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HOSNER BROWNYARD DITCH
Structure dossier · WDID 6800609 · 1 · UNCOMPAHGRE RIVER · DWR record
Where this page's figures come from
Generated 2026-08-27 23:52 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
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 1876-06-01 — 7th most senior of the 1293 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: CHARLEY LOGAN DITCH (1876-06-01). Immediately behind: MAYOL SISSON DITCH (1877-04-15).
Decreed rights (8)
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9649.0 | 1876-06-01 | 1897-05-15 | 3.0 | 0.0 | C | IRRAUG | 5, 7 |
| 10318.0 | 1878-04-01 | 1897-05-15 | 2.5 | 0.0 | C | IRR | 22 |
| 10360.0 | 1878-05-13 | 1897-05-15 | 0.25 | 0.0 | C | IRR | |
| 12875.0 | 1885-04-01 | 1897-05-15 | 0.5 | 0.0 | C | IRR | 94 |
| 29554.21 | 1907-07-01 | 1942-05-11 | 4.5 | 0.0 | C | IRR | 71 |
| 53325.09649 | 1876-06-01 | 1996-12-31 | 1.75 | 0.0 | C | IRR | |
| 54194.0 | 1998-05-18 | 1998-12-31 | 0.5 | 0.0 | C | IRRSTK | |
| 55009.0 | 2000-08-10 | 2000-12-31 | 0.1 | 0.0 | C | IRRSTK |
Legal record & documents
18 decreed actions on record across
11 court cases:
08CW0144, 00CW0119, 98CW0044, 96CW0104, CA1959, CA1566, CA1372, CA1370, CA1250, CA0939 and 1 more below.
Every case, dated
| Case | Actions | Latest adjudication | Types |
|---|---|---|---|
08CW0144 | 1 | 2008-12-31 | S |
00CW0119 | 1 | 2000-12-31 | S |
98CW0044 | 1 | 1998-12-31 | S |
96CW0104 | 1 | 1996-12-31 | S |
CA1959 | 1 | 1942-05-11 | S |
CA1566 | 3 | 1897-05-15 | O |
CA1372 | 2 | 1897-05-15 | O |
CA1370 | 3 | 1897-05-15 | O |
CA1250 | 1 | 1897-05-15 | O |
CA0939 | 2 | 1897-05-15 | O |
84CW0173 | 2 | 1897-05-15 | O |
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 2,081 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2025, came in at 2,232 AF — 107% of that, and 9th 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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 1,943 | 6th lowest of 15 · 93% of median | — | 365 | 8.6 |
| 2012 | 2,503 | 12th lowest of 15 · 120% of median | — | 366 | 12.0 |
| 2013 | 2,081 | 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median | 5 | 365 | 13.8 |
| 2014 | 1,583 | 2nd lowest of 15 · 76% of median | — | 333 | 10.4 |
| 2015 | 1,825 | 5th lowest of 15 · 88% of median | — | 346 | 15.9 |
| 2016 | 1,380 | 1st lowest of 15 · 66% of median | — | 366 | 5.8 |
| 2017 | 2,399 | 10th lowest of 15 · 115% of median | — | 365 | 17.7 |
| 2018 | 1,595 | 3rd lowest of 15 · 77% of median | — | 365 | 11.6 |
| 2019 | 1,782 | 4th lowest of 15 · 86% of median | — | 365 | 8.5 |
| 2020 | 2,894 | 13th lowest of 15 · 139% of median | — | 366 | 17.5 |
| 2021 | 1,996 | 7th lowest of 15 · 96% of median | 2 | 365 | 9.8 |
| 2022 | 2,451 | 11th lowest of 15 · 118% of median | — | 365 | 19.4 |
| 2023 | 5,530 | 15th lowest of 15 · 266% of median | — | 365 | 21.0 |
| 2024 | 4,326 | 14th lowest of 15 · 208% of median | — | 354 | 17.0 |
| 2025 | 2,232 | 9th lowest of 15 · 107% of median | — | 304 | 12.0 |
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 B (8/10 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 | 8 right(s), seniority decoded |
| diversion record | present | 11763 measured days; currency unknown (no data-coverage date to compare against) |
| record continuity | patchy | 73% of the irrigation seasons in 1950-2025 carry measured days |
| published-record stability | stable | no upstream revisions recorded against this structure |
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