Seniority, absolute versus conditional water, and decreed uses for all 5,311 water rights on record in Gunnison County, taken from the state's own records. Priority dates run from 1874-05-01 to 2025-12-10.
CFS on record: 15,606.6 absolute · 3,141.7 conditional. Flow (CFS) and volume (AF) are never added together.
Worth knowing: 448 rights in Gunnison County carry a conditional portion, water that is decreed but not yet perfected. Absolute and conditional are not the same asset.
In a dry year the oldest rights are served first. This is how Gunnison County's rights are distributed.
| Era | Rights | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|
| pre-1900 | 906 | 17.1% | |
| 1900-1949 | 1,628 | 30.7% | |
| 1950-1969 | 638 | 12.0% | |
| 1970-1999 | 1,412 | 26.6% | |
| 2000+ | 727 | 13.7% |
| Decreed use | Rights |
|---|---|
| Irrigation | 2,754 |
| Stock | 1,790 |
| Domestic | 1,759 |
| Wildlife | 717 |
| Fishery | 704 |
| Recreation | 643 |
Ranked by the state's own priority administration number, the figure DWR uses to order rights by seniority.
| Priority | Structure | Source | Amount | Uses | Verify |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1875-05-10 | SEVENTY FIVE DITCH | GUNNISON RIVER | 14.0 CFS | Irrigation, Municipal, Recreation, Fishery, Fire, Domestic, Stock, Augmentation | state record |
| 1875-07-31 | JOHN B OUTCALT NO 1 D | GUNNISON RIVER | 3.3 CFS | Irrigation | state record |
| 1876-04-01 | VIDAL BROS NO 1 DITCH | OHIO CREEK | 2.95 CFS | Irrigation | state record |
| 1876-05-30 | JOHN W ANDREWS DITCH | CEBOLLA CREEK | 0.79 CFS | Irrigation, Stock | state record |
| 1876-05-31 | HYZER VIDAL MILLER D | OHIO CREEK | 3.5 CFS | Irrigation | state record |
| 1876-06-01 | HYZER DITCH | OHIO CREEK | 0.4 CFS | Irrigation | state record |
| 1876-06-01 | TINGLEY DITCH | OHIO CREEK | 3.85 CFS | Irrigation, Augmentation | state record |
| 1876-06-01 | BIG DITCH | CEBOLLA CREEK | 6.0 CFS | Irrigation | state record |
| 1876-06-01 | FOSTER IRG D NO 4 | CEBOLLA CREEK | 1.18 CFS | Irrigation | state record |
| 1876-09-30 | BIEBEL DITCHES NOS 1&2 | TOMICHI CREEK | 8.94 CFS | Irrigation, Municipal, Commercial, Industrial, Recreation, Fishery, Augmentation, Wildlife | state record |
This page is the summary. The full file for Gunnison County covers every one of the 5,311 rights, with its priority date, seniority number, absolute and conditional amounts, decreed uses and a link to each official record, as a spreadsheet.
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Records last updated 10 September 2026.