A review of gate cards and the water crew’s route diagram finds a gap between the total in the public summary and the conditions recorded at the low branch gates beneath Moss Row. The difference does not prove that anyone misstated the file. It shows what the public count leaves out: one gate marker is placed behind the turn wheel.
The gate cards and the water crew’s route diagram lists 44 gates with a marker visible from the dry side; the previous window lists 49. Rook Moss checked both against household copies and route logs checked against the public board. The source was checked against a second copy held by Kip Moss. No dated correction to either copy was present when the comparison closed.
The water crew can see the marker while operating the wheel. Residents need to identify the gate from the dry passage. The office has not supplied a separate measure that would settle the disagreement, so the two explanations remain competing accounts.
This report supports a narrower finding: the count is repeatable, but it is not enough to decide whether a gate can be identified before a crew enters a wet branch.
The map crew posts an updated card while keeping the earlier copy linked. The responsible office has begun the follow-up set by the board, which retained the current map and published the route walk that supports it.
