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APEX GULCH FEEDER D
Structure dossier · WDID 0700717 · DITCH · APEX GULCH · DWR record
Where this page's figures come from
Generated 2026-08-27 23:02 by Hydrohistorian. Sources: DWR HydroBase snapshot HydroBase_CO_20260707 (history) + CDSS REST (current), USGS NWIS cross-checks. Engine v0.5.0 (4ab2507) — 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.
Current administration
● Fully called out — call at SWADLEY LONGAN DITCH (RALSTON CREEK, priority 1861-04-09).
● Fully called out — call at CLEAR CR PLATTE RIVER D (CLEAR CREEK, priority 1861-11-01).
● Fully called out — call at FARMERS INDEPENDENT DITCH (SOUTH PLATTE RIVER, priority 1865-11-20).
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 1990-12-28 — 1553rd most senior of the 1815 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: 0706023 (1990-05-23). Immediately behind: 0700718 (1990-12-28).
Decreed rights (3)
| 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. | Units | UsesWhat the court said this water may be used for -- irrigation, municipal supply, augmentation and so on. | Case |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 51496.0 | 1990-12-28 | 1990-12-31 | 2.02 | 0.98 | C | IRRCOMINDDOMAUGOTH | |
| 54505.0 | 1999-03-25 | 1999-12-31 | 0.0 | 3.0 | C | STO | |
| 59535.57424 | 2007-03-22 | 2013-12-31 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | IRRCOMINDAUG |
Legal record & documents
12 decreed actions on record across
6 court cases:
22CW3072, 13CW3053, 99CW0093, 90CW0215, 20CW3155, 13CW0028.
Every case, dated
| Case | Actions | Latest adjudication | Types |
|---|---|---|---|
22CW3072 | 1 | 2013-12-31 | S |
13CW3053 | 2 | 2013-12-31 | S |
99CW0093 | 1 | 1999-12-31 | S |
90CW0215 | 4 | 1990-12-31 | S |
20CW3155 | 2 | 1990-12-31 | S |
13CW0028 | 2 | 1990-12-31 | S |
DWR's own records for this structure: net amounts · transactions & adjudication history · scanned decrees (search a case number there for the imaged document). On this site: the district's full legal picture →
Recorded use (last 9 years on record)
In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 81 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2024, came in at 144 AF — 178% of that, and 8th lowest of the 9 years with a recorded volume.
| Year | Diverted (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 record | Days recorded | Peak (cfs) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 2 | 1st lowest of 9 · 2% of median | 61 | 0.0 |
| 2017 | 737 | 9th lowest of 9 · 910% of median | 349 | 6.8 |
| 2018 | 48 | 4th lowest of 9 · 59% of median | 220 | 0.3 |
| 2019 | 81 | 5th lowest of 9 · 100% of median | 356 | 0.6 |
| 2020 | 43 | 3rd lowest of 9 · 53% of median | 119 | 0.7 |
| 2021 | 82 | 6th lowest of 9 · 101% of median | 116 | 1.6 |
| 2022 | 13 | 2nd lowest of 9 · 16% of median | 164 | 0.3 |
| 2023 | 127 | 7th lowest of 9 · 157% of median | 184 | 5.1 |
| 2024 | 144 | 8th lowest of 9 · 178% of median | 305 | 1.5 |
Trends for this structure
Recorded use shows no clear trend over its last 9 recorded years — which is itself worth knowing.
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
| Check | State | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| identity | complete | name, type, and water source all on file |
| decreed rights | on file | 3 right(s), seniority decoded |
| diversion record | present | 1874 measured days; currency unknown (no data-coverage date to compare against) |
| record continuity | continuous | 100% of the irrigation seasons in 2016-2024 carry measured days |
| published-record stability | stable | no upstream revisions recorded against this structure |
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