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WONDERS DITCH

Structure dossier · WDID 4000667 · 1 · YOUNGS CREEK · DWR record

Where this page's figures come from

Generated 2026-08-28 03:00 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 1954-09-30 — 4040th most senior of the 4661 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: HULTEEN POND NO 3 (1939-10-01). Immediately behind: LONE CABIN TRANSFER DITCH (1957-08-01).

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
57343.382581954-09-302007-12-31 1.50.0 CIRRSTK

Recorded use (last 15 years on record)

In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 31 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2024, came in at 19 AF — 61% of that, and 6th 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)
2010 110 13th lowest of 15 · 355% of median 158 1.5
2011 169 15th lowest of 15 · 545% of median 162 1.8
2012 86 12th lowest of 15 · 277% of median 182 1.0
2013 61 11th lowest of 15 · 197% of median 123 2.2
2014 44 9th lowest of 15 · 142% of median 137 0.6
2015 139 14th lowest of 15 · 448% of median 156 1.9
2016 31 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median 93 1.0
2017 44 9th lowest of 15 · 142% of median 151 0.3
2018 11 2nd lowest of 15 · 36% of median 60 0.2
2019 26 7th lowest of 15 · 84% of median 110 0.2
2020 15 5th lowest of 15 · 48% of median 85 0.1
2021 9 1st lowest of 15 · 29% of median 37 0.1
2022 12 4th lowest of 15 · 39% of median 50 0.1
2023 11 2nd lowest of 15 · 36% of median 62 0.1
2024 19 6th lowest of 15 · 61% of median 78 0.1

How good is our record of it?

Grade B (8/10 points) — the components below are the finding; the letter alone is not.

The rubric, component by component
CheckStateDetail
identity complete name, type, and water source all on file
decreed rights on file 1 right(s), seniority decoded
diversion record present 5820 measured days; currency unknown (no data-coverage date to compare against)
record continuity patchy 50% of the irrigation seasons in 1970-2024 carry measured days
published-record stability stable no upstream revisions recorded against this structure

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