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Structure dossier · WDID 4000885 · 1 · GUNNISON RIVER · DWR record

Where this page's figures come from

Generated 2026-08-27 23:16 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 1896-04-01 — 1258th most senior of the 4661 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: ROBERTS STUCKER DITCH (1896-02-01). Immediately behind: STATES DITCH (1896-05-01).

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
21263.168931896-04-011914-06-23 0.30.0 CIRR A41

Recorded use (last 15 years on record)

In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 196 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2010, came in at 97 AF — 50% of that, and 1st 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)
1983 328 13th lowest of 15 · 167% of median 82 3.0
1984 196 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median 78 1.5
1985 318 12th lowest of 15 · 162% of median 96 3.0
1986 366 15th lowest of 15 · 187% of median 145 2.0
1987 272 11th lowest of 15 · 139% of median 91 2.8
1988 181 7th lowest of 15 · 92% of median 139 1.5
1989 140 5th lowest of 15 · 71% of median 171 0.7
1990 105 3rd lowest of 15 · 54% of median 166 0.3
2004 127 4th lowest of 15 · 65% of median 214 0.3
2005 216 10th lowest of 15 · 110% of median 169 1.0
2006 212 9th lowest of 15 · 108% of median 214 0.5
2007 156 6th lowest of 15 · 80% of median 196 0.5
2008 100 2nd lowest of 15 · 51% of median 187 0.5
2009 355 14th lowest of 15 · 181% of median 186 1.0
2010 97 1st lowest of 15 · 50% of median 195 0.2

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
CheckStateDetail
identity complete name, type, and water source all on file
decreed rights on file 1 right(s), seniority decoded
diversion record present 2713 measured days; currency unknown (no data-coverage date to compare against)
record continuity sparse 35% of the irrigation seasons in 1974-2010 carry measured days
published-record stability stable no upstream revisions recorded against this structure

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