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Structure dossier · WDID 3700661 · 1 · BUCK CREEK · DWR record
Where this page's figures come from
Generated 2026-08-27 22:29 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 1888-04-01 — 158th most senior of the 2162 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: E J FULFORD DITCH (1887-08-04). Immediately behind: NOTTINGHAM & PUDER DITCH (1888-04-01).
Decreed rights (15)
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16251.13971 | 1888-04-01 | 1901-03-05 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | IRRMUNINDRECFIRDOM | 146 |
| 16251.14154 | 1888-10-01 | 1901-03-05 | 2.0 | 0.0 | C | IRRMUNINDRECFIRDOMAUGEVP | 147 |
| 16251.14337 | 1889-04-02 | 1901-03-05 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | IRRMUNINDRECFIRDOM | 148 |
| 25672.2315 | 1913-05-20 | 1920-05-21 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | IRRMUNINDRECFIRDOM | 350 |
| 30894.14702 | 1890-04-02 | 1936-10-03 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | IRRMUNINDRECFIRDOM | 377 |
| 30894.19164 | 1902-06-21 | 1936-10-03 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | IRRMUNINDRECFIRDOM | 393 |
| 30894.20299 | 1905-07-30 | 1936-10-03 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | IRRMUNINDRECFIRDOM | 399 |
| 30894.22736 | 1912-04-01 | 1936-10-03 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | IRRMUNINDRECFIRDOM | 415 |
| 30894.2388 | 1915-05-20 | 1936-10-03 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | IRRMUNINDRECFIRDOM | 424 |
| 38753.33388 | 1941-05-31 | 1958-07-23 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | IRRMUNINDRECFIRDOM | 527 |
| 38753.33737 | 1942-05-15 | 1958-07-23 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | IRRMUNINDRECFIRDOM | 528 |
| 38753.35914 | 1948-04-30 | 1958-07-23 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | IRRMUNINDRECFIRDOM | 530 |
| 38753.37406 | 1952-05-31 | 1958-07-23 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | IRRMUNINDRECFIRDOM | 535 |
| 44301.0 | 1971-04-17 | 1971-12-31 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | IRRMUNINDRECFIRDOM | |
| 44925.30559 | 1933-09-01 | 1973-12-31 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | IRRMUNINDRECFIRDOM |
Legal record & documents
18 decreed actions on record across
3 court cases:
W3664, CA0385, 99CW0172.
Every case, dated
| Case | Actions | Latest adjudication | Types |
|---|---|---|---|
W3664 | 16 | 1973-12-31 | S |
CA0385 | 1 | 1901-03-05 | S |
99CW0172 | 1 | 1901-03-05 | 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 51 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2024, came in at 50 AF — 98% of that, and 7th 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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 47 | 3rd lowest of 15 · 92% of median | 365 | 0.6 |
| 2011 | 49 | 5th lowest of 15 · 96% of median | 365 | 0.5 |
| 2012 | 47 | 3rd lowest of 15 · 92% of median | 366 | 3.0 |
| 2013 | 34 | 1st lowest of 15 · 67% of median | 365 | 2.6 |
| 2014 | 46 | 2nd lowest of 15 · 90% of median | 365 | 1.7 |
| 2015 | 60 | 10th lowest of 15 · 118% of median | 365 | 0.5 |
| 2016 | 70 | 14th lowest of 15 · 137% of median | 366 | 0.3 |
| 2017 | 66 | 13th lowest of 15 · 129% of median | 365 | 0.3 |
| 2018 | 51 | 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median | 365 | 0.7 |
| 2019 | 49 | 5th lowest of 15 · 96% of median | 365 | 0.3 |
| 2020 | 78 | 15th lowest of 15 · 153% of median | 365 | 0.4 |
| 2021 | 60 | 10th lowest of 15 · 118% of median | 365 | 0.3 |
| 2022 | 61 | 12th lowest of 15 · 120% of median | 365 | 2.9 |
| 2023 | 56 | 9th lowest of 15 · 110% of median | 365 | 0.9 |
| 2024 | 50 | 7th lowest of 15 · 98% of median | 305 | 1.5 |
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 | 15 right(s), seniority decoded |
| diversion record | present | 9308 measured days; currency unknown (no data-coverage date to compare against) |
| record continuity | patchy | 59% of the irrigation seasons in 1951-2024 carry measured days |
| published-record stability | stable | no upstream revisions recorded against this structure |
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