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GORE DITCH NO 1

Structure dossier · WDID 5101065 · 1 · COLORADO RIVER · DWR record

Where this page's figures come from

Generated 2026-08-27 23:48 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 1969-12-04 — 1013th 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: KUSEY SPRING NO 2 (1965-04-30). Immediately behind: GORE RESERVOIR NO 1 (1969-12-04).

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
45655.438021969-12-041975-12-31 0.250.0 CIRRFISDOM

Recorded use (last 15 years on record)

In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 38 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2023, came in at 0 AF — 0% 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)
1988 38 7th lowest of 15 · 100% of median 106 0.7
1989 29 5th lowest of 15 · 76% of median 63 0.3
1990 40 9th lowest of 15 · 105% of median 42 0.5
1991 148 15th lowest of 15 · 390% of median 125 2.4
1992 73 13th lowest of 15 · 192% of median 101 2.0
1993 79 14th lowest of 15 · 208% of median 160 0.2
1994 60 12th lowest of 15 · 158% of median 123 0.2
1996 16 3rd lowest of 15 · 42% of median 33 0.2
1997 46 10th lowest of 15 · 121% of median 93 0.2
1998 38 7th lowest of 15 · 100% of median 78 0.2
1999 22 4th lowest of 15 · 58% of median 45 0.2
2000 15 2nd lowest of 15 · 40% of median 31 0.2
2001 34 6th lowest of 15 · 90% of median 69 0.2
2004 51 11th lowest of 15 · 134% of median 104 0.2
2023 0 1st lowest of 15 · 0% of median 1 0.0

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 2411 measured days; currency unknown (no data-coverage date to compare against)
record continuity sparse 25% of the irrigation seasons in 1978-2023 carry measured days
published-record stability stable no upstream revisions recorded against this structure

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