WDID 3300704

Irrigation · Cherry Creek · La Plata County, Colorado

Priority date

November 30, 1896

24th most senior of 55 rights on Cherry Creek in La Plata County

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Owner
Not in Colorado's decreed-rights data. These rights convey by deed, so ownership is traced through county property records.
Status
Absolute
Record type
Decreed water right
Kind of source
Surface water
Name
Sponsel and Myers Ditch (Starvation Creek)
Uses
Irrigation
Flow rate
0.5 cfs (224.4 gpm)
Points of diversion
1 (first at 37.31992, -108.15754)
Structure type
Ditch
WDID
3300704
Adjudication date
1898-01-12
Administration number
17136.00000
Priority number
#18
Court case numbers
CA2506
Water division / district
7 / 33
Absolute amount
0.5 cfs

From Colorado Division of Water Resources (CDSS), Water Rights Net Amounts + Well Application Permits, fetched October 12, 2026. The state's own record is the authority: amounts, owners and status here can lag behind it, and a mapped point of diversion says nothing about which parcel the right serves. This page is not legal advice.

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