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WHEELER DITCH
Structure dossier · WDID 3801091 · 1 · ROARING FORK RIVER · DWR record
Where this page's figures come from
Generated 2026-08-27 20:43 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 1882-09-01 — 64th 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: CAPITOL PARK DITCH (1882-07-11). Immediately behind: VAN CLEVE NO 1 DITCH (1882-09-05).
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. | Units | UsesWhat the court said this water may be used for -- irrigation, municipal supply, augmentation and so on. | Case |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11932.0 | 1882-09-01 | 1889-05-11 | 10.0 | 0.0 | C | IRRMUNDOMSTK | 44 |
Recorded use (last 15 years on record)
In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 1,019 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2024, came in at 1,018 AF — 100% of that, and 7th lowest of the 15 years with a recorded volume.
| 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 | Days recorded | Peak (cfs) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 1,935 | 13th lowest of 15 · 190% of median | 178 | 7.3 |
| 2011 | 2,254 | 14th lowest of 15 · 221% of median | 216 | 12.5 |
| 2012 | 1,783 | 12th lowest of 15 · 175% of median | 366 | 8.2 |
| 2013 | 155 | 1st lowest of 15 · 15% of median | 365 | 3.3 |
| 2014 | 332 | 2nd lowest of 15 · 33% of median | 365 | 1.6 |
| 2015 | 2,278 | 15th lowest of 15 · 224% of median | 365 | 8.2 |
| 2016 | 914 | 6th lowest of 15 · 90% of median | 366 | 3.7 |
| 2017 | 768 | 4th lowest of 15 · 75% of median | 365 | 3.4 |
| 2018 | 551 | 3rd lowest of 15 · 54% of median | 365 | 3.2 |
| 2019 | 1,695 | 11th lowest of 15 · 166% of median | 365 | 6.7 |
| 2020 | 1,019 | 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median | 366 | 5.4 |
| 2021 | 1,063 | 9th lowest of 15 · 104% of median | 365 | 4.6 |
| 2022 | 840 | 5th lowest of 15 · 82% of median | 365 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 1,073 | 10th lowest of 15 · 105% of median | 365 | 5.4 |
| 2024 | 1,018 | 7th lowest of 15 · 100% of median | 305 | 4.6 |
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