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LAURA A HOCKETT DITCH

Structure dossier · WDID 3700640 · 1 · BRUSH CREEK · DWR record

Where this page's figures come from

Generated 2026-08-27 21:19 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 1893-09-21 — 196th 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: SALT CREEK DITCH (1892-06-20). Immediately behind: EAGLE RANCH PUMP AND PL (1893-09-21).

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
16251.15971893-09-211901-03-05 1.60.0 CIRRAUG 164

Recorded use (last 15 years on record)

In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 340 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2024, came in at 150 AF — 44% of that, and 1st 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)
2010 428 12th lowest of 15 · 126% of median 153 1.8
2011 583 14th lowest of 15 · 172% of median 152 2.1
2012 359 9th lowest of 15 · 106% of median 182 1.4
2013 340 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median 160 2.7
2014 224 5th lowest of 15 · 66% of median 179 0.7
2015 612 15th lowest of 15 · 180% of median 175 2.7
2016 420 11th lowest of 15 · 124% of median 163 1.9
2017 286 7th lowest of 15 · 84% of median 154 1.5
2018 475 13th lowest of 15 · 140% of median 186 2.7
2019 203 3rd lowest of 15 · 60% of median 147 0.7
2020 406 10th lowest of 15 · 119% of median 184 1.4
2021 254 6th lowest of 15 · 75% of median 201 0.8
2022 168 2nd lowest of 15 · 49% of median 170 0.5
2023 211 4th lowest of 15 · 62% of median 155 0.7
2024 150 1st lowest of 15 · 44% of median 190 0.4

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.