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BROWN DITCH

Structure dossier · WDID 5800560 · 1 · MORRISON CREEK · DWR record

Where this page's figures come from

Generated 2026-08-27 21:14 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.

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 1906-06-08 — 542nd most senior of the 3097 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: MUDDY DITCH 1 (1903-07-29). Immediately behind: OLD DUCEY D (1900-05-10).

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
24146.206121906-06-081916-06-19 1.00.0 CIRR 176C

Recorded use (last 15 years on record)

In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 331 AF. Its most recent year on record, 1988, came in at 291 AF — 88% of that, and 7th 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)
1973 75 3rd lowest of 15 · 23% of median 39 1.0
1974 54 1st lowest of 15 · 16% of median 34 1.0
1975 89 4th lowest of 15 · 27% of median 51 1.0
1976 129 5th lowest of 15 · 39% of median 66 1.0
1978 690 15th lowest of 15 · 208% of median 174 2.0
1979 333 9th lowest of 15 · 101% of median 168 1.0
1980 365 10th lowest of 15 · 110% of median 184 1.0
1981 393 13th lowest of 15 · 119% of median 198 1.0
1982 480 14th lowest of 15 · 145% of median 181 2.0
1983 61 2nd lowest of 15 · 18% of median 32 1.0
1984 230 6th lowest of 15 · 70% of median 117 1.0
1985 379 12th lowest of 15 · 114% of median 192 1.0
1986 365 10th lowest of 15 · 110% of median 184 1.0
1987 331 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median 168 1.0
1988 291 7th lowest of 15 · 88% of median 229 1.5

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