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WAGGONER DITCH

Structure dossier · WDID 6100543 · 1 · WEST PARADOX CREEK · DWR record

Where this page's figures come from

Generated 2026-08-28 04:35 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 1894-07-26 — 31st most senior of the 166 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: NAFUS DITCH NO 2 (1910-04-30). Immediately behind: RHOADES DITCH (1900-04-01).

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
27777.162781894-07-261942-09-25 0.650.0 CIRR 39

Recorded use (last 15 years on record)

In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 220 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2024, came in at 109 AF — 50% 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)
2010 264 12th lowest of 15 · 120% of median 268 0.5
2011 188 5th lowest of 15 · 86% of median 191 0.5
2012 271 13th lowest of 15 · 123% of median 211 0.6
2013 155 3rd lowest of 15 · 70% of median 161 0.5
2014 220 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median 174 0.6
2015 228 10th lowest of 15 · 104% of median 184 0.6
2016 205 6th lowest of 15 · 93% of median 164 0.6
2017 240 11th lowest of 15 · 109% of median 194 0.6
2018 278 14th lowest of 15 · 126% of median 225 0.7
2019 148 2nd lowest of 15 · 67% of median 120 0.7
2020 405 15th lowest of 15 · 184% of median 305 0.7
2021 227 9th lowest of 15 · 103% of median 173 0.7
2022 209 7th lowest of 15 · 95% of median 163 0.7
2023 179 4th lowest of 15 · 81% of median 152 0.7
2024 109 1st lowest of 15 · 50% of median 93 0.7

How good is our record of it?

Grade A (9/10 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 14153 measured days; currency unknown (no data-coverage date to compare against)
record continuity continuous 100% of the irrigation seasons in 1974-2024 carry measured days
published-record stability stable no upstream revisions recorded against this structure

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