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Structure dossier · WDID 5900653 · 1 · GUNNISON RIVER · DWR record
Where this page's figures come from
Generated 2026-08-28 01:24 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 1908-08-31 — 542nd 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: OVERLOOK DOM WELL & PL (1907-12-31). Immediately behind: MERIDIAN DITCH (1910-06-17).
Decreed rights (3)
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26230.21427 | 1908-08-31 | 1924-01-07 | 2.5 | 0.0 | C | IRRAUG | 253 |
| 26230.23375 | 1913-12-31 | 1924-01-07 | 3.75 | 0.0 | C | IRRAUG | 257 |
| 30667.20892 | 1907-03-15 | 1941-04-29 | 16.25 | 0.0 | C | IRRAUG | 407 |
Legal record & documents
17 decreed actions on record across
6 court cases:
CA5863, CA2021, 84CW0183, CA1719, 94CW0044, 81CW0047.
Every case, dated
| Case | Actions | Latest adjudication | Types |
|---|---|---|---|
CA5863 | 6 | 1941-04-29 | S |
CA2021 | 1 | 1941-04-29 | S |
84CW0183 | 6 | 1941-04-29 | S |
CA1719 | 2 | 1924-01-07 | S |
94CW0044 | 1 | 1924-01-07 | S |
81CW0047 | 1 | 1924-01-07 | S |
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 4,392 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2025, came in at 4,205 AF — 96% of that, and 6th 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 | 6,941 | 13th lowest of 15 · 158% of median | 200 | 30.1 |
| 2012 | 6,334 | 11th lowest of 15 · 144% of median | 204 | 21.9 |
| 2013 | 7,112 | 14th lowest of 15 · 162% of median | 203 | 25.8 |
| 2014 | 6,691 | 12th lowest of 15 · 152% of median | 177 | 26.5 |
| 2015 | 8,385 | 15th lowest of 15 · 191% of median | 213 | 30.1 |
| 2016 | 4,093 | 5th lowest of 15 · 93% of median | 207 | 20.1 |
| 2017 | 5,500 | 10th lowest of 15 · 125% of median | 197 | 22.6 |
| 2018 | 4,392 | 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median | 205 | 20.3 |
| 2019 | 4,749 | 9th lowest of 15 · 108% of median | 179 | 22.6 |
| 2020 | 3,649 | 2nd lowest of 15 · 83% of median | 202 | 13.9 |
| 2021 | 3,721 | 3rd lowest of 15 · 85% of median | 196 | 22.2 |
| 2022 | 4,341 | 7th lowest of 15 · 99% of median | 196 | 20.3 |
| 2023 | 3,394 | 1st lowest of 15 · 77% of median | 177 | 18.1 |
| 2024 | 4,082 | 4th lowest of 15 · 93% of median | 179 | 20.1 |
| 2025 | 4,205 | 6th lowest of 15 · 96% of median | 179 | 22.6 |
Trends for this structure
Recorded use is falling over its last 15 recorded years (-240 AF/yr, Mann-Kendall p=0.004).
How good is our record of it?
Grade A (9/10 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 | 3 right(s), seniority decoded |
| diversion record | present | 9567 measured days; currency unknown (no data-coverage date to compare against) |
| record continuity | continuous | 88% 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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