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GIBBS DITCH

Structure dossier · WDID 5100668 · 1 · CORRAL CREEK · DWR record

Where this page's figures come from

Generated 2026-08-27 19:33 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 1902-06-01 — 220th most senior of the 2208 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: RAUH NO 1 DITCH (NORTH BANK) (1901-10-31). Immediately behind: LOST CREEK DITCH (1902-06-02).

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
20676.191441902-06-011911-08-03 4.00.0 CIRR 222

Recorded use (last 15 years on record)

In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 208 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2024, came in at 288 AF — 138% of that, and 13th 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)
2009 148 5th lowest of 15 · 71% of median 61 2.4
2010 231 10th lowest of 15 · 111% of median 65 2.8
2011 436 15th lowest of 15 · 210% of median 71 3.7
2012 114 2nd lowest of 15 · 55% of median 86 1.2
2013 195 6th lowest of 15 · 94% of median 67 2.7
2014 276 12th lowest of 15 · 133% of median 114 2.2
2015 233 11th lowest of 15 · 112% of median 72 2.1
2016 216 9th lowest of 15 · 104% of median 77 2.3
2017 137 3rd lowest of 15 · 66% of median 69 2.1
2018 71 1st lowest of 15 · 34% of median 75 1.0
2019 419 14th lowest of 15 · 201% of median 125 2.0
2020 208 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median 139 2.0
2021 144 4th lowest of 15 · 69% of median 124 1.0
2023 202 7th lowest of 15 · 97% of median 103 1.0
2024 288 13th lowest of 15 · 138% of median 156 2.0

Advisory reading aid on public data — not an administrative or legal conclusion, not a title opinion, and not a substitute for DWR administration or an engineer's analysis. Methodology review status is disclosed at hydrohistorian's basin pages.