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GIBSON NO 1 DITCH

Structure dossier · WDID 5200551 · 1 · GOODSON CREEK · DWR record

Where this page's figures come from

Generated 2026-08-27 23:16 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 1905-04-12 — 121st most senior of the 562 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: SPRUCE CREEK NO 2 DITCH (1901-09-04). Immediately behind: GIBSON NO 2 DITCH (1905-04-25).

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
29437.20191905-04-121946-08-30 0.90.0 CIRR 130

Recorded use (last 15 years on record)

In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 41 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2024, came in at 29 AF — 71% of that, and 4th 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)
1999 47 11th lowest of 15 · 115% of median 46 0.6
2000 61 12th lowest of 15 · 149% of median 66 0.5
2007 17 1st lowest of 15 · 42% of median 87 0.1
2008 42 9th lowest of 15 · 102% of median 85 0.2
2009 90 14th lowest of 15 · 220% of median 109 0.5
2010 40 6th lowest of 15 · 98% of median 61 0.5
2011 46 10th lowest of 15 · 112% of median 48 0.6
2013 106 15th lowest of 15 · 258% of median 60 1.0
2015 41 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median 113 0.2
2016 70 13th lowest of 15 · 171% of median 147 0.3
2017 22 3rd lowest of 15 · 54% of median 89 0.1
2018 21 2nd lowest of 15 · 51% of median 97 0.2
2019 31 5th lowest of 15 · 76% of median 53 0.3
2023 40 6th lowest of 15 · 98% of median 53 0.4
2024 29 4th lowest of 15 · 71% of median 51 0.4

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 3464 measured days; currency unknown (no data-coverage date to compare against)
record continuity sparse 32% of the irrigation seasons in 1974-2024 carry measured days
published-record stability stable no upstream revisions recorded against this structure

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