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Structure dossier · WDID 3600796 · 1 · BRUSH CREEK · DWR record
Where this page's figures come from
Generated 2026-08-27 23:45 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 1886-04-20 — 80th 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: TOWN RESERVOIR FEEDER DITCH (1885-10-30). Immediately behind: LUND BLUE RIVER DITCH (1886-05-01).
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13259.0 | 1886-04-20 | 1910-03-02 | 3.25 | 0.0 | C | IRRRECFISFIRAUGWLD | 41 |
| 32075.20453 | 1905-12-31 | 1952-03-10 | 13.79 | 0.0 | C | IRRRECFISFIRAUGWLD | 302, 303 |
Legal record & documents
7 decreed actions on record across
3 court cases:
CA1805, 01CW0287, CA1277.
Every case, dated
| Case | Actions | Latest adjudication | Types |
|---|---|---|---|
CA1805 | 2 | 1952-03-10 | S |
01CW0287 | 4 | 1952-03-10 | O, S |
CA1277 | 1 | 1910-03-02 | O |
DWR's own records for this structure: net amounts · transactions & adjudication history · scanned decrees (search a case number there for the imaged document). On this site: the district's full legal picture →
Recorded use (last 15 years on record)
In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 1,323 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2024, came in at 1,323 AF — 100% of that, and 8th 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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 1,717 | 15th lowest of 15 · 130% of median | 72 | 15.3 |
| 2010 | 1,547 | 14th lowest of 15 · 117% of median | 78 | 15.1 |
| 2011 | 1,450 | 11th lowest of 15 · 110% of median | 49 | 24.1 |
| 2012 | 627 | 1st lowest of 15 · 47% of median | 87 | 13.8 |
| 2013 | 1,407 | 9th lowest of 15 · 106% of median | 68 | 13.7 |
| 2015 | 968 | 4th lowest of 15 · 73% of median | 52 | 13.7 |
| 2016 | 897 | 3rd lowest of 15 · 68% of median | 47 | 13.7 |
| 2017 | 1,194 | 7th lowest of 15 · 90% of median | 76 | 13.7 |
| 2018 | 891 | 2nd lowest of 15 · 67% of median | 85 | 14.0 |
| 2019 | 1,156 | 6th lowest of 15 · 87% of median | 76 | 15.1 |
| 2020 | 1,431 | 10th lowest of 15 · 108% of median | 71 | 16.0 |
| 2021 | 1,063 | 5th lowest of 15 · 80% of median | 62 | 15.3 |
| 2022 | 1,508 | 12th lowest of 15 · 114% of median | 78 | 14.1 |
| 2023 | 1,514 | 13th lowest of 15 · 114% of median | 96 | 14.1 |
| 2024 | 1,323 | 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median | 71 | 13.9 |
Trends for this structure
Recorded use shows no clear trend over its last 15 recorded years — which is itself worth knowing.
How good is our record of it?
Grade B (8/10 points) — the components below are the finding; the letter alone is not.
The rubric, component by component
| Check | State | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| identity | complete | name, type, and water source all on file |
| decreed rights | on file | 2 right(s), seniority decoded |
| diversion record | present | 4948 measured days; currency unknown (no data-coverage date to compare against) |
| record continuity | patchy | 40% of the irrigation seasons in 1967-2024 carry measured days |
| published-record stability | stable | no upstream revisions recorded against this structure |
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