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S M WACHLER SEEP DITCH 1

Structure dossier · WDID 7201584 · 1 · PLATEAU CREEK · DWR record

Where this page's figures come from

Generated 2026-08-27 20:35 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.

Which of its rights get called out?

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 1957-06-01 — 1529th 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: BRUSH CREEK RNCH SPG NO2 (1920-06-01). Immediately behind: S M WACHLER SEEP DITCH 2 (1957-06-01).

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
51499.392331957-06-011991-12-31 0.50.0 CIRR
51499.495891985-10-081991-12-31 0.50.0 CIRR

Recorded use (last 15 years on record)

In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 264 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2015, came in at 178 AF — 67% 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)
1998 313 11th lowest of 15 · 119% of median 365 0.5
1999 182 5th lowest of 15 · 69% of median 307 0.5
2000 528 15th lowest of 15 · 200% of median 305 2.0
2001 48 2nd lowest of 15 · 18% of median 61 0.5
2002 264 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median 304 1.0
2004 280 9th lowest of 15 · 106% of median 101 1.5
2005 193 6th lowest of 15 · 73% of median 66 1.5
2008 473 14th lowest of 15 · 179% of median 160 1.5
2009 302 10th lowest of 15 · 114% of median 138 1.5
2010 381 12th lowest of 15 · 144% of median 123 1.8
2011 229 7th lowest of 15 · 87% of median 214 0.8
2012 411 13th lowest of 15 · 156% of median 305 1.5
2013 30 1st lowest of 15 · 11% of median 61 0.2
2014 150 3rd lowest of 15 · 57% of median 304 0.2
2015 178 4th lowest of 15 · 67% of median 154 1.0

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