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STEPHENS DITCH

Structure dossier · WDID 4001200 · 1 · NORTH FORK GUNNISON RIVE · DWR record

Where this page's figures come from

Generated 2026-08-28 00:22 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 1908-05-10 — 1764th 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: DRAKE WASTE WATER DITCH (1908-04-15). Immediately behind: WALTER GOLLOB HGT NO 1 (1908-06-01).

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
31924.213141908-05-101954-03-20 0.250.0 CDOM J124

Recorded use (last 15 years on record)

In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 51 AF. Its most recent year on record, 1991, came in at 63 AF — 124% 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)
1975 76 11th lowest of 15 · 149% of median 154 0.2
1976 132 15th lowest of 15 · 259% of median 191 0.6
1977 71 10th lowest of 15 · 139% of median 161 0.3
1978 14 5th lowest of 15 · 28% of median 59 0.2
1979 29 6th lowest of 15 · 57% of median 60 0.2
1981 12 4th lowest of 15 · 24% of median 31 0.2
1982 8 1st lowest of 15 · 16% of median 16 0.2
1983 8 1st lowest of 15 · 16% of median 17 0.2
1985 10 3rd lowest of 15 · 20% of median 21 0.2
1986 45 7th lowest of 15 · 88% of median 42 0.7
1987 51 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median 75 0.4
1988 83 12th lowest of 15 · 163% of median 159 0.3
1989 95 13th lowest of 15 · 186% of median 214 0.2
1990 100 14th lowest of 15 · 196% of median 222 0.5
1991 63 9th lowest of 15 · 124% of median 133 0.4

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 1555 measured days; currency unknown (no data-coverage date to compare against)
record continuity patchy 44% of the irrigation seasons in 1975-1991 carry measured days
published-record stability stable no upstream revisions recorded against this structure

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