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WILSON DITCH
Structure dossier · WDID 3200690 · 1 · HARTMAN DRAW · DWR record
Where this page's figures come from
Generated 2026-08-28 02:10 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 1888-06-01 — 124th 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: BLUM DITCH (1888-04-01). Immediately behind: AUSBURN DITCH (1888-06-10).
Decreed rights (8)
| 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. | Units | UsesWhat the court said this water may be used for -- irrigation, municipal supply, augmentation and so on. | Case |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14032.0 | 1888-06-01 | 1962-08-14 | 4.0 | 0.0 | C | IRRDOMSTK | 62-4 |
| 14036.0 | 1888-06-05 | 1962-08-14 | 6.72 | 0.0 | C | IRRDOMSTK | 62-5 |
| 19761.0 | 1904-02-08 | 1962-08-14 | 11.8 | 1.2 | C | IRRDOMSTK | 62-21 |
| 19761.0 | 1904-02-08 | 1962-08-14 | 1.6 | 1.6 | C | IRRDOMSTK | 62-22 |
| 41133.06636 | 1868-03-02 | 1976-12-31 | 1.04 | 0.0 | C | IRR | |
| 41133.14036 | 1888-06-05 | 1970-12-31 | 0.3 | 0.0 | C | IRR | |
| 48942.14032 | 1888-06-01 | 1984-12-31 | 1.0 | 0.0 | C | IRR | |
| 53769.0 | 1997-03-19 | 1997-12-31 | 2.0 | 1.0 | C | IRR |
Legal record & documents
24 decreed actions on record across
9 court cases:
97CW0030, 04CW0006, 84CW0215, W1603-76I, W0265, W0213, W0080, CA1077, 84CW0108.
Every case, dated
| Case | Actions | Latest adjudication | Types |
|---|---|---|---|
97CW0030 | 1 | 1997-12-31 | S |
04CW0006 | 2 | 1997-12-31 | S |
84CW0215 | 1 | 1984-12-31 | S |
W1603-76I | 2 | 1976-12-31 | O |
W0265 | 1 | 1970-12-31 | S |
W0213 | 1 | 1962-08-14 | O |
W0080 | 1 | 1962-08-14 | O |
CA1077 | 13 | 1962-08-14 | O |
84CW0108 | 2 | 1962-08-14 | O |
DWR's own records for this structure: net amounts · transactions & adjudication history · scanned decrees (search a case number there for the imaged document). On this site: the district's full legal picture →
Recorded use (last 15 years on record)
In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 3,834 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2025, came in at 3,427 AF — 89% of that, and 3rd lowest of the 14 years with a recorded volume.
This structure records both diversions and reservoir releases — they are separate water movements and are accounted separately below.
| Year | Diverted (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 record | Released (AF) | Days recorded | Peak (cfs) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | — | no recorded volume | 229 | 0 | — |
| 2012 | 3,806 | 7th lowest of 14 · 99% of median | 583 | 164 | 15.0 |
| 2013 | 3,464 | 4th lowest of 14 · 90% of median | 481 | 181 | 20.0 |
| 2014 | 4,729 | 11th lowest of 14 · 123% of median | 449 | 175 | 30.0 |
| 2015 | 5,240 | 14th lowest of 14 · 137% of median | 437 | 171 | 30.5 |
| 2016 | 3,544 | 5th lowest of 14 · 92% of median | 761 | 171 | 15.6 |
| 2017 | 5,184 | 13th lowest of 14 · 135% of median | 825 | 183 | 18.2 |
| 2018 | 3,560 | 6th lowest of 14 · 93% of median | 306 | 169 | 15.5 |
| 2019 | 5,048 | 12th lowest of 14 · 132% of median | 811 | 174 | 29.2 |
| 2020 | 4,528 | 10th lowest of 14 · 118% of median | 766 | 184 | 15.5 |
| 2021 | 2,931 | 1st lowest of 14 · 76% of median | 259 | 177 | 11.1 |
| 2022 | 3,179 | 2nd lowest of 14 · 83% of median | 357 | 178 | 19.0 |
| 2023 | 3,862 | 8th lowest of 14 · 101% of median | 606 | 169 | 21.5 |
| 2024 | 3,931 | 9th lowest of 14 · 102% of median | 339 | 172 | 14.5 |
| 2025 | 3,427 | 3rd lowest of 14 · 89% of median | 748 | 180 | 15.7 |
Trends for this structure
Recorded use shows no clear trend over its last 14 recorded years — which is itself worth knowing.
How good is our record of it?
Grade A (9/10 points) — the components below are the finding; the letter alone is not.
The rubric, component by component
| Check | State | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| identity | complete | name, type, and water source all on file |
| decreed rights | on file | 8 right(s), seniority decoded |
| diversion record | present | 10649 measured days; currency unknown (no data-coverage date to compare against) |
| record continuity | continuous | 80% of the irrigation seasons in 1963-2025 carry measured days |
| published-record stability | stable | no upstream revisions recorded against this structure |
Advisory reading aid on public data — not an administrative or legal conclusion, not a title opinion, and not a substitute for DWR administration or an engineer's analysis. Methodology review status is disclosed at hydrohistorian's basin pages.