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WENGER DITCH

Structure dossier · WDID 3801084 · 1 · OWL CREEK · DWR record

Where this page's figures come from

Generated 2026-08-27 20:36 by Hydrohistorian. Sources: DWR HydroBase snapshot HydroBase_CO_20260707 (history) + CDSS REST (current), USGS NWIS cross-checks. Engine v0.5.0 (2deb1d7) — every figure regenerates from this named code version and data image.

Which of its rights get called out?

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 1881-05-22 — 22nd most senior of the 4788 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: LITTLE WOODY DITCH (1881-05-17). Immediately behind: STAPLETON DITCH (1881-06-12).

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
11465.01881-05-221889-05-11 1.00.0 CIRRCOMRECFIRDOMSTKAUG 12

Recorded use (last 15 years on record)

In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 245 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2024, came in at 294 AF — 120% of that, and 9th 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)
1996 242 7th lowest of 15 · 99% of median 9 112 1.3
1997 449 13th lowest of 15 · 183% of median — 118 3.0
1998 462 14th lowest of 15 · 189% of median — 118 3.8
1999 230 5th lowest of 15 · 94% of median — 83 2.5
2004 0 1st lowest of 15 · 0% of median — 1 0.0
2005 308 10th lowest of 15 · 126% of median — 157 2.6
2006 683 15th lowest of 15 · 279% of median — 167 2.3
2007 358 12th lowest of 15 · 146% of median — 167 2.2
2008 106 4th lowest of 15 · 43% of median — 82 0.8
2009 314 11th lowest of 15 · 128% of median — 107 1.5
2017 245 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median — 82 1.7
2018 78 3rd lowest of 15 · 32% of median — 124 0.3
2020 19 2nd lowest of 15 · 8% of median — 22 0.5
2022 239 6th lowest of 15 · 98% of median — 101 5.0
2024 294 9th lowest of 15 · 120% of median — 87 6.8

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.