th lowest of 15 · 593% of median 143 3.0
1996 88 9th lowest of 15 · 107% of median 166 0.7
1997 0 1st lowest of 15 · 0% of median 5 0.0
1998 12 2nd lowest of 15 · 15% of median 32 0.5
1999 14 3rd lowest of 15 · 17% of median 40 0.2
2000 35 4th lowest of 15 · 43% of median 58 0.5
2001 73 7th lowest of 15 · 89% of median 130 0.5
2002 82 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median 200 0.4
2003 66 6th lowest of 15 · 80% of median 154 0.3
2004 91 10th lowest of 15 · 111% of median 148 1.0
2005 65 5th lowest of 15 · 79% of median 142 0.5

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