Brighton Ditch Company

Water-right portfolio

36 additional rights recorded only as alternate-point/exchange (APEX) net amounts are not shown in this table.

Brighton Ditch — WDID 0200810

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As of 2026-07-27, DWR Water Rights Net Amounts. Absolute rights are decreed for water already put to use; conditional rights hold a place in line for use not yet completed. Amounts are shown exactly as the state records them. How this page is built.

Water-right lineage

This timeline puts WDID 0200810’s decreed rights (Brighton Ditch) — the same rights as the portfolio above — in chronological order by appropriation date (oldest first), grouped by decade. It reflects DWR’s current net-amounts tabulation, not a complete decree history: intermediate decrees, changes, and abandonment proceedings exist only in the underlying court case files. It is not a title opinion and not a complete chain of title.

36 additional rights recorded only as alternate-point/exchange (APEX) net amounts are not included in this timeline.

1860s

1. December 1, 1863

   22.22 cfs, absolute, for Irrigation; Municipal; Augmentation; All Beneficial Uses. Adjudicated April 28, 1883 — DWR associated-case references: 16CW3186, 07CW0037, 01CW0258, 05CW0079, 05CW0290, CA6009.

1870s

1. November 1, 1871

   22.58 cfs, absolute, for Irrigation; Municipal; Augmentation; All Beneficial Uses. Adjudicated April 28, 1883 — DWR associated-case references: 16CW3186, 07CW0037, 01CW0258, 05CW0079, 05CW0290, CA6009.

1990s

1. December 31, 1991

   45 cfs, conditional, for Storage. Adjudicated December 31, 1991 — DWR associated-case reference: 91CW0126.

2. September 8, 1997

   2 cfs, absolute, for Recharge. Adjudicated December 31, 1997 — DWR associated-case reference: 97CW0388.

3. September 12, 1997

   100 cfs, conditional, for Storage. Adjudicated December 31, 1997 — DWR associated-case reference: 97CW0392.

4. October 21, 1997

   100 cfs, conditional, for Storage. Adjudicated December 31, 1997 — DWR associated-case reference: 97CW0272.

5. December 31, 1997

   60 cfs, conditional, for Storage. Adjudicated December 31, 1997 — DWR associated-case reference: 97CW0390.

2000s

1. October 14, 2000

   60 cfs, conditional, for Industrial; Recreation; Fishery; Augmentation; Wildlife. Adjudicated December 31, 2001 — DWR associated-case reference: 01CW0281.

2. December 8, 2003

   120 cfs, conditional, for Municipal; All Beneficial Uses. Adjudicated December 31, 2003 — DWR associated-case references: 03CW0415, 03CW0414.

As of 2026-07-27, DWR Water Rights Net Amounts. DWR's associated-case references are shown verbatim from its bulk water-rights export, as of 2026-08-11 — some entries are date-like artifacts of DWR's own data, not case numbers; DitchBook has not verified them against court files. How this page is built.

Irrigated acreage history

These snapshots track state-mapped parcel linkage to the listed structures; they do not measure the company's operations or status.

• Corn
• Alfalfa
• Grass Pasture
• Vegetables
• Dry Beans
• Other crops

Source: CDSS Division 1 Irrigated Lands snapshots (1956, 1976, 1987, 1997, 2001, 2005, 2010, 2015, 2020). These parcels are the ones the state links to WDID 0200810. The parcels are mapped by the State of Colorado, not by the company and not by DitchBook. The state's mapping for this company includes parcels the state also links to a groundwater (well) supply; parcels the state maps to this company's structures together with other structures; parcels the state maps to this company's structures alone. Where parcels are shared with other structures or linked to a well, the acres shown are not all served by this company's ditch alone. How this page is built.

Irrigated land linked to this company

• 2020 irrigated-parcel footprint (state-mapped)
• Service area (vintage 2005) — context only
• Ditch/canal alignment (USGS NHD, name-matched)
• Source river (USGS NHD, name-matched)

The 2020 state-mapped irrigated-parcel footprint linked to this company's structures lies in Adams County, on South Platte River. It covers about 1,516.2 acres.

Footprint: state-mapped irrigated parcels for WDID 0200810, 2020 snapshot, from CDSS Irrigated Lands. The dashed outline is a service-area layer (vintage 2005) shown for context only — it is not used for any figure on this page; source: CDSS Div1_Canals package, Div1_Ditch_Service_Area_2005. The solid line is this company's ditch/canal alignment — USGS National Hydrography Dataset (hydro.nationalmap.gov/arcgis/rest/services/nhd/MapServer/6), name-matched against DWR structure/company name and reviewed by DitchBook as of 2026-08-07 — mapping-grade, not a survey. Shown for 1 of 1 reviewed structure. The second solid line is South Platte River, this company's published water source, matched the same way. Satellite imagery is available via the map's Satellite/Map toggle, courtesy of USDA/USGS (The National Map), public domain. Boundaries are the state's, drawn to locate the land, not to settle it. How this page is built.

Recorded diversions

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As of 2026-07-27, DWR diversion records for WDID 0200810. Annual values follow the DWR water year (November–October). These are DWR's published records. A diversion record is what the state's records show ran through the headgate; it is not a share, an entitlement, or a company allocation. How this page is built.

Company-wide share count

DitchBook has not yet verified a current company-wide share count for this company.

Share counts are published only with a citation to the document that states them. If you have the company's records — a decree, an annual report, the bylaws — tell us and we will add it with the citation.