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BRINKER DITCH

Structure dossier · WDID 5100539 · 1 · TIMBER CREEK · DWR record

Where this page's figures come from

Generated 2026-08-27 21:16 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 1899-06-15 — 216th most senior of the 2208 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: WALKER DITCH (1898-12-31). Immediately behind: SPITZER HIGHLINE DITCH (1900-11-16).

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
20676.180631899-06-151911-08-03 2.8750.0 CIRR 215

Recorded use (last 15 years on record)

In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 54 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2024, came in at 147 AF — 272% of that, and 13th 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 29 2nd lowest of 15 · 54% of median 30 0.5
2011 31 3rd lowest of 15 · 57% of median 27 0.6
2012 28 1st lowest of 15 · 52% of median 29 0.5
2013 175 14th lowest of 15 · 324% of median 55 2.8
2014 54 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median 53 1.0
2015 45 6th lowest of 15 · 83% of median 43 1.0
2016 36 5th lowest of 15 · 67% of median 41 0.8
2017 33 4th lowest of 15 · 61% of median 28 1.3
2018 125 11th lowest of 15 · 232% of median 62 2.5
2019 279 15th lowest of 15 · 517% of median 102 3.6
2020 114 10th lowest of 15 · 211% of median 60 2.0
2021 52 7th lowest of 15 · 96% of median 47 0.9
2022 99 9th lowest of 15 · 183% of median 37 2.0
2023 136 12th lowest of 15 · 252% of median 133 2.0
2024 147 13th lowest of 15 · 272% of median 114 2.3

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.