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Structure dossier · WDID 8000753 · DITCH · GIBBS GULCH · DWR record

Where this page's figures come from

Generated 2026-08-27 23:00 by Hydrohistorian. Sources: DWR HydroBase snapshot HydroBase_CO_20260707 (history) + CDSS REST (current), USGS NWIS cross-checks. Engine v0.5.0 (0576005) — 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.

Current administration

● Fully called out — call at LAST CHANCE DITCH 2 (SOUTH PLATTE RIVER, priority 1863-12-30).

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 1881-05-11 — 632nd most senior of the 21881 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: 2301013 (1881-05-10). Immediately behind: 8000776 (1881-06-01).

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. UnitsUsesWhat the court said this water may be used for -- irrigation, municipal supply, augmentation and so on.Case
11454.01881-05-111913-05-22 0.50.0 CIRR

Recorded use (last 12 years on record)

In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 24 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2019, came in at 7 AF — 30% of that, and 3rd 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)
1973 96 12th lowest of 12 · 408% of median 82 1.0
1979 28 8th lowest of 12 · 119% of median 29 0.5
1980 6 2nd lowest of 12 · 26% of median 13 0.2
1982 32 9th lowest of 12 · 136% of median 33 0.5
1983 25 7th lowest of 12 · 106% of median 26 0.5
2008 22 5th lowest of 12 · 94% of median 23 0.5
2010 7 3rd lowest of 12 · 30% of median 30 0.1
2011 80 11th lowest of 12 · 340% of median 82 0.5
2013 22 5th lowest of 12 · 94% of median 26 0.5
2014 78 10th lowest of 12 · 332% of median 80 0.5
2016 5 1st lowest of 12 · 21% of median 7 0.5
2019 7 3rd lowest of 12 · 30% of median 71 0.1

How good is our record of it?

Grade B (7/10 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 1 right(s), seniority decoded
diversion record present 502 measured days; currency unknown (no data-coverage date to compare against)
record continuity sparse 5% of the irrigation seasons in 1973-2019 carry measured days
published-record stability stable no upstream revisions recorded against this structure

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