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BRIGHT DITCH

Structure dossier · WDID 3800553 · 1 · SNOWMASS CREEK · DWR record

Where this page's figures come from

Generated 2026-08-27 20:50 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 1950-09-15 — 801st 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: MAGNIFICO PONDS (1950-09-11). Immediately behind: CHRISTENSEN DITCH NO 1 (1950-10-03).

Decreed rights (2)

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
36782.01950-09-151952-10-24 0.50.0 CIRR 618
57636.02007-10-202007-12-31 1.00.0 CRECFIROTH

Recorded use (last 15 years on record)

In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 107 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2024, came in at 52 AF — 49% of that, and 3rd 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.

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 recordReleased (AF)Days recordedPeak (cfs)
2003 175 12th lowest of 15 · 164% of median — 177 0.5
2008 17 1st lowest of 15 · 16% of median — 33 0.3
2009 322 15th lowest of 15 · 301% of median — 179 1.0
2010 41 2nd lowest of 15 · 38% of median 0 137 0.2
2012 76 6th lowest of 15 · 71% of median — 86 0.6
2013 67 4th lowest of 15 · 63% of median — 100 0.3
2014 91 7th lowest of 15 · 85% of median — 110 0.4
2015 121 9th lowest of 15 · 113% of median — 170 2.0
2016 180 13th lowest of 15 · 168% of median — 173 0.9
2017 226 14th lowest of 15 · 211% of median — 183 10.7
2018 75 5th lowest of 15 · 70% of median — 171 0.4
2019 155 10th lowest of 15 · 145% of median — 170 1.8
2020 107 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median — 176 0.7
2023 170 11th lowest of 15 · 159% of median — 162 0.6
2024 52 3rd lowest of 15 · 49% of median — 95 0.3

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.