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BRONCHO DITCH

Structure dossier · WDID 4000630 · 1 · YOUNGS CREEK · DWR record

Where this page's figures come from

Generated 2026-08-27 19:51 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 1886-04-15 — 137th most senior of the 4661 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: GOVE DITCH (1886-04-14). Immediately behind: PILOT ROCK DITCH (1886-04-16).

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
13254.01886-04-151889-06-17 2.50.0 CIRR 6

Recorded use (last 15 years on record)

In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 423 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2024, came in at 348 AF — 82% of that, and 6th 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 469 9th lowest of 15 · 111% of median 168 3.1
2011 499 11th lowest of 15 · 118% of median 135 2.8
2012 241 3rd lowest of 15 · 57% of median 65 2.6
2013 335 5th lowest of 15 · 79% of median 148 2.5
2014 733 15th lowest of 15 · 173% of median 194 2.9
2015 681 14th lowest of 15 · 161% of median 209 2.8
2016 469 9th lowest of 15 · 111% of median 120 2.5
2017 395 7th lowest of 15 · 93% of median 103 2.6
2018 179 1st lowest of 15 · 42% of median 41 2.5
2019 608 13th lowest of 15 · 144% of median 131 3.2
2020 202 2nd lowest of 15 · 48% of median 56 2.5
2021 248 4th lowest of 15 · 59% of median 61 2.5
2022 423 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median 96 2.6
2023 548 12th lowest of 15 · 130% of median 104 3.0
2024 348 6th lowest of 15 · 82% of median 85 2.9

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