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SQUIRE & HAMMOND DITCH
Structure dossier · WDID 3700820 · 1 · BRUSH CREEK · DWR record
Where this page's figures come from
Generated 2026-08-28 01:22 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 1884-06-01 — 24th 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: SHERWOOD DITCH (1884-06-01). Immediately behind: FROST DITCH (1884-06-15).
Decreed rights (9)
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12571.0 | 1884-06-01 | 1889-12-17 | 1.2 | 0.0 | C | IRRMUNAUG | 23 |
| 14372.0 | 1889-05-07 | 1889-12-17 | 2.6 | 0.0 | C | IRRMUNAUG | 79 |
| 16251.12571 | 1884-06-01 | 1901-03-05 | 0.46 | 0.0 | C | IRRAUG | 138 |
| 16251.14463 | 1889-08-06 | 1901-03-05 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | IRR | 154 |
| 17851.0 | 1898-11-15 | 1901-03-05 | 1.0 | 0.0 | C | IRRAUG | 183 |
| 22435.22238 | 1910-11-20 | 1911-11-13 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | IRR | 297 |
| 30894.22461 | 1911-07-01 | 1936-10-03 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | IRR | 414 |
| 30894.26906 | 1923-09-01 | 1936-10-03 | 4.91 | 0.0 | C | IRR | 455III, 45 |
| 38753.38148 | 1954-06-12 | 1958-07-23 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | IRR | 539 |
Legal record & documents
23 decreed actions on record across
6 court cases:
95CW0208, CA0963, 05CW0282, CA0385, CA0294, 80CW0345.
Every case, dated
| Case | Actions | Latest adjudication | Types |
|---|---|---|---|
95CW0208 | 5 | 1958-07-23 | S |
CA0963 | 3 | 1936-10-03 | S |
05CW0282 | 7 | 1936-10-03 | O, S |
CA0385 | 2 | 1901-03-05 | S |
CA0294 | 2 | 1889-12-17 | O |
80CW0345 | 4 | 1889-12-17 | 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 1,356 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2024, came in at 1,356 AF — 100% of that, and 6th 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.
| 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 | Released (AF) | Days recorded | Peak (cfs) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 2,206 | 13th lowest of 15 · 163% of median | — | 157 | 9.0 |
| 2006 | 2,696 | 15th lowest of 15 · 199% of median | — | 182 | 9.1 |
| 2007 | 2,302 | 14th lowest of 15 · 170% of median | — | 171 | 9.2 |
| 2008 | 0 | 1st lowest of 15 · 0% of median | — | 1 | 0.0 |
| 2009 | 0 | 1st lowest of 15 · 0% of median | — | 1 | 0.0 |
| 2011 | 1,429 | 10th lowest of 15 · 105% of median | — | 137 | 5.7 |
| 2016 | 1,496 | 11th lowest of 15 · 110% of median | 1,496 | 214 | 3.8 |
| 2017 | 1,351 | 5th lowest of 15 · 100% of median | 1,351 | 245 | 3.8 |
| 2018 | 2,182 | 12th lowest of 15 · 161% of median | 1,351 | 304 | 7.9 |
| 2019 | 0 | 1st lowest of 15 · 0% of median | 0 | 56 | 0.0 |
| 2020 | 1,348 | 4th lowest of 15 · 99% of median | 1,341 | 355 | 7.5 |
| 2021 | 1,356 | 6th lowest of 15 · 100% of median | 1,356 | 365 | 3.8 |
| 2022 | 1,356 | 6th lowest of 15 · 100% of median | 1,356 | 365 | 3.8 |
| 2023 | 1,356 | 6th lowest of 15 · 100% of median | 1,356 | 365 | 3.8 |
| 2024 | 1,356 | 6th lowest of 15 · 100% of median | 1,356 | 305 | 3.8 |
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 | 9 right(s), seniority decoded |
| diversion record | present | 8886 measured days; currency unknown (no data-coverage date to compare against) |
| record continuity | patchy | 57% of the irrigation seasons in 1951-2024 carry measured days |
| published-record stability | stable | no upstream revisions recorded against this structure |
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