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BROWN WASTE WATER DITCH

Structure dossier · WDID 4000865 · 1 · GUNNISON RIVER · 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 1906-06-01 — 1575th 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: NORTH DRY FORK DITCH (1906-05-01). Immediately behind: KEISER WASTE SEEP DITCH (1906-06-01).

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
29260.206051906-06-011937-05-28 0.620.0 CIRR H62

Recorded use (last 14 years on record)

In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 22 AF. Its most recent year on record, 1987, came in at 23 AF — 104% of that, and 8th lowest of the 14 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)
1974 290 14th lowest of 14 · 1318% of median 150 1.0
1975 202 13th lowest of 14 · 918% of median 172 0.6
1976 194 12th lowest of 14 · 882% of median 167 0.6
1977 188 11th lowest of 14 · 854% of median 167 0.6
1978 21 6th lowest of 14 · 96% of median 85 0.5
1979 23 8th lowest of 14 · 104% of median 89 0.3
1980 5 2nd lowest of 14 · 23% of median 49 0.3
1981 4 1st lowest of 14 · 18% of median 46 0.2
1982 8 3rd lowest of 14 · 36% of median 52 0.2
1983 15 5th lowest of 14 · 68% of median 57 0.4
1984 9 4th lowest of 14 · 41% of median 96 0.1
1985 21 6th lowest of 14 · 96% of median 169 0.1
1986 36 10th lowest of 14 · 164% of median 184 0.1
1987 23 8th lowest of 14 · 104% of median 118 0.1

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