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BUTTS IRRIGATION DITCH

Structure dossier · WDID 3200721 · 1 · DAWSON DRAW · DWR record

Where this page's figures come from

Generated 2026-08-27 19:16 by Hydrohistorian. Sources: DWR HydroBase snapshot HydroBase_CO_20260707 (history) + CDSS REST (current), USGS NWIS cross-checks. Engine v0.5.0 (f6d7fdc) — every figure regenerates from this named code version and data image.

Where it sits in line

Priority 1975-09-03 — 332nd most senior of the 638 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: GROVE POND PUMP (1975-04-10). Immediately behind: BUTTS RESERVOIR (1975-09-03).

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
45901.01975-09-031975-12-31 0.750.0 CIRRSTK

Recorded use (last 15 years on record)

In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 27 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2014, came in at 7 AF — 26% of that, and 2nd 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)
2000 73 15th lowest of 15 · 270% of median 163 0.2
2001 55 14th lowest of 15 · 204% of median 128 0.3
2002 7 2nd lowest of 15 · 26% of median 40 0.1
2003 0 1st lowest of 15 · 0% of median 6 0.0
2004 27 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median 94 0.2
2005 31 10th lowest of 15 · 115% of median 159 0.1
2006 14 4th lowest of 15 · 52% of median 76 0.1
2007 25 7th lowest of 15 · 93% of median 126 0.1
2008 49 13th lowest of 15 · 182% of median 154 0.2
2009 35 11th lowest of 15 · 130% of median 156 0.2
2010 29 9th lowest of 15 · 107% of median 115 0.2
2011 46 12th lowest of 15 · 170% of median 136 0.3
2012 17 5th lowest of 15 · 63% of median 89 0.2
2013 22 6th lowest of 15 · 82% of median 71 0.3
2014 7 2nd lowest of 15 · 26% of median 75 0.1

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