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SMITH DITCH NO 2(BROWN)
Structure dossier · WDID 1100789 · 1 · BROWNS CREEK · DWR record
Where this page's figures come from
Generated 2026-08-27 19:51 by Hydrohistorian. Sources: DWR HydroBase snapshot HydroBase_CO_20260707 (history) + CDSS REST (current), USGS NWIS cross-checks. Engine v0.5.0 (2deb1d7) — every figure regenerates from this named code version and data image.
Where it sits in line
Priority 1868-04-30 — 60th most senior of the 1489 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: CAMERON DITCH (1868-01-10). Immediately behind: EHRHART & BERTSCHEY DITCH (1868-05-10).
Decreed rights (2)
| 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. | Units | UsesWhat the court said this water may be used for -- irrigation, municipal supply, augmentation and so on. | Case |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6695.0 | 1868-04-30 | 1890-06-19 | 1.3 | 0.0 | C | IRR | 24 |
| 8916.0 | 1874-05-30 | 1897-07-13 | 2.0 | 0.0 | C | IRR | 42B |
Recorded use (last 15 years on record)
In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 269 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2023, came in at 12 AF — 4% of that, and 3rd lowest of the 15 years with a recorded volume.
| Year | Diverted (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 record | Days recorded | Peak (cfs) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 337 | 11th lowest of 15 · 125% of median | 138 | 1.3 |
| 2008 | 256 | 7th lowest of 15 · 95% of median | 118 | 1.3 |
| 2009 | 542 | 15th lowest of 15 · 202% of median | 146 | 2.2 |
| 2010 | 246 | 6th lowest of 15 · 91% of median | 72 | 3.3 |
| 2011 | 269 | 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median | 72 | 3.0 |
| 2013 | 184 | 5th lowest of 15 · 68% of median | 73 | 3.3 |
| 2014 | 528 | 14th lowest of 15 · 196% of median | 127 | 3.8 |
| 2015 | 0 | 1st lowest of 15 · 0% of median | 1 | 0.0 |
| 2016 | 350 | 12th lowest of 15 · 130% of median | 135 | 3.3 |
| 2017 | 507 | 13th lowest of 15 · 188% of median | 110 | 3.3 |
| 2018 | 23 | 4th lowest of 15 · 9% of median | 74 | 0.3 |
| 2019 | 286 | 9th lowest of 15 · 106% of median | 94 | 3.3 |
| 2020 | 0 | 1st lowest of 15 · 0% of median | 7 | 0.0 |
| 2021 | 328 | 10th lowest of 15 · 122% of median | 121 | 3.3 |
| 2023 | 12 | 3rd lowest of 15 · 4% of median | 42 | 0.2 |
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