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BRIER DITCH
Structure dossier · WDID 7300531 · 1 · COATES CREEK · DWR record
Where this page's figures come from
Generated 2026-08-28 00:58 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 1903-04-15 — 19th most senior of the 221 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: COOK IRRIGATING DITCH ALTERNATE POINT (1886-11-26). Immediately behind: H H RUSSEL D (1910-06-23).
Decreed rights (4)
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22848.19462 | 1903-04-15 | 1916-06-01 | 1.35 | 0.0 | C | IRR | 268, 268C |
| 30895.26951 | 1923-10-16 | 1941-07-25 | 1.95 | 0.13 | C | IRR | 543 |
| 30895.28641 | 1928-06-01 | 1941-07-25 | 1.61 | 0.0 | C | IRR | 563 |
| 44925.19478 | 1903-05-01 | 1973-12-31 | 5.0 | 0.0 | C | IRR |
Legal record & documents
9 decreed actions on record across
5 court cases:
W1824, W0098, CA5812, CA2635, 79CW0314.
Every case, dated
| Case | Actions | Latest adjudication | Types |
|---|---|---|---|
W1824 | 1 | 1973-12-31 | S |
W0098 | 1 | 1941-07-25 | S |
CA5812 | 4 | 1941-07-25 | S |
CA2635 | 2 | 1916-06-01 | S |
79CW0314 | 1 | 1916-06-01 | 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 0 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2025, came in at 21 AF — —% of that, and 11th lowest of the 15 years with a recorded volume.
| 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 | Days recorded | Peak (cfs) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 31 | 13th lowest of 15 · —% of median | 33 | 1.0 |
| 2012 | 0 | 1st lowest of 15 · —% of median | 9 | 0.0 |
| 2013 | 0 | 1st lowest of 15 · —% of median | 15 | 0.0 |
| 2014 | 0 | 1st lowest of 15 · —% of median | 28 | 0.0 |
| 2015 | 0 | 1st lowest of 15 · —% of median | 12 | 0.0 |
| 2016 | 97 | 14th lowest of 15 · —% of median | 52 | 2.1 |
| 2017 | 0 | 1st lowest of 15 · —% of median | 13 | 0.0 |
| 2018 | 15 | 10th lowest of 15 · —% of median | 18 | 0.7 |
| 2019 | 14 | 9th lowest of 15 · —% of median | 18 | 1.1 |
| 2020 | 0 | 1st lowest of 15 · —% of median | 3 | 0.0 |
| 2021 | 0 | 1st lowest of 15 · —% of median | 7 | 0.0 |
| 2022 | 0 | 1st lowest of 15 · —% of median | 4 | 0.0 |
| 2023 | 22 | 12th lowest of 15 · —% of median | 12 | 1.0 |
| 2024 | 107 | 15th lowest of 15 · —% of median | 66 | 1.1 |
| 2025 | 21 | 11th lowest of 15 · —% of median | 24 | 0.7 |
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 (7/10 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 | 4 right(s), seniority decoded |
| diversion record | present | 558 measured days; currency unknown (no data-coverage date to compare against) |
| record continuity | sparse | 5% of the irrigation seasons in 1975-2025 carry measured days |
| published-record stability | stable | no upstream revisions recorded against this structure |
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