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8000962

Structure dossier · WDID 8000962 · DWR record

Where this page's figures come from

Generated 2026-08-28 05:53 by Hydrohistorian. Sources: DWR HydroBase snapshot HydroBase_CO_20260707 (history) + CDSS REST (current), USGS NWIS cross-checks. Engine v0.5.0 (0576005) — every figure regenerates from this named code version and data image.

Current administration

● Fully called out — call at LAST CHANCE DITCH 2 (SOUTH PLATTE RIVER, priority 1863-12-30).

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 1920-06-05 — 1441st most senior of the 21881 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: 8000856 (1920-06-05). Immediately behind: 2305309 (1920-06-15).

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
25723.01920-06-051922-06-21 0.025.0 CIRRMUN

Recorded use (last 6 years on record)

In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 130 AF. Its most recent year on record, 1981, came in at 157 AF — 120% of that, and 5th lowest of the 6 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)
1975 1,223 6th lowest of 6 · 937% of median 238 3.5
1976 71 1st lowest of 6 · 54% of median 38 1.0
1977 106 2nd lowest of 6 · 81% of median 38 2.5
1978 117 3rd lowest of 6 · 90% of median 79 1.0
1979 144 4th lowest of 6 · 110% of median 83 1.5
1981 157 5th lowest of 6 · 120% of median 42 2.5

How good is our record of it?

Grade C (6/10 points) — the components below are the finding; the letter alone is not.

The rubric, component by component
CheckStateDetail
identity partial missing name, structure type, water source
decreed rights on file 1 right(s), seniority decoded
diversion record present 518 measured days; currency unknown (no data-coverage date to compare against)
record continuity sparse 38% of the irrigation seasons in 1975-1981 carry measured days
published-record stability stable no upstream revisions recorded against this structure

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