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SPRING GULCH DITCH

Structure dossier · WDID 3001226 · 1 · SPRING GULCH · DWR record

Where this page's figures come from

Generated 2026-08-27 20:40 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 1908-05-01 — 399th most senior of the 2277 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: JAMES DITCH (1908-04-04). Immediately behind: JAKINO DITCH (1908-05-14).

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
21305.01908-05-011923-11-08 2.50.0 CIRRSTK A-47

Recorded use (last 15 years on record)

In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 358 AF. Its most recent year on record, 1987, came in at 28 AF — 8% of that, and 3rd 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)
1973 1,312 15th lowest of 15 · 366% of median 365 2.5
1974 526 12th lowest of 15 · 147% of median 334 1.0
1975 837 14th lowest of 15 · 234% of median 365 1.5
1976 803 13th lowest of 15 · 224% of median 365 1.2
1977 364 9th lowest of 15 · 102% of median 304 1.2
1978 403 10th lowest of 15 · 113% of median 169 1.5
1979 358 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median 147 1.2
1980 95 5th lowest of 15 · 26% of median 149 1.0
1981 435 11th lowest of 15 · 122% of median 233 1.2
1982 240 7th lowest of 15 · 67% of median 304 0.4
1983 137 6th lowest of 15 · 38% of median 143 0.5
1984 32 4th lowest of 15 · 9% of median 176 0.1
1985 19 1st lowest of 15 · 5% of median 174 0.1
1986 24 2nd lowest of 15 · 7% of median 242 0.1
1987 28 3rd lowest of 15 · 8% of median 304 0.1

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