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GALES WATER RIGHT DITCH
Structure dossier · WDID 6000821 · 1 · MAVERICK DRAW · DWR record
Where this page's figures come from
Generated 2026-08-27 19:16 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 in line
Priority 1976-06-01 — 1364th most senior of the 2893 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: GRANT DITCH PUMP STATION (1976-02-10). Immediately behind: MYSTERY SPRING PIPELINE (1976-06-24).
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 46173.0 | 1976-06-01 | 1976-12-31 | 1.0 | 0.0 | C | IRR |
Recorded use (last 4 years on record)
In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 34 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2000, came in at 101 AF — 297% of that, and 4th lowest of the 4 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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1986 | 34 | 2nd lowest of 4 · 100% of median | 70 | 0.2 |
| 1987 | 34 | 2nd lowest of 4 · 100% of median | 82 | 0.2 |
| 1999 | 12 | 1st lowest of 4 · 35% of median | 61 | 0.1 |
| 2000 | 101 | 4th lowest of 4 · 297% of median | 305 | 0.2 |
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