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GOULD CREEK DIVERSION

Structure dossier · WDID 1200578 · 1 · BEAVER CREEK · DWR record

Where this page's figures come from

Generated 2026-08-27 19:50 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 in line

Priority 1950-07-01 — 733rd most senior of the 1967 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: WALLACE WELL NO 2 (1950-03-31). Immediately behind: ETHEL SHIROLA WELL (1950-07-10).

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
36706.01950-07-011954-03-13 10.00.0 CMUNDOMPWR A-11

Recorded use (last 15 years on record)

In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 833 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2025, came in at 914 AF — 110% of that, and 12th 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)
2011 396 5th lowest of 15 · 48% of median 305 2.2
2012 39 1st lowest of 15 · 5% of median 62 0.3
2013 875 10th lowest of 15 · 105% of median 365 13.9
2014 671 7th lowest of 15 · 81% of median 365 2.6
2015 2,030 15th lowest of 15 · 244% of median 365 25.1
2016 877 11th lowest of 15 · 105% of median 366 3.7
2017 863 9th lowest of 15 · 104% of median 304 4.2
2018 45 2nd lowest of 15 · 5% of median 61 0.4
2019 371 4th lowest of 15 · 44% of median 365 0.9
2020 315 3rd lowest of 15 · 38% of median 366 0.7
2021 833 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median 365 6.7
2022 458 6th lowest of 15 · 55% of median 365 1.6
2023 1,022 13th lowest of 15 · 123% of median 365 6.4
2024 1,688 14th lowest of 15 · 203% of median 366 9.7
2025 914 12th lowest of 15 · 110% of median 304 10.5

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