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GAFFORD DITCH NO 2

Structure dossier · WDID 3200564 · 1 · DAWSON DRAW · DWR record

Where this page's figures come from

Generated 2026-08-27 21:07 by Hydrohistorian. Sources: DWR HydroBase snapshot HydroBase_CO_20260707 (history) + CDSS REST (current), USGS NWIS cross-checks. Engine v0.5.0 (f6d7fdc) — 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 1948-12-31 — 239th most senior of the 638 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: WEST RESERVOIR (1940-05-03). Immediately behind: ISMAY DITCH (1955-01-01).

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
41133.361591948-12-311970-12-31 2.00.0 CIRR

Recorded use (last 15 years on record)

In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 128 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2025, came in at 152 AF — 119% of that, and 9th 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 300 15th lowest of 15 · 234% of median 136 1.7
2012 118 7th lowest of 15 · 92% of median 134 1.0
2013 38 1st lowest of 15 · 30% of median 83 0.3
2014 54 2nd lowest of 15 · 42% of median 161 0.2
2015 68 3rd lowest of 15 · 53% of median 168 0.5
2016 107 6th lowest of 15 · 84% of median 110 0.9
2017 214 13th lowest of 15 · 167% of median 103 2.2
2018 104 5th lowest of 15 · 81% of median 99 1.2
2019 128 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median 113 1.4
2020 83 4th lowest of 15 · 65% of median 93 1.0
2021 183 10th lowest of 15 · 143% of median 144 2.2
2022 197 12th lowest of 15 · 154% of median 129 1.0
2023 229 14th lowest of 15 · 179% of median 159 1.0
2024 190 11th lowest of 15 · 148% of median 148 1.0
2025 152 9th lowest of 15 · 119% of median 148 0.9

Advisory reading aid on public data — not an administrative or legal conclusion, not a title opinion, and not a substitute for DWR administration or an engineer's analysis. Methodology review status is disclosed at hydrohistorian's basin pages.