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MCKEE GULCH DITCH

Structure dossier · WDID 4001717 · 1 · NORTH FORK GUNNISON RIVE · DWR record

Where this page's figures come from

Generated 2026-08-27 19:53 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 in line

Priority 1905-07-01 — 2183rd 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: P & S DITCH (1904-08-01). Immediately behind: MCKEE GULCH PL (1905-07-01).

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
44194.20271905-07-011971-12-31 1.00.0 CIRR

Recorded use (last 15 years on record)

In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 172 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2024, came in at 82 AF — 48% of that, and 2nd 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)
2010 191 10th lowest of 15 · 111% of median 106 5.0
2011 118 3rd lowest of 15 · 69% of median 91 1.0
2012 121 4th lowest of 15 · 70% of median 106 1.0
2013 121 4th lowest of 15 · 70% of median 101 0.8
2014 155 7th lowest of 15 · 90% of median 110 1.0
2015 172 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median 126 1.0
2016 174 9th lowest of 15 · 101% of median 127 1.0
2017 413 15th lowest of 15 · 240% of median 161 1.8
2018 32 1st lowest of 15 · 19% of median 46 0.4
2019 262 13th lowest of 15 · 152% of median 141 1.5
2020 349 14th lowest of 15 · 203% of median 159 1.3
2021 223 12th lowest of 15 · 130% of median 158 1.0
2022 211 11th lowest of 15 · 123% of median 148 1.2
2023 135 6th lowest of 15 · 78% of median 157 0.5
2024 82 2nd lowest of 15 · 48% of median 83 0.9

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