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BRADSHAW NO 2 DITCH

Structure dossier · WDID 3800551 · 1 · HUNTER CREEK · DWR record

Where this page's figures come from

Generated 2026-08-27 19:52 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 in line

Priority 1881-05-25 — 699th most senior of the 4788 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: HEUSCHKEL W 1 NO 43874 (1949-04-30). Immediately behind: OVERFLOW & LAUGHRAN DITCH (1882-05-15).

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
36396.114681881-05-251952-10-24 0.6240.0 CIRRDOM 487

Recorded use (last 15 years on record)

In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 151 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2000, came in at 91 AF — 60% of that, and 5th 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)
1982 48 1st lowest of 15 · 32% of median 122 0.2
1983 303 11th lowest of 15 · 201% of median 153 1.0
1984 67 2nd lowest of 15 · 44% of median 170 0.2
1985 67 2nd lowest of 15 · 44% of median 170 0.2
1990 67 2nd lowest of 15 · 44% of median 61 0.6
1991 392 14th lowest of 15 · 260% of median 365 0.6
1992 363 13th lowest of 15 · 240% of median 366 0.5
1993 513 15th lowest of 15 · 340% of median 365 1.1
1994 325 12th lowest of 15 · 215% of median 304 0.6
1995 156 9th lowest of 15 · 103% of median 180 0.5
1996 97 6th lowest of 15 · 64% of median 166 0.5
1997 151 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median 304 0.5
1998 170 10th lowest of 15 · 113% of median 172 0.5
1999 128 7th lowest of 15 · 85% of median 144 0.4
2000 91 5th lowest of 15 · 60% of median 184 0.2

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