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WISDOM DITCH
Structure dossier · WDID 3900695 · 1 · RIFLE CREEK · DWR record
Where this page's figures come from
Generated 2026-08-27 20:28 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 1883-04-01 — 10th 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: SAINT NO 2 DITCH (1883-04-01). Immediately behind: PARK DITCH (1883-04-01).
Decreed rights (3)
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12144.0 | 1883-04-01 | 1889-05-11 | 4.0 | 0.0 | C | IRR | 7 |
| 13571.0 | 1887-02-26 | 1889-05-11 | 1.0 | 0.0 | C | IRRAUG | 91 |
| 13671.0 | 1887-06-06 | 1889-05-11 | 3.6 | 0.0 | C | IRR | 116 |
Recorded use (last 15 years on record)
In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 1,365 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2013, came in at 945 AF — 69% of that, and 3rd 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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 1,369 | 9th lowest of 15 · 100% of median | 183 | 4.2 |
| 1999 | 1,408 | 11th lowest of 15 · 103% of median | 175 | 4.4 |
| 2000 | 1,603 | 15th lowest of 15 · 117% of median | 202 | 4.0 |
| 2001 | 1,420 | 12th lowest of 15 · 104% of median | 179 | 4.0 |
| 2002 | 1,460 | 13th lowest of 15 · 107% of median | 184 | 4.0 |
| 2003 | 1,137 | 7th lowest of 15 · 83% of median | 199 | 3.0 |
| 2004 | 1,113 | 6th lowest of 15 · 82% of median | 187 | 3.0 |
| 2005 | 1,460 | 13th lowest of 15 · 107% of median | 184 | 4.0 |
| 2006 | 1,365 | 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median | 173 | 4.0 |
| 2007 | 947 | 4th lowest of 15 · 69% of median | 180 | 3.0 |
| 2008 | 1,379 | 10th lowest of 15 · 101% of median | 161 | 5.8 |
| 2010 | 925 | 2nd lowest of 15 · 68% of median | 192 | 6.5 |
| 2011 | 537 | 1st lowest of 15 · 39% of median | 204 | 6.0 |
| 2012 | 1,057 | 5th lowest of 15 · 77% of median | 266 | 5.5 |
| 2013 | 945 | 3rd lowest of 15 · 69% of median | 202 | 5.5 |
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