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HOLLINGSWORTH POTTER NO2
Structure dossier · WDID 3700644 · 1 · BRUSH CREEK · DWR record
Where this page's figures come from
Generated 2026-08-27 23:06 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 1899-03-30 — 208th 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: PETES DITCH (1898-09-21). Immediately behind: MRS PAYE DITCH (1899-05-03).
Decreed rights (4)
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17986.0 | 1899-03-30 | 1901-03-05 | 2.0 | 0.0 | C | IRR | 185 |
| 20697.0 | 1906-09-01 | 1907-06-04 | 4.0 | 0.0 | C | IRR | 267 |
| 25708.17986 | 1899-03-30 | 1921-06-29 | 1.6 | 0.0 | C | IRR | 352 |
| 30894.26906 | 1923-09-01 | 1936-10-03 | 1.25 | 0.0 | C | IRR | 455DD |
Legal record & documents
6 decreed actions on record across
5 court cases:
W0137, CA0963, CA0761, W1827, CA0385.
Every case, dated
| Case | Actions | Latest adjudication | Types |
|---|---|---|---|
W0137 | 1 | 1936-10-03 | S |
CA0963 | 2 | 1936-10-03 | S |
CA0761 | 1 | 1921-06-29 | S |
W1827 | 1 | 1907-06-04 | S |
CA0385 | 1 | 1901-03-05 | S |
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 188 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2024, came in at 788 AF — 419% of that, and 15th 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 | 353 | 13th lowest of 15 · 188% of median | 97 | 2.0 |
| 2010 | 0 | 1st lowest of 15 · 0% of median | 2 | 0.0 |
| 2011 | 0 | 1st lowest of 15 · 0% of median | 1 | 0.0 |
| 2013 | 188 | 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median | 13 | 7.9 |
| 2014 | 462 | 14th lowest of 15 · 246% of median | 44 | 5.6 |
| 2015 | 0 | 1st lowest of 15 · 0% of median | 1 | 0.0 |
| 2016 | 194 | 9th lowest of 15 · 103% of median | 30 | 3.6 |
| 2017 | 129 | 7th lowest of 15 · 69% of median | 19 | 3.6 |
| 2018 | 336 | 12th lowest of 15 · 179% of median | 76 | 4.5 |
| 2019 | 2 | 4th lowest of 15 · 1% of median | 8 | 0.2 |
| 2020 | 207 | 10th lowest of 15 · 110% of median | 107 | 1.5 |
| 2021 | 31 | 6th lowest of 15 · 16% of median | 56 | 0.3 |
| 2022 | 281 | 11th lowest of 15 · 150% of median | 119 | 1.5 |
| 2023 | 7 | 5th lowest of 15 · 4% of median | 37 | 0.1 |
| 2024 | 788 | 15th lowest of 15 · 419% of median | 172 | 4.5 |
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 (7/10 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 | 4 right(s), seniority decoded |
| diversion record | present | 4973 measured days; currency unknown (no data-coverage date to compare against) |
| record continuity | sparse | 32% of the irrigation seasons in 1952-2024 carry measured days |
| published-record stability | stable | no upstream revisions recorded against this structure |
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