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HERNAGE DITCH

Structure dossier · WDID 3700635 · 1 · BRUSH CREEK · DWR record

Where this page's figures come from

Generated 2026-08-27 20:27 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.

Which of its rights get called out?

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 1882-05-01 — 11th most senior of the 2162 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: PHILLIPS DITCH (1882-04-30). Immediately behind: SUTTON DITCH (1882-05-01).

Decreed rights (6)

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
11809.01882-05-011889-12-17 2.40.0 CIRRAUG 5
13603.01887-03-301889-12-17 1.20.0 CIRRMUNCOMINDDOMAUG 50
14478.01889-08-211889-12-17 0.280.0 CIRR 88
14519.01889-10-011889-12-17 0.40.0 CIRR 91
16559.01895-05-031901-03-05 0.03440.0 CIRR 168
18402.01900-05-201901-03-05 0.20540.0 CIRR 199

Recorded use (last 15 years on record)

In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 512 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2024, came in at 492 AF — 96% of that, and 3rd lowest of the 15 years with a recorded volume.

This structure records both diversions and reservoir releases — they are separate water movements and are accounted separately below.

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 recordReleased (AF)Days recordedPeak (cfs)
2008 660 10th lowest of 15 · 129% of median — 161 2.5
2009 774 12th lowest of 15 · 151% of median — 157 2.5
2010 907 14th lowest of 15 · 177% of median — 184 2.5
2011 484 2nd lowest of 15 · 94% of median — 123 2.5
2012 509 7th lowest of 15 · 99% of median — 172 1.5
2014 432 1st lowest of 15 · 84% of median — 139 1.6
2016 538 9th lowest of 15 · 105% of median 538 214 1.4
2017 919 15th lowest of 15 · 180% of median 490 245 3.5
2018 863 13th lowest of 15 · 169% of median 490 304 3.2
2019 512 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median 492 250 1.9
2020 680 11th lowest of 15 · 133% of median 487 357 3.1
2021 492 3rd lowest of 15 · 96% of median 492 365 1.4
2022 492 3rd lowest of 15 · 96% of median 492 365 1.4
2023 492 3rd lowest of 15 · 96% of median 492 365 1.4
2024 492 3rd lowest of 15 · 96% of median 492 305 1.4

Advisory reading aid on public data — not an administrative or legal conclusion, not a title opinion, and not a substitute for DWR administration or an engineer's analysis. Methodology review status is disclosed at hydrohistorian's basin pages.