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GIBSON SPRINGS

Structure dossier · WDID 7205108 · 4 · PLATEAU CREEK · DWR record

Where this page's figures come from

Generated 2026-08-27 22:19 by Hydrohistorian. Sources: DWR HydroBase snapshot HydroBase_CO_20260707 (history) + CDSS REST (current), USGS NWIS cross-checks. Engine v0.5.0 (a1c9146) — 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 1978-04-01 — 1245th most senior of the 2166 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: DAVID AND DARREN SPRING (1978-03-15). Immediately behind: KINGERY SPRING (1978-05-31).

Decreed rights (2)

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. UnitsUsesWhat the court said this water may be used for -- irrigation, municipal supply, augmentation and so on.Case
46842.01978-04-011978-12-31 0.0330.0 CDOM
47116.352441946-06-301979-12-31 0.180.0 CIRRRECFIS

Recorded use (last 12 years on record)

In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 60 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2011, came in at 121 AF — 202% of that, and 11th lowest of the 12 years with a recorded volume.

YearDiverted (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 recordDays recordedPeak (cfs)
1993 4 1st lowest of 12 · 7% of median 61 0.0
1994 20 3rd lowest of 12 · 33% of median 304 0.0
1995 25 4th lowest of 12 · 42% of median 61 0.2
1996 131 12th lowest of 12 · 218% of median 366 0.2
1997 40 5th lowest of 12 · 67% of median 365 0.2
1998 112 10th lowest of 12 · 187% of median 365 0.2
1999 18 2nd lowest of 12 · 30% of median 304 0.0
2006 53 6th lowest of 12 · 88% of median 135 0.2
2008 67 7th lowest of 12 · 112% of median 221 0.2
2009 72 8th lowest of 12 · 120% of median 304 0.2
2010 103 9th lowest of 12 · 172% of median 221 0.2
2011 121 11th lowest of 12 · 202% of median 304 0.2

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
CheckStateDetail
identity complete name, type, and water source all on file
decreed rights on file 2 right(s), seniority decoded
diversion record present 3011 measured days; currency unknown (no data-coverage date to compare against)
record continuity continuous 78% of the irrigation seasons in 1993-2011 carry measured days
published-record stability stable no upstream revisions recorded against this structure

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