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SMITH AND WILSON DITCH
Structure dossier · WDID 5900675 · 1 · GUNNISON RIVER · DWR record
Where this page's figures come from
Generated 2026-08-27 20:26 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.
Which of its rights get called out?
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 1902-04-30 — 244th 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: FRANCIS STOCKWATER WELL (1902-03-15). Immediately behind: SUNKI NO 1 DITCH (1902-05-26).
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. | Units | UsesWhat the court said this water may be used for -- irrigation, municipal supply, augmentation and so on. | Case |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19112.0 | 1902-04-30 | 1906-09-14 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | IRR | 151 |
Recorded use (last 15 years on record)
In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 965 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2003, came in at 0 AF — 0% of that, and 1st 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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1989 | 599 | 5th lowest of 15 · 62% of median | 177 | 4.5 |
| 1990 | 592 | 4th lowest of 15 · 61% of median | 128 | 4.8 |
| 1991 | 561 | 2nd lowest of 15 · 58% of median | 105 | 4.7 |
| 1992 | 965 | 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median | 117 | 6.5 |
| 1993 | 1,226 | 9th lowest of 15 · 127% of median | 158 | 4.5 |
| 1994 | 1,268 | 10th lowest of 15 · 131% of median | 147 | 10.0 |
| 1995 | 878 | 7th lowest of 15 · 91% of median | 129 | 6.3 |
| 1996 | 1,292 | 12th lowest of 15 · 134% of median | 113 | 7.3 |
| 1997 | 1,289 | 11th lowest of 15 · 134% of median | 97 | 7.5 |
| 1998 | 819 | 6th lowest of 15 · 85% of median | 111 | 6.9 |
| 1999 | 1,477 | 14th lowest of 15 · 153% of median | 107 | 9.5 |
| 2000 | 1,996 | 15th lowest of 15 · 207% of median | 168 | 8.0 |
| 2001 | 1,294 | 13th lowest of 15 · 134% of median | 168 | 8.5 |
| 2002 | 575 | 3rd lowest of 15 · 60% of median | 55 | 6.0 |
| 2003 | 0 | 1st lowest of 15 · 0% of median | 5 | 0.0 |
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