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TALLMADGE AND GIBSON D
Structure dossier · WDID 4500790 · 1 · EAST DIVIDE CREEK · DWR record
Where this page's figures come from
Generated 2026-08-27 23:49 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 1885-08-14 — 34th most senior of the 1378 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: HOLMES DITCH (1885-08-02). Immediately behind: J A CLARK DITCH (1885-09-05).
Decreed rights (11)
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13010.0 | 1885-08-14 | 1888-05-05 | 6.2 | 0.0 | C | IRR | 36 |
| 13249.0 | 1886-04-10 | 1888-05-05 | 5.25 | 0.0 | C | IRR | 49 |
| 13704.0 | 1887-07-09 | 1888-05-05 | 1.67 | 0.0 | C | IRR | 82 |
| 21323.19097 | 1902-04-15 | 1908-07-01 | 0.08 | 0.0 | C | IRR | 125AA |
| 21323.19832 | 1904-04-19 | 1908-07-01 | 12.73 | 0.0 | C | IRR | 133 |
| 23704.19832 | 1904-04-19 | 1915-01-07 | 1.2 | 0.0 | C | IRR | 133 |
| 30170.1301 | 1885-08-14 | 1939-06-22 | 0.42 | 0.0 | C | DOMSTK | |
| 30170.13012 | 1885-08-16 | 1939-06-22 | 0.42 | 0.0 | C | DOMSTK | |
| 30170.22738 | 1912-04-03 | 1939-06-22 | 24.58 | 0.0 | C | IRR | 166I |
| 58074.51408 | 1990-10-01 | 2009-12-31 | 2.0 | 0.0 | C | STK | |
| 58439.52534 | 1993-10-31 | 2010-12-31 | 1.5 | 0.0 | C | OTH |
Legal record & documents
21 decreed actions on record across
11 court cases:
10CW0201, 09CW0162, CA3253, CA1747, CA1288, CA1283, 07/01/1908, W0232, CA0089, 06CW0043 and 1 more below.
Every case, dated
| Case | Actions | Latest adjudication | Types |
|---|---|---|---|
10CW0201 | 1 | 2010-12-31 | S |
09CW0162 | 1 | 2009-12-31 | S |
CA3253 | 4 | 1939-06-22 | S |
CA1747 | 1 | 1915-01-07 | S |
CA1288 | 2 | 1908-07-01 | S |
CA1283 | 1 | 1908-07-01 | S |
07/01/1908 | 2 | 1908-07-01 | S |
W0232 | 1 | 1888-05-05 | O |
CA0089 | 4 | 1888-05-05 | O |
06CW0043 | 2 | 1888-05-05 | O |
05/05/1888 | 2 | 1888-05-05 | 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 15 years on record)
In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 2,696 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2024, came in at 3,137 AF — 116% of that, and 11th lowest of the 15 years with a recorded volume.
| 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 | Days recorded | Peak (cfs) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 1,686 | 5th lowest of 15 · 62% of median | 153 | 25.1 |
| 2011 | 3,810 | 14th lowest of 15 · 141% of median | 191 | 32.0 |
| 2012 | 1,130 | 4th lowest of 15 · 42% of median | 72 | 18.1 |
| 2013 | 2,184 | 7th lowest of 15 · 81% of median | 172 | 28.8 |
| 2014 | 3,923 | 15th lowest of 15 · 146% of median | 258 | 33.0 |
| 2015 | 3,737 | 13th lowest of 15 · 139% of median | 354 | 30.0 |
| 2016 | 2,945 | 10th lowest of 15 · 109% of median | 245 | 27.9 |
| 2017 | 1,861 | 6th lowest of 15 · 69% of median | 138 | 25.9 |
| 2018 | 1,062 | 3rd lowest of 15 · 39% of median | 64 | 29.6 |
| 2019 | 3,498 | 12th lowest of 15 · 130% of median | 132 | 40.1 |
| 2020 | 1,057 | 2nd lowest of 15 · 39% of median | 74 | 24.0 |
| 2021 | 577 | 1st lowest of 15 · 21% of median | 84 | 13.1 |
| 2022 | 2,808 | 9th lowest of 15 · 104% of median | 123 | 36.0 |
| 2023 | 2,696 | 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median | 134 | 32.0 |
| 2024 | 3,137 | 11th lowest of 15 · 116% of median | 242 | 28.0 |
Trends for this structure
Recorded use shows no clear trend over its last 15 recorded years — which is itself worth knowing.
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
| Check | State | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| identity | complete | name, type, and water source all on file |
| decreed rights | on file | 11 right(s), seniority decoded |
| diversion record | present | 7493 measured days; currency unknown (no data-coverage date to compare against) |
| record continuity | patchy | 71% of the irrigation seasons in 1975-2024 carry measured days |
| published-record stability | stable | no upstream revisions recorded against this structure |
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