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WILSON DITCH

Structure dossier · WDID 7200943 · 1 · PLATEAU CREEK · DWR record

Where this page's figures come from

Generated 2026-08-27 23:49 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 1915-06-01 — 410th most senior of the 2166 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: CLIFTON DITCH (1915-06-01). Immediately behind: BROWN GULCH DITCH (1915-06-17).

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
30895.238921915-06-011941-07-25 0.540.0 CIRR
32811.01939-11-011941-07-25 0.240.0 CIRR

Recorded use (last 15 years on record)

In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 68 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2017, came in at 35 AF — 52% of that, and 2nd 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 75 11th lowest of 15 · 110% of median 91 0.5
2000 73 10th lowest of 15 · 107% of median 61 0.8
2001 72 9th lowest of 15 · 106% of median 65 0.8
2002 84 12th lowest of 15 · 124% of median 41 1.3
2004 94 13th lowest of 15 · 138% of median 54 1.5
2005 104 15th lowest of 15 · 153% of median 83 0.8
2006 62 6th lowest of 15 · 91% of median 42 1.0
2007 68 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median 86 0.5
2008 25 1st lowest of 15 · 37% of median 23 1.0
2009 67 7th lowest of 15 · 98% of median 46 1.0
2010 101 14th lowest of 15 · 148% of median 50 1.2
2011 44 5th lowest of 15 · 65% of median 46 0.8
2012 35 2nd lowest of 15 · 52% of median 36 0.5
2014 42 4th lowest of 15 · 62% of median 28 0.8
2017 35 2nd lowest of 15 · 52% of median 28 0.8

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 2 right(s), seniority decoded
diversion record present 1750 measured days; currency unknown (no data-coverage date to compare against)
record continuity sparse 26% of the irrigation seasons in 1986-2017 carry measured days
published-record stability stable no upstream revisions recorded against this structure

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