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WOOD NO 3 DITCH

Structure dossier · WDID 5100967 · 1 · LITTLE MUDDY CREEK · DWR record

Where this page's figures come from

Generated 2026-08-27 22:34 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 1888-05-31 — 65th most senior of the 2208 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: WOOD NO 1 DITCH (1888-05-31). Immediately behind: BEAVER DAM DITCH (1888-06-18).

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
14031.01888-05-311906-08-11 0.750.0 CIRR 58

Recorded use (last 15 years on record)

In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 35 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2022, came in at 83 AF — 237% of that, and 13th 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)
2008 92 15th lowest of 15 · 263% of median 65 1.0
2009 34 7th lowest of 15 · 97% of median 28 0.8
2010 24 3rd lowest of 15 · 69% of median 28 0.5
2011 40 9th lowest of 15 · 114% of median 30 0.7
2012 13 1st lowest of 15 · 37% of median 23 0.3
2013 26 4th lowest of 15 · 74% of median 45 0.3
2014 18 2nd lowest of 15 · 51% of median 32 0.3
2015 35 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median 36 0.5
2016 83 13th lowest of 15 · 237% of median 102 0.5
2017 57 11th lowest of 15 · 163% of median 69 0.8
2018 43 10th lowest of 15 · 123% of median 37 0.6
2019 28 5th lowest of 15 · 80% of median 27 0.8
2020 61 12th lowest of 15 · 174% of median 53 1.0
2021 28 5th lowest of 15 · 80% of median 57 0.3
2022 83 13th lowest of 15 · 237% of median 70 1.0

How good is our record of it?

Grade B (7/10 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 2678 measured days; currency unknown (no data-coverage date to compare against)
record continuity sparse 28% of the irrigation seasons in 1978-2022 carry measured days
published-record stability stable no upstream revisions recorded against this structure

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