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MCBRAYER & FENNER DITCH

Structure dossier · WDID 3700699 · 1 · GYPSUM CREEK · DWR record

Where this page's figures come from

Generated 2026-08-27 21:20 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 1883-03-01 — 15th 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: GRUNDELL BROS DITCH (1882-05-12). Immediately behind: CHATFIELD BARTHOLOMEW D (1883-05-15).

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
12113.01883-03-011889-12-17 0.60.0 CIRR 8
12224.01883-06-201889-12-17 1.30.0 CIRR 14
12704.01884-10-121889-12-17 0.60.0 CIRR 27
13981.01888-04-111889-12-17 0.20.0 CIRR 64
23802.23741914-12-311915-06-07 4.940.0 CIRR 14EX, 8EX
23892.01915-06-011915-06-07 0.520.0 CIRR 64EX

Recorded use (last 15 years on record)

In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 917 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2024, came in at 848 AF — 92% of that, and 4th 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 871 5th lowest of 15 · 95% of median 165 4.0
2011 1,626 15th lowest of 15 · 177% of median 175 7.6
2012 950 10th lowest of 15 · 104% of median 191 3.7
2013 917 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median 188 6.9
2014 992 13th lowest of 15 · 108% of median 179 4.3
2015 1,580 14th lowest of 15 · 172% of median 207 7.6
2016 964 12th lowest of 15 · 105% of median 201 3.0
2017 742 2nd lowest of 15 · 81% of median 140 6.7
2018 895 6th lowest of 15 · 98% of median 178 4.6
2019 686 1st lowest of 15 · 75% of median 141 2.5
2020 910 7th lowest of 15 · 99% of median 181 4.7
2021 957 11th lowest of 15 · 104% of median 182 2.7
2022 784 3rd lowest of 15 · 86% of median 143 3.9
2023 917 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median 163 3.3
2024 848 4th lowest of 15 · 92% of median 160 2.7

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