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JOHN B OUTCALT NO 2 D
Structure dossier · WDID 5900602 · 1 · GUNNISON RIVER · DWR record
Where this page's figures come from
Generated 2026-08-27 19:53 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 1879-07-10 — 22nd 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: KELMEL OWENS NO 1 DITCH (1879-06-01). Immediately behind: BIEBEL NO 3 DITCH (1879-11-30).
Decreed rights (6)
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10783.0 | 1879-07-10 | 1906-09-14 | 4.5 | 0.0 | C | IRR | 13 |
| 11475.0 | 1881-06-01 | 1906-09-14 | 3.375 | 0.0 | C | IRR | 29 |
| 14015.0 | 1888-05-15 | 1906-09-14 | 0.55 | 0.0 | C | IRR | 67 |
| 30667.10783 | 1879-07-10 | 1941-04-29 | 23.625 | 0.0 | C | IRR | 285 |
| 30667.14015 | 1888-05-15 | 1941-04-29 | 2.8 | 0.0 | C | IRR | 328 |
| 30667.14032 | 1888-06-01 | 1941-04-29 | 3.0 | 0.0 | C | IRR |
Recorded use (last 15 years on record)
In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 3,129 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2025, came in at 4,263 AF — 136% of that, and 13th 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 | 2,112 | 4th lowest of 15 · 68% of median | 58 | 22.9 |
| 2012 | 1,802 | 2nd lowest of 15 · 58% of median | 104 | 22.5 |
| 2013 | 3,230 | 11th lowest of 15 · 103% of median | 114 | 21.5 |
| 2014 | 1,962 | 3rd lowest of 15 · 63% of median | 81 | 26.5 |
| 2015 | 2,358 | 6th lowest of 15 · 75% of median | 79 | 22.6 |
| 2016 | 3,216 | 10th lowest of 15 · 103% of median | 69 | 32.8 |
| 2017 | 925 | 1st lowest of 15 · 30% of median | 64 | 8.3 |
| 2018 | 2,995 | 7th lowest of 15 · 96% of median | 150 | 20.3 |
| 2019 | 5,341 | 14th lowest of 15 · 171% of median | 62 | 46.4 |
| 2020 | 3,129 | 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median | 98 | 23.8 |
| 2021 | 3,151 | 9th lowest of 15 · 101% of median | 92 | 30.6 |
| 2022 | 5,828 | 15th lowest of 15 · 186% of median | 113 | 30.6 |
| 2023 | 3,825 | 12th lowest of 15 · 122% of median | 89 | 32.8 |
| 2024 | 2,327 | 5th lowest of 15 · 74% of median | 94 | 18.1 |
| 2025 | 4,263 | 13th lowest of 15 · 136% of median | 146 | 24.1 |
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