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BUSTER NO 1 DITCH
Structure dossier · WDID 3900521 · 1 · EAST CANYON CREEK · DWR record
Where this page's figures come from
Generated 2026-08-27 19:17 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 in line
Priority 1920-06-01 — 342nd most senior of the 1758 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: LANGSTAFF DITCH (1917-11-14). Immediately behind: U S V RIFLE MILL PUMPS (1924-03-09).
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. | Units | UsesWhat the court said this water may be used for -- irrigation, municipal supply, augmentation and so on. | Case |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 37503.25719 | 1920-06-01 | 1966-11-10 | 1.48 | 0.0 | C | IRR | 287 |
Recorded use (last 15 years on record)
In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 626 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2024, came in at 631 AF — 101% of that, and 9th 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 | 439 | 4th lowest of 15 · 70% of median | 153 | 2.8 |
| 2011 | 702 | 12th lowest of 15 · 112% of median | 179 | 3.4 |
| 2012 | 687 | 11th lowest of 15 · 110% of median | 227 | 2.0 |
| 2013 | 599 | 6th lowest of 15 · 96% of median | 183 | 3.2 |
| 2014 | 621 | 7th lowest of 15 · 99% of median | 186 | 2.6 |
| 2015 | 319 | 1st lowest of 15 · 51% of median | 114 | 1.6 |
| 2016 | 428 | 3rd lowest of 15 · 68% of median | 148 | 1.8 |
| 2017 | 393 | 2nd lowest of 15 · 63% of median | 131 | 1.6 |
| 2018 | 669 | 10th lowest of 15 · 107% of median | 170 | 3.1 |
| 2019 | 758 | 13th lowest of 15 · 121% of median | 161 | 3.2 |
| 2020 | 1,067 | 15th lowest of 15 · 170% of median | 205 | 3.4 |
| 2021 | 626 | 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median | 209 | 1.6 |
| 2022 | 585 | 5th lowest of 15 · 94% of median | 159 | 2.3 |
| 2023 | 886 | 14th lowest of 15 · 142% of median | 186 | 3.1 |
| 2024 | 631 | 9th lowest of 15 · 101% of median | 156 | 2.1 |
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