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WILKERSON DITCH

Structure dossier · WDID 3200689 · 1 · RAUH ARROYA · DWR record

Where this page's figures come from

Generated 2026-08-27 21:26 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

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 1909-07-01 — 148th most senior of the 638 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: RETHERFORD DITCH (1908-03-15). Immediately behind: DURAND DITCH (1910-04-17).

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
21731.01909-07-011962-08-14 0.760.0 CIRRDOMSTK 62-30

Recorded use (last 15 years on record)

In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 182 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2025, came in at 129 AF — 71% of that, and 2nd lowest of the 15 years with a recorded volume.

This structure records both diversions and reservoir releases — they are separate water movements and are accounted separately below.

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 recordReleased (AF)Days recordedPeak (cfs)
2011 180 7th lowest of 15 · 99% of median — 129 0.9
2012 249 12th lowest of 15 · 137% of median — 192 1.1
2013 182 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median 47 129 0.9
2014 122 1st lowest of 15 · 67% of median 25 169 0.6
2015 179 6th lowest of 15 · 98% of median 37 169 0.8
2016 252 14th lowest of 15 · 138% of median 100 160 1.1
2017 202 9th lowest of 15 · 111% of median 69 188 1.1
2018 149 3rd lowest of 15 · 82% of median 80 108 0.9
2019 250 13th lowest of 15 · 137% of median 65 159 1.3
2020 222 10th lowest of 15 · 122% of median 0 154 0.9
2021 175 5th lowest of 15 · 96% of median 56 112 1.0
2022 168 4th lowest of 15 · 92% of median 48 122 0.8
2023 267 15th lowest of 15 · 147% of median 81 171 0.9
2024 224 11th lowest of 15 · 123% of median 38 163 0.8
2025 129 2nd lowest of 15 · 71% of median 8 97 0.8

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