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GIBBS DITCH
Structure dossier · WDID 1200658 · 1 · SOUTH HARDSCRABBLE CREEK · DWR record
Where this page's figures come from
Generated 2026-08-27 20:28 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.
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 1873-04-15 — 155th 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: RAGLAND AND COX DITCH (1873-04-10). Immediately behind: GARDNER DITCH NO 2 (1873-04-30).
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. | Units | UsesWhat the court said this water may be used for -- irrigation, municipal supply, augmentation and so on. | Case |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8506.0 | 1873-04-15 | 1894-02-03 | 0.6875 | 0.0 | C | IRR | 116 |
| 10592.0 | 1878-12-31 | 1894-02-03 | 1.0 | 0.0 | C | IRR | 209 |
Recorded use (last 15 years on record)
In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 48 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2010, came in at 0 AF — 0% of that, and 1st lowest of the 15 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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | 285 | 13th lowest of 15 · 594% of median | 109 | 1.3 |
| 1995 | 606 | 15th lowest of 15 · 1262% of median | 184 | 1.7 |
| 1997 | 411 | 14th lowest of 15 · 856% of median | 186 | 1.7 |
| 1998 | 75 | 10th lowest of 15 · 156% of median | 46 | 1.0 |
| 1999 | 28 | 5th lowest of 15 · 58% of median | 24 | 1.0 |
| 2000 | 72 | 9th lowest of 15 · 150% of median | 31 | 1.7 |
| 2001 | 0 | 1st lowest of 15 · 0% of median | 9 | 0.0 |
| 2003 | 48 | 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median | 32 | 1.7 |
| 2004 | 20 | 4th lowest of 15 · 42% of median | 15 | 1.0 |
| 2005 | 46 | 7th lowest of 15 · 96% of median | 26 | 1.0 |
| 2006 | 0 | 1st lowest of 15 · 0% of median | 3 | 0.0 |
| 2007 | 86 | 11th lowest of 15 · 179% of median | 47 | 1.7 |
| 2008 | 29 | 6th lowest of 15 · 60% of median | 36 | 0.7 |
| 2009 | 253 | 12th lowest of 15 · 527% of median | 186 | 0.7 |
| 2010 | 0 | 1st lowest of 15 · 0% of median | 1 | 0.0 |
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