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WHEELER DITCH 1

Structure dossier · WDID 0800909 · DITCH · TROUT CREEK · DWR record

Where this page's figures come from

Generated 2026-08-27 19:17 by Hydrohistorian. Sources: DWR HydroBase snapshot HydroBase_CO_20260707 (history) + CDSS REST (current), USGS NWIS cross-checks. Engine v0.5.0 (e70d0b5) — every figure regenerates from this named code version and data image.

Current administration

● In priority — no active call senior to this structure's rights affects its district (23 active call(s) checked).

Where it sits in line

Priority 1882-06-30 — 6351st 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: 0801581 (1880-01-01). Immediately behind: 0807891 (1884-11-20).

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
44559.118691882-06-301972-12-31 2.50.0 CIRRDOMSTK

Recorded use (last 15 years on record)

In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 167 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2001, came in at 7 AF — 4% of that, and 1st 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)
1985 200 10th lowest of 15 · 120% of median 64 2.0
1986 115 4th lowest of 15 · 69% of median 37 2.0
1987 182 9th lowest of 15 · 109% of median 70 1.5
1988 56 2nd lowest of 15 · 34% of median 53 0.8
1990 88 3rd lowest of 15 · 53% of median 32 1.5
1991 119 5th lowest of 15 · 71% of median 46 1.5
1992 214 11th lowest of 15 · 128% of median 73 1.5
1993 167 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median 48 2.0
1994 307 14th lowest of 15 · 184% of median 63 2.5
1995 377 15th lowest of 15 · 226% of median 98 2.5
1996 139 7th lowest of 15 · 83% of median 62 2.0
1997 258 12th lowest of 15 · 154% of median 53 2.5
1998 135 6th lowest of 15 · 81% of median 31 2.5
1999 267 13th lowest of 15 · 160% of median 123 2.5
2001 7 1st lowest of 15 · 4% of median 9 0.5

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