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BUTLER IRR D

Structure dossier · WDID 2000556 · 1 · RIO GRANDE · DWR record

Where this page's figures come from

Generated 2026-08-27 20:59 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 1874-03-27 — 42nd most senior of the 8016 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: PINOS CR D 1 (1873-12-31). Immediately behind: HUBBARD D (1874-03-27).

Decreed rights (3)

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
8852.01874-03-271896-05-01 1.00.0 CIRR 30
8852.01874-03-271896-05-01 1.00.0 CIRR 31
11783.01882-04-051896-05-01 4.80.0 CIRR 218

Recorded use (last 15 years on record)

In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 1,588 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2025, came in at 1,510 AF — 95% 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)
2011 1,261 1st lowest of 15 · 79% of median 204 6.8
2012 1,494 6th lowest of 15 · 94% of median 217 6.8
2013 1,717 11th lowest of 15 · 108% of median 207 6.8
2014 1,744 12th lowest of 15 · 110% of median 215 6.8
2015 1,806 14th lowest of 15 · 114% of median 215 6.8
2016 1,707 10th lowest of 15 · 108% of median 221 6.8
2017 2,080 15th lowest of 15 · 131% of median 215 6.8
2018 1,275 2nd lowest of 15 · 80% of median 220 6.8
2019 1,771 13th lowest of 15 · 112% of median 213 6.8
2020 1,319 4th lowest of 15 · 83% of median 216 6.8
2021 1,470 5th lowest of 15 · 93% of median 216 6.8
2022 1,588 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median 217 6.8
2023 1,604 9th lowest of 15 · 101% of median 222 6.8
2024 1,297 3rd lowest of 15 · 82% of median 202 6.8
2025 1,510 7th lowest of 15 · 95% of median 208 6.8

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