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BRIGHTON DITCH

Structure dossier · WDID 0200810 · DITCH · SOUTH PLATTE RIVER · DWR record

Where this page's figures come from

Generated 2026-08-27 22:14 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

● Junior rights called out — call at LOWER LATHAM DITCH (SOUTH PLATTE RIVER, priority 1877-11-14).

● Junior rights called out — call at WESTERN MUTUAL DITCH (SOUTH PLATTE RIVER, priority 1871-08-09).

● Junior rights called out — call at HARMONY DITCH 1 (SOUTH PLATTE RIVER, priority 1897-05-02).

● Junior rights called out — call at SOUTH PLATTE RIVER COMPACT (SOUTH PLATTE RIVER, priority 1897-06-13).

● Junior rights called out — call at LOWER PLATTE BEAVER D (SOUTH PLATTE RIVER, priority 1888-04-14).

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 1860-05-16 — 8th 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: 0200515 (1860-05-16). Immediately behind: 0202199 (1860-05-16).

Decreed rights (45)

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
3789.01860-05-161884-10-04 0.00.0 CMUNALL
3804.01860-05-311884-10-04 0.00.0 CMUNALL
3835.01860-07-011884-10-04 0.00.0 CMUNALL
3896.01860-08-311884-10-04 0.00.0 CMUN
4535.01862-06-011884-10-04 0.00.0 CMUNALL
4554.01862-06-201884-10-04 0.00.0 CMUN
4896.01863-05-281884-10-04 0.00.0 CMUNALL
4919.01863-06-201884-10-04 0.00.0 CMUNALL
5083.01863-12-011883-04-28 22.220.0 CIRRMUNAUGALL
5295.01864-06-301884-10-04 0.00.0 CMUN
5538.01865-02-281884-10-04 0.00.0 CMUNALL
5592.01865-04-231884-10-04 0.00.0 CMUNALL
5615.01865-05-161884-10-04 0.00.0 CMUNALL
7449.01870-05-241884-10-04 0.00.0 CMUNALL
7975.01871-11-011883-04-28 22.580.0 CIRRMUNAUGALL
8127.01872-04-011884-10-04 0.00.0 CMUNALL
8176.01872-05-201882-06-02 0.00.0 CMUNALL
10184.01877-11-181884-10-04 0.00.0 CMUNALL
10546.01878-11-151884-10-04 0.00.0 CMUNALL
11647.01881-11-201884-10-04 0.00.0 CMUNALL
11841.071841869-09-011900-12-19 0.00.0 CMUNALL
13240.01886-04-011895-10-09 0.00.0 CMUNALL
15895.071841869-09-011918-08-02 0.00.0 CMUNALL
16549.01895-04-231895-10-09 0.00.0 CMUNALL
16718.081271872-04-011936-05-13 0.00.0 CMUNALL
16718.101841877-11-181936-05-13 0.00.0 CMUNALL
19055.01902-03-041936-05-13 0.00.0 CMUNALL
20281.01905-07-121936-05-13 0.00.0 CMUNALL
20890.190551902-03-041926-06-21 0.00.0 CMUNALL
51864.01991-12-311991-12-31 0.045.0 CSTO
53691.01996-12-311996-12-31 0.00.0 CMUNALL
53942.01997-09-081997-12-31 2.00.0 CRCH
53946.01997-09-121997-12-31 0.0100.0 CSTO
53985.01997-10-211997-12-31 0.0100.0 CSTO
54056.01997-12-311997-12-31 0.060.0 CSTO
54776.01999-12-211999-12-31 0.00.0 CMUNALL
55149.02000-12-282000-12-31 0.00.0 CMUNALL
55152.550742000-10-142001-12-31 0.060.0 CINDRECFISAUGWLD
55498.02001-12-122001-12-31 0.00.0 CMUN
56224.02003-12-082003-12-31 0.0120.0 CMUNALL
56602.02004-12-202004-12-31 0.00.0 CMUNALL
57096.02006-04-282006-12-31 0.00.0 CMUNALL
57340.02006-12-282006-12-31 0.00.0 CMUN
58438.02009-12-302009-12-31 0.00.0 CMUN
58802.02010-12-292010-12-31 0.00.0 CMUNAUGCUR

Recorded use (last 15 years on record)

In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 6,836 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2025, came in at 7,728 AF — 113% of that, and 13th lowest of the 15 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)
2009 6,586 7th lowest of 15 · 96% of median 231 53.6
2010 5,704 3rd lowest of 15 · 83% of median 206 28.6
2013 5,543 2nd lowest of 15 · 81% of median 169 28.6
2014 9,075 15th lowest of 15 · 133% of median 220 37.7
2015 7,509 11th lowest of 15 · 110% of median 210 38.0
2016 6,384 5th lowest of 15 · 93% of median 209 30.4
2017 7,901 14th lowest of 15 · 116% of median 206 43.5
2018 7,551 12th lowest of 15 · 110% of median 200 25.0
2019 6,836 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median 200 31.4
2020 7,344 9th lowest of 15 · 107% of median 205 28.0
2021 6,273 4th lowest of 15 · 92% of median 205 23.7
2022 6,405 6th lowest of 15 · 94% of median 207 24.5
2023 5,490 1st lowest of 15 · 80% of median 240 39.3
2024 7,492 10th lowest of 15 · 110% of median 306 29.2
2025 7,728 13th lowest of 15 · 113% of median 206 27.9

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 45 right(s), seniority decoded
diversion record present 14324 measured days; currency unknown (no data-coverage date to compare against)
record continuity continuous 89% of the irrigation seasons in 1950-2025 carry measured days
published-record stability stable no upstream revisions recorded against this structure

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