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BARBERS GULCH DITCHES

Structure dossier · WDID 3801236 · 1 · CRYSTAL RIVER · DWR record

Where this page's figures come from

Generated 2026-08-28 00:36 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 1959-09-07 — 1330th most senior of the 4788 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: RAKICH WELL (1959-08-31). Immediately behind: FENDER SPRING AND PL (1959-09-07).

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
40061.01959-09-071971-11-05 1.50.0 CIRRDOMOTH 773

Recorded use (last 14 years on record)

In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 296 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2024, came in at 243 AF — 82% of that, and 6th lowest of the 14 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)
2000 139 2nd lowest of 14 · 47% of median 210 0.5
2001 0 1st lowest of 14 · 0% of median 1 0.0
2010 492 14th lowest of 14 · 166% of median 188 1.9
2011 457 12th lowest of 14 · 155% of median 185 2.0
2014 197 5th lowest of 14 · 67% of median 185 0.8
2015 169 3rd lowest of 14 · 57% of median 154 0.8
2016 181 4th lowest of 14 · 61% of median 185 0.7
2017 431 11th lowest of 14 · 146% of median 185 1.7
2018 337 8th lowest of 14 · 114% of median 185 1.5
2019 363 9th lowest of 14 · 123% of median 185 1.7
2021 254 7th lowest of 14 · 86% of median 185 1.1
2022 480 13th lowest of 14 · 162% of median 185 1.6
2023 418 10th lowest of 14 · 142% of median 154 1.6
2024 243 6th lowest of 14 · 82% of median 154 0.9

How good is our record of it?

Grade B (8/10 points) — the components below are the finding; the letter alone is not.

The rubric, component by component
CheckStateDetail
identity complete name, type, and water source all on file
decreed rights on file 1 right(s), seniority decoded
diversion record present 2341 measured days; currency unknown (no data-coverage date to compare against)
record continuity patchy 44% of the irrigation seasons in 2000-2024 carry measured days
published-record stability stable no upstream revisions recorded against this structure

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