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Structure dossier · WDID 3703520 · 3 · GYPSUM CREEK · DWR record
Where this page's figures come from
Generated 2026-08-28 01:23 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 1881-07-01 — 6th 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: LITTLE G INTAKE (1881-07-01). Immediately behind: DAGGETT AND PARKER DITCH (1882-04-30).
Decreed rights (7)
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11505.0 | 1881-07-01 | 1889-12-17 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | IRRMUNCOMINDRECFIRDOMAUG | 1 |
| 30894.29745 | 1931-06-10 | 1936-10-03 | 947.0 | 0.0 | A | IRR | RES9 |
| 42485.0 | 1966-04-27 | 1972-05-31 | 0.0 | 0.0 | A | IRRMUNINDRECDOMSTKOTH | |
| 42485.0 | 1966-04-27 | 1972-05-31 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | IRRMUNINDRECDOMSTKOTH | |
| 51734.0 | 1991-08-23 | 1991-12-31 | 0.0 | 0.0 | A | MUNCOMINDRECFISDOMAUG | |
| 51734.0 | 1991-08-23 | 1991-12-31 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | MUNCOMINDRECFISDOMAUG | |
| 56613.54275 | 1998-08-07 | 2005-12-31 | 254.8 | 145.2 | A | IRRMUNCOMINDFIRDOMAUGOTH |
Legal record & documents
9 decreed actions on record across
5 court cases:
20CW3059, 05CW0292, 02CW0235, CA0963, 03CW0325.
Every case, dated
| Case | Actions | Latest adjudication | Types |
|---|---|---|---|
20CW3059 | 1 | 2005-12-31 | S |
05CW0292 | 1 | 2005-12-31 | S |
02CW0235 | 3 | 1991-12-31 | S |
CA0963 | 3 | 1936-10-03 | S |
03CW0325 | 1 | 1889-12-17 | O |
DWR's own records for this structure: net amounts · transactions & adjudication history · scanned decrees (search a case number there for the imaged document). On this site: the district's full legal picture →
Recorded use (last 4 years on record)
In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 159 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2024, came in at 142 AF — 89% of that, and 1st lowest of the 3 years with a recorded volume.
This structure records both diversions and reservoir releases — they are separate water movements and are accounted separately below.
| 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 | Released (AF) | Days recorded | Peak (cfs) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 | — | no recorded volume | 220 | 0 | — |
| 1989 | 284 | 3rd lowest of 3 · 179% of median | — | 68 | 2.5 |
| 1990 | 159 | 2nd lowest of 3 · 100% of median | 92 | 21 | 4.0 |
| 2024 | 142 | 1st lowest of 3 · 89% of median | — | 21 | 4.6 |
How good is our record of it?
Grade B (7/10 points) — the components below are the finding; the letter alone is not.
The rubric, component by component
| Check | State | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| identity | complete | name, type, and water source all on file |
| decreed rights | on file | 7 right(s), seniority decoded |
| diversion record | fragment | 110 measured day(s) on file (under 180 -- a season, not a history) |
| record continuity | unknown | record too short to assess continuity (needs 2+ years of span and 180+ measured days) |
| published-record stability | stable | no upstream revisions recorded against this structure |
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