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GLEASON IRRIGATING DITCH
Structure dossier · WDID 5900563 · 1 · OHIO CREEK · DWR record
Where this page's figures come from
Generated 2026-08-28 02:10 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 1891-01-22 — 158th most senior of the 2360 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: GUS BIEBEL DITCH (1890-12-18). Immediately behind: FRED BARNABEI WELL (1891-01-22).
Decreed rights (5)
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14997.0 | 1891-01-22 | 1906-09-14 | 5.427 | 0.0 | C | IRRAUG | 83 |
| 30667.14997 | 1891-01-22 | 1941-04-29 | 20.75 | 0.0 | C | IRR | 341 |
| 31607.0 | 1936-07-15 | 1941-04-29 | 8.0 | 0.0 | C | IRR | 473 |
| 31897.0 | 1937-05-01 | 1941-04-29 | 6.0 | 0.0 | C | IRR | 474 |
| 37081.0 | 1951-07-11 | 1957-06-20 | 8.0 | 0.0 | C | IRR | 506 |
Legal record & documents
25 decreed actions on record across
14 court cases:
96CW0099, CA5289, CA2021, 82CW0267, W3525, CA1325, 99CW0106, 98CW0052, 97CW0091, 97CW0090 and 4 more below.
Every case, dated
| Case | Actions | Latest adjudication | Types |
|---|---|---|---|
96CW0099 | 2 | 1996-12-31 | S |
CA5289 | 1 | 1957-06-20 | S |
CA2021 | 3 | 1941-04-29 | S |
82CW0267 | 2 | 1941-04-29 | O, S |
W3525 | 1 | 1906-09-14 | O |
CA1325 | 1 | 1906-09-14 | O |
99CW0106 | 2 | 1906-09-14 | O |
98CW0052 | 2 | 1906-09-14 | O |
97CW0091 | 2 | 1906-09-14 | O |
97CW0090 | 2 | 1906-09-14 | O |
97CW0089 | 2 | 1906-09-14 | O |
79CW0132 | 1 | 1906-09-14 | O |
03CW0185 | 2 | 1906-09-14 | O |
00CW0011 | 2 | 1906-09-14 | 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 2,359 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2025, came in at 3,483 AF — 148% of that, and 12th 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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 2,617 | 9th lowest of 15 · 111% of median | 179 | 21.6 |
| 2012 | 255 | 1st lowest of 15 · 11% of median | 61 | 3.0 |
| 2013 | 1,172 | 4th lowest of 15 · 50% of median | 173 | 11.4 |
| 2014 | 3,466 | 11th lowest of 15 · 147% of median | 142 | 35.1 |
| 2015 | 1,205 | 5th lowest of 15 · 51% of median | 84 | 10.8 |
| 2016 | 904 | 3rd lowest of 15 · 38% of median | 148 | 5.4 |
| 2017 | 3,176 | 10th lowest of 15 · 135% of median | 177 | 27.1 |
| 2018 | 712 | 2nd lowest of 15 · 30% of median | 146 | 5.4 |
| 2019 | 5,315 | 15th lowest of 15 · 225% of median | 144 | 38.1 |
| 2020 | 2,359 | 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median | 174 | 29.2 |
| 2021 | 1,568 | 6th lowest of 15 · 66% of median | 109 | 16.9 |
| 2022 | 4,243 | 14th lowest of 15 · 180% of median | 124 | 31.8 |
| 2023 | 3,970 | 13th lowest of 15 · 168% of median | 148 | 26.7 |
| 2024 | 1,608 | 7th lowest of 15 · 68% of median | 177 | 19.4 |
| 2025 | 3,483 | 12th lowest of 15 · 148% of median | 200 | 20.6 |
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 | 5 right(s), seniority decoded |
| diversion record | present | 7080 measured days; currency unknown (no data-coverage date to compare against) |
| record continuity | patchy | 65% of the irrigation seasons in 1975-2025 carry measured days |
| published-record stability | stable | no upstream revisions recorded against this structure |
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