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GIBSON DITCH
Structure dossier · WDID 6800587 · 1 · DRY CREEK · DWR record
Where this page's figures come from
Generated 2026-08-27 21:22 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 1884-10-15 — 244th most senior of the 1293 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: PERKINS DITCH (1884-06-01). Immediately behind: BROOKE DITCH (1885-05-01).
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29554.12707 | 1884-10-15 | 1942-05-11 | 10.0 | 0.0 | C | IRR | 37 |
| 51864.51468 | 1990-11-30 | 1992-12-31 | 1.25 | 0.0 | C | IRRRECFISFIRSTKWLD | |
| 52443.0 | 1993-08-01 | 1993-12-31 | 0.25 | 0.0 | C | IRRFIRSTK |
Recorded use (last 15 years on record)
In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 1,653 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2025, came in at 1,653 AF — 100% of that, and 8th 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 | 2,321 | 15th lowest of 15 · 140% of median | 342 | 9.9 |
| 2012 | 1,237 | 2nd lowest of 15 · 75% of median | 252 | 7.7 |
| 2013 | 1,308 | 4th lowest of 15 · 79% of median | 321 | 5.8 |
| 2014 | 1,776 | 9th lowest of 15 · 107% of median | 318 | 10.3 |
| 2015 | 1,420 | 5th lowest of 15 · 86% of median | 359 | 4.8 |
| 2016 | 2,131 | 14th lowest of 15 · 129% of median | 329 | 9.9 |
| 2017 | 2,034 | 12th lowest of 15 · 123% of median | 365 | 12.0 |
| 2018 | 561 | 1st lowest of 15 · 34% of median | 222 | 8.1 |
| 2019 | 2,105 | 13th lowest of 15 · 127% of median | 365 | 11.3 |
| 2020 | 1,635 | 7th lowest of 15 · 99% of median | 351 | 10.4 |
| 2021 | 1,274 | 3rd lowest of 15 · 77% of median | 273 | 8.5 |
| 2022 | 1,427 | 6th lowest of 15 · 86% of median | 346 | 9.6 |
| 2023 | 1,795 | 10th lowest of 15 · 109% of median | 339 | 8.1 |
| 2024 | 1,966 | 11th lowest of 15 · 119% of median | 366 | 8.1 |
| 2025 | 1,653 | 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median | 304 | 6.4 |
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