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Structure dossier · WDID 3700939 · 1 · GYPSUM CREEK · DWR record

Where this page's figures come from

Generated 2026-08-27 21:08 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 1938-07-01 — 897th most senior of the 2162 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: VIGIL SPRING (1974-04-30). Immediately behind: DAY SPRING NO 2 (1960-09-30).

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
45655.323231938-07-011975-12-31 1.50.0 CIRRSTK

Recorded use (last 15 years on record)

In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 66 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2024, came in at 134 AF — 203% 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)
2009 147 14th lowest of 15 · 223% of median 121 0.7
2010 121 10th lowest of 15 · 183% of median 100 0.7
2011 139 13th lowest of 15 · 211% of median 149 0.6
2012 0 1st lowest of 15 · 0% of median 2 0.0
2013 14 4th lowest of 15 · 21% of median 7 1.2
2014 252 15th lowest of 15 · 382% of median 161 0.8
2015 104 9th lowest of 15 · 158% of median 62 0.9
2016 66 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median 41 0.9
2017 18 5th lowest of 15 · 27% of median 40 0.3
2018 0 1st lowest of 15 · 0% of median 1 0.0
2019 39 7th lowest of 15 · 59% of median 74 0.3
2020 0 1st lowest of 15 · 0% of median 2 0.0
2022 38 6th lowest of 15 · 58% of median 17 1.2
2023 133 11th lowest of 15 · 202% of median 118 0.6
2024 134 12th lowest of 15 · 203% of median 125 1.5

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.