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LOWER WHIPPLE CREEK DITCH

Structure dossier · WDID 5800750 · 1 · WHIPPLE CREEK · DWR record

Where this page's figures come from

Generated 2026-08-27 23:25 by Hydrohistorian. Sources: DWR HydroBase snapshot HydroBase_CO_20260707 (history) + CDSS REST (current), USGS NWIS cross-checks. Engine v0.5.0 (a1c9146) — 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 1911-06-01 — 632nd most senior of the 3097 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: DEER PARK WELL 2 (1940-12-31). Immediately behind: STARK IRRIGATING DITCH (1933-04-22).

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
33337.224311911-06-011942-06-29 1.11670.0 CIRRDOMSTK 163BB

Recorded use (last 15 years on record)

In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 13 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2025, came in at 0 AF — 0% of that, and 1st 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)
1997 13 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median 22 0.5
1998 9 5th lowest of 15 · 69% of median 28 0.2
1999 7 4th lowest of 15 · 54% of median 16 0.2
2008 14 10th lowest of 15 · 108% of median 141 0.2
2009 28 12th lowest of 15 · 215% of median 139 0.2
2010 27 11th lowest of 15 · 208% of median 149 0.2
2011 44 14th lowest of 15 · 338% of median 50 1.1
2012 13 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median 43 0.2
2013 9 5th lowest of 15 · 69% of median 37 0.2
2014 12 7th lowest of 15 · 92% of median 42 0.2
2015 129 15th lowest of 15 · 992% of median 105 1.0
2016 32 13th lowest of 15 · 246% of median 33 0.5
2022 0 1st lowest of 15 · 0% of median 3 0.0
2023 0 1st lowest of 15 · 0% of median 2 0.0
2025 0 1st lowest of 15 · 0% of median 1 0.0

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 3757 measured days; currency unknown (no data-coverage date to compare against)
record continuity sparse 21% of the irrigation seasons in 1943-2025 carry measured days
published-record stability stable no upstream revisions recorded against this structure

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