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Structure dossier · WDID 3600631 · 1 · BRUSH CREEK · DWR record

Where this page's figures come from

Generated 2026-08-28 03:45 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

Location as DWR records it. Faint dots are the neighbouring water; click any to open it.

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 1895-06-15 — 155th most senior of the 1247 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: DILLON RESERVOIR (1895-05-01). Immediately behind: MILLER DITCH (1895-06-30).

Decreed rights (1)

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
16602.01895-06-151910-03-02 2.00.0 CIRR 98

Recorded use (last 15 years on record)

In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 172 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2024, came in at 211 AF — 123% of that, and 9th 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 237 15th lowest of 15 · 138% of median 64 2.2
2010 153 3rd lowest of 15 · 89% of median 54 2.0
2011 156 4th lowest of 15 · 91% of median 46 2.0
2012 223 13th lowest of 15 · 130% of median 69 2.0
2013 159 5th lowest of 15 · 92% of median 51 2.0
2015 151 2nd lowest of 15 · 88% of median 39 2.0
2016 172 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median 46 2.0
2017 168 7th lowest of 15 · 98% of median 46 2.0
2018 219 12th lowest of 15 · 127% of median 61 2.0
2019 167 6th lowest of 15 · 97% of median 45 2.0
2020 217 10th lowest of 15 · 126% of median 60 2.0
2021 145 1st lowest of 15 · 84% of median 58 2.0
2022 218 11th lowest of 15 · 127% of median 65 2.0
2023 232 14th lowest of 15 · 135% of median 54 6.8
2024 211 9th lowest of 15 · 123% of median 61 2.0

How good is our record of it?

Grade B (7/10 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 1 right(s), seniority decoded
diversion record present 3868 measured days; currency unknown (no data-coverage date to compare against)
record continuity sparse 32% of the irrigation seasons in 1968-2024 carry measured days
published-record stability stable no upstream revisions recorded against this structure

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