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WHEELER DITCH NO. 2

Structure dossier · WDID 5801977 · 1 · WHEELER CREEK · DWR record

Where this page's figures come from

Generated 2026-08-27 21:20 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 1888-09-24 — 76th 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: STEAMBOAT SPRINGS FINAL TREATMENT EFFLUE (1888-09-18). Immediately behind: WHEELER DITCH AS REBUILT (1888-09-24).

Decreed rights (2)

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
14147.01888-09-241892-09-22 0.00.0 CIRRFISOTH (58)60
34635.346351944-10-291953-03-09 0.00.0 CIRROTH 376

Recorded use (last 15 years on record)

In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 305 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2025, came in at 261 AF — 86% 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)
2010 359 11th lowest of 15 · 118% of median 365 1.1
2011 347 10th lowest of 15 · 114% of median 365 0.8
2012 209 1st lowest of 15 · 68% of median 366 0.5
2013 245 3rd lowest of 15 · 80% of median 365 0.8
2014 339 9th lowest of 15 · 111% of median 365 0.8
2015 295 6th lowest of 15 · 97% of median 365 0.6
2016 219 2nd lowest of 15 · 72% of median 305 1.1
2018 273 5th lowest of 15 · 90% of median 285 0.9
2019 305 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median 304 0.9
2020 301 7th lowest of 15 · 99% of median 244 0.8
2021 434 13th lowest of 15 · 142% of median 304 1.1
2022 425 12th lowest of 15 · 139% of median 365 1.1
2023 438 14th lowest of 15 · 144% of median 365 1.7
2024 515 15th lowest of 15 · 169% of median 360 2.6
2025 261 4th lowest of 15 · 86% of median 304 3.5

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