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GILLILAND DITCH NO 3

Structure dossier · WDID 1100825 · 1 · BROWNS CREEK · DWR record

Where this page's figures come from

Generated 2026-08-27 22:30 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 1872-12-31 — 92nd most senior of the 1489 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: FROELICK DITCH (1872-12-31). Immediately behind: SILVER CREEK-RONK APD @ JENNY CRK (1872-12-31).

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
8401.01872-12-311890-06-19 2.210.0 CIRR 42

Recorded use (last 15 years on record)

In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 321 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2023, came in at 32 AF — 10% 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)
2008 345 9th lowest of 15 · 108% of median 85 2.2
2009 579 13th lowest of 15 · 180% of median 148 2.2
2010 355 10th lowest of 15 · 111% of median 114 2.2
2011 321 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median 110 2.2
2012 72 4th lowest of 15 · 22% of median 67 1.0
2013 208 6th lowest of 15 · 65% of median 138 2.2
2014 690 14th lowest of 15 · 215% of median 164 2.2
2015 724 15th lowest of 15 · 226% of median 205 1.8
2016 484 12th lowest of 15 · 151% of median 131 2.2
2017 375 11th lowest of 15 · 117% of median 106 2.2
2018 44 3rd lowest of 15 · 14% of median 19 2.2
2019 262 7th lowest of 15 · 82% of median 68 2.2
2020 0 1st lowest of 15 · 0% of median 5 0.0
2021 200 5th lowest of 15 · 62% of median 67 2.2
2023 32 2nd lowest of 15 · 10% of median 15 1.8

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 1 right(s), seniority decoded
diversion record present 4786 measured days; currency unknown (no data-coverage date to compare against)
record continuity sparse 20% of the irrigation seasons in 1910-2023 carry measured days
published-record stability stable no upstream revisions recorded against this structure

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