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BROWN HEADGATE NO. 1

Structure dossier · WDID 4302656 · 1 · NORTH FORK WHITE RIVER · DWR record

Where this page's figures come from

Generated 2026-08-27 20:44 by Hydrohistorian. Sources: DWR HydroBase snapshot HydroBase_CO_20260707 (history) + CDSS REST (current), USGS NWIS cross-checks. Engine v0.5.0 (a1c9146) — every figure regenerates from this named code version and data image.

Which of its rights get called out?

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 1944-04-01 — 1074th most senior of the 3293 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: BEN FRANKLIN WELL NO 3 (1943-12-31). Immediately behind: BROWN HEADGATE NO. 2 (1944-04-01).

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
34424.01944-04-011947-09-08 2.390.0 CFIS 2

Recorded use (last 15 years on record)

In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 168 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2025, came in at 110 AF — 66% of that, and 3rd 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)
2008 161 7th lowest of 15 · 96% of median 156 1.0
2009 240 9th lowest of 15 · 143% of median 131 1.0
2010 275 10th lowest of 15 · 164% of median 78 2.4
2011 389 12th lowest of 15 · 232% of median 141 2.4
2012 168 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median 82 2.4
2013 93 2nd lowest of 15 · 55% of median 98 0.5
2014 321 11th lowest of 15 · 191% of median 162 1.5
2016 0 1st lowest of 15 · 0% of median 3 0.0
2017 121 4th lowest of 15 · 72% of median 123 0.7
2018 130 5th lowest of 15 · 77% of median 154 0.4
2021 616 14th lowest of 15 · 367% of median 100 3.2
2022 667 15th lowest of 15 · 397% of median 118 2.9
2023 131 6th lowest of 15 · 78% of median 130 2.0
2024 441 13th lowest of 15 · 262% of median 100 3.1
2025 110 3rd lowest of 15 · 66% of median 63 3.2

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