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WATER WHEEL DITCH

Structure dossier · WDID 5200652 · 1 · COLORADO RIVER · DWR record

Where this page's figures come from

Generated 2026-08-28 00:59 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 1919-11-10 — 106th most senior of the 562 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: SEVEN PINES DITCH (1915-06-20). Immediately behind: SPRING CREEK DITCH (1919-05-01).

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
26096.255151919-11-101923-11-12 3.00.0 CIRR 112

Recorded use (last 15 years on record)

In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 201 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2013, came in at 199 AF — 99% of that, and 7th 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)
1999 201 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median 74 1.4
2000 158 2nd lowest of 15 · 79% of median 67 1.4
2001 121 1st lowest of 15 · 60% of median 62 1.0
2002 476 13th lowest of 15 · 237% of median 154 1.6
2003 166 3rd lowest of 15 · 83% of median 69 1.2
2004 857 14th lowest of 15 · 426% of median 145 3.0
2005 869 15th lowest of 15 · 432% of median 147 3.0
2006 418 12th lowest of 15 · 208% of median 131 1.6
2007 401 11th lowest of 15 · 200% of median 120 1.7
2008 245 9th lowest of 15 · 122% of median 72 1.8
2009 189 6th lowest of 15 · 94% of median 55 1.8
2010 187 5th lowest of 15 · 93% of median 55 1.8
2011 302 10th lowest of 15 · 150% of median 72 2.3
2012 174 4th lowest of 15 · 87% of median 64 1.4
2013 199 7th lowest of 15 · 99% of median 72 1.6

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 2222 measured days; currency unknown (no data-coverage date to compare against)
record continuity sparse 26% of the irrigation seasons in 1974-2013 carry measured days
published-record stability stable no upstream revisions recorded against this structure

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