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WOLVERTON DITCH

Structure dossier · WDID 3900696 · 1 · CANYON CREEK · DWR record

Where this page's figures come from

Generated 2026-08-27 21:15 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 1884-03-01 — 152nd 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: MOORE DITCH (1905-05-08). Immediately behind: JOHNSON DITCH (1889-05-21).

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
20405.124791884-03-011905-11-15 0.40.0 CIRR 21A

Recorded use (last 15 years on record)

In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 538 AF. Its most recent year on record, 1983, came in at 478 AF — 89% of that, and 4th lowest of the 15 years with a recorded volume.

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 recordDays recordedPeak (cfs)
1969 723 13th lowest of 15 · 134% of median 272 2.0
1970 555 9th lowest of 15 · 103% of median 186 3.0
1971 753 14th lowest of 15 · 140% of median 214 3.0
1972 778 15th lowest of 15 · 145% of median 218 2.0
1973 280 1st lowest of 15 · 52% of median 127 1.8
1974 679 12th lowest of 15 · 126% of median 247 2.3
1975 538 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median 164 2.8
1976 511 6th lowest of 15 · 95% of median 119 2.2
1977 395 2nd lowest of 15 · 73% of median 177 1.2
1978 435 3rd lowest of 15 · 81% of median 149 1.7
1979 573 10th lowest of 15 · 106% of median 180 1.7
1980 532 7th lowest of 15 · 99% of median 165 1.8
1981 595 11th lowest of 15 · 111% of median 186 1.8
1982 483 5th lowest of 15 · 90% of median 142 1.9
1983 478 4th lowest of 15 · 89% of median 138 1.9

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