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WAGGONER DITCH

Structure dossier · WDID 3900689 · 1 · EAST ELK CREEK · DWR record

Where this page's figures come from

Generated 2026-08-27 21:16 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.

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 1887-05-20 — 116th most senior of the 1758 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: NEW CASTLE WTR WORKS SYS (1889-09-06). Immediately behind: OAK GROVE DITCH (1890-02-20).

Decreed rights (4)

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
14718.136541887-05-201890-12-10 2.00.0 CIRRFIRDOMSTKAUG 114A
32959.259951921-03-041943-01-11 3.40.0 CIRR 220L
56613.411611962-09-112005-12-31 0.06750.0 CIRRFIRSTK
56613.56432004-07-012005-12-31 0.03750.0 CIRRFIRSTK

Recorded use (last 15 years on record)

In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 528 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2024, came in at 825 AF — 156% of that, and 14th 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)
2010 248 2nd lowest of 15 · 47% of median — 150 1.8
2011 228 1st lowest of 15 · 43% of median — 155 1.5
2012 408 5th lowest of 15 · 77% of median 26 197 1.7
2013 426 6th lowest of 15 · 81% of median 17 165 2.0
2014 461 7th lowest of 15 · 87% of median 4 182 1.9
2015 249 3rd lowest of 15 · 47% of median — 121 2.1
2016 307 4th lowest of 15 · 58% of median 44 214 1.7
2017 698 12th lowest of 15 · 132% of median 44 214 2.6
2018 544 9th lowest of 15 · 103% of median 44 214 2.1
2019 567 10th lowest of 15 · 107% of median 44 214 2.6
2020 814 13th lowest of 15 · 154% of median 44 222 3.8
2021 528 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median 44 214 2.1
2022 696 11th lowest of 15 · 132% of median 44 214 2.5
2023 915 15th lowest of 15 · 173% of median 44 215 2.3
2024 825 14th lowest of 15 · 156% of median 44 214 2.4

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