WDID 5901386

Storage, Irrigation, Domestic · Gunnison River · Gunnison County, Colorado

Priority date

May 27, 1981

508th most senior of 648 rights on Gunnison River in Gunnison County

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Owner
Not in Colorado's decreed-rights data. These rights convey by deed, so ownership is traced through county property records.
Status
Absolute
Record type
Decreed water right
Kind of source
Spring
Name
Watercress Spring & D
Uses
Storage, Irrigation, Domestic, Stock
Flow rate
0.4 cfs (179.5 gpm)
Points of diversion
1 (first at 38.58979, -106.92014)
Structure type
Spring
WDID
5901386
Adjudication date
1981-12-31
Administration number
47994.00000
Court case numbers
86CW0088, 81CW0314
Water division / district
4 / 59
Absolute amount
0.4 cfs

From Colorado Division of Water Resources (CDSS), Water Rights Net Amounts + Well Application Permits, fetched October 12, 2026. The state's own record is the authority: amounts, owners and status here can lag behind it, and a mapped point of diversion says nothing about which parcel the right serves. This page is not legal advice.

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