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BRANDON DITCH
Structure dossier · WDID 4200509 · 1 · WHITEWATER CREEK · DWR record
Where this page's figures come from
Generated 2026-08-28 00:23 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 1883-06-30 — 19th most senior of the 726 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: BORTLES PUMP (1885-08-11). Immediately behind: ANDERSON DITCH (1887-07-25).
Decreed rights (16)
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14086.12234 | 1883-06-30 | 1890-02-07 | 0.53 | 0.0 | C | IRR | |
| 14086.12254 | 1883-07-20 | 1890-02-07 | 1.6 | 0.0 | C | IRR | |
| 14086.1264 | 1884-08-09 | 1890-02-07 | 3.55 | 0.0 | C | IRR | |
| 14086.13519 | 1887-01-05 | 1890-02-07 | 0.36 | 0.0 | C | IRR | |
| 14086.13525 | 1887-01-11 | 1890-02-07 | 0.72 | 0.0 | C | IRR | |
| 14086.13805 | 1887-10-18 | 1890-02-07 | 0.36 | 0.0 | C | IRR | |
| 22283.17441 | 1897-10-01 | 1912-07-22 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | IRR | |
| 22848.21108 | 1907-10-17 | 1916-06-01 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | IRR | |
| 34419.23162 | 1913-06-01 | 1959-07-21 | 2.34 | 0.0 | C | IRR | |
| 35641.0 | 1947-08-01 | 1959-07-21 | 5.0 | 0.0 | C | IRR | |
| 36645.0 | 1950-05-01 | 1959-07-21 | 2.5 | 0.0 | C | IRR | |
| 40013.18263 | 1900-01-01 | 1972-04-13 | 3.8 | 0.0 | C | IRR | |
| 40013.32977 | 1940-04-15 | 1972-04-13 | 24.8 | 0.0 | C | IRR | |
| 49308.12254 | 1883-07-20 | 1985-12-31 | 1.0 | 0.0 | C | STK | |
| 49308.16724 | 1895-10-15 | 1985-12-31 | 1.0 | 0.0 | C | STK | |
| 49465.0 | 1985-06-06 | 1985-12-31 | 7.63 | 7.37 | C | STOIRRMUNINDAUGPWR |
Legal record & documents
19 decreed actions on record across
12 court cases:
85CW0282, 85CW0222, 85CW0199, 17CW3035, CA13368, W2536, CA8303, W3482, W3433, W3422 and 2 more below.
Every case, dated
| Case | Actions | Latest adjudication | Types |
|---|---|---|---|
85CW0282 | 1 | 1985-12-31 | S |
85CW0222 | 1 | 1985-12-31 | S |
85CW0199 | 1 | 1985-12-31 | S |
17CW3035 | 1 | 1985-12-31 | S |
CA13368 | 2 | 1972-04-13 | S |
W2536 | 1 | 1959-07-21 | S |
CA8303 | 3 | 1959-07-21 | S |
W3482 | 2 | 1916-06-01 | S |
W3433 | 1 | 1912-07-22 | S |
W3422 | 1 | 1890-02-07 | S |
CA2635 | 4 | 1890-02-07 | S |
CA0273 | 1 | 1890-02-07 | S |
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 2,034 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2024, came in at 2,498 AF — 123% of that, and 10th 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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 2,065 | 9th lowest of 15 · 102% of median | — | 287 | 26.3 |
| 2011 | 2,696 | 11th lowest of 15 · 132% of median | — | 214 | 27.5 |
| 2012 | 1,393 | 5th lowest of 15 · 68% of median | — | 206 | 8.6 |
| 2013 | 1,413 | 6th lowest of 15 · 70% of median | — | 214 | 18.4 |
| 2014 | 2,034 | 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median | — | 213 | 22.0 |
| 2015 | 3,185 | 12th lowest of 15 · 157% of median | — | 275 | 19.8 |
| 2016 | 4,112 | 15th lowest of 15 · 202% of median | — | 366 | 30.2 |
| 2017 | 3,474 | 14th lowest of 15 · 171% of median | — | 304 | 12.6 |
| 2018 | 1,392 | 4th lowest of 15 · 68% of median | — | 273 | 6.2 |
| 2019 | 3,303 | 13th lowest of 15 · 162% of median | — | 365 | 31.6 |
| 2020 | 1,892 | 7th lowest of 15 · 93% of median | — | 317 | 8.6 |
| 2021 | 885 | 2nd lowest of 15 · 44% of median | 101 | 365 | 2.6 |
| 2022 | 613 | 1st lowest of 15 · 30% of median | 63 | 365 | 1.3 |
| 2023 | 1,349 | 3rd lowest of 15 · 66% of median | 133 | 365 | 10.0 |
| 2024 | 2,498 | 10th lowest of 15 · 123% of median | 83 | 305 | 13.1 |
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 A (9/10 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 | 16 right(s), seniority decoded |
| diversion record | present | 11881 measured days; currency unknown (no data-coverage date to compare against) |
| record continuity | continuous | 100% of the irrigation seasons in 1979-2024 carry measured days |
| published-record stability | stable | no upstream revisions recorded against this structure |
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