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BUCK CANON DITCH

Structure dossier · WDID 4000518 · 1 · SMITH FORK · DWR record

Where this page's figures come from

Generated 2026-08-27 19:52 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 1906-05-13 — 1405th most senior of the 4661 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: HAW DITCH (1905-06-01). Immediately behind: BENNETT GULCH DITCH (1906-06-30).

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
25807.205861906-05-131930-02-10 0.470.0 CIRR G45

Recorded use (last 15 years on record)

In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 87 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2024, came in at 98 AF — 113% of that, and 11th 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)
2010 73 6th lowest of 15 · 84% of median 126 0.9
2011 122 15th lowest of 15 · 140% of median 128 0.8
2012 43 3rd lowest of 15 · 49% of median 83 0.3
2013 56 4th lowest of 15 · 64% of median 88 0.6
2014 116 14th lowest of 15 · 133% of median 157 0.6
2015 87 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median 142 0.5
2016 107 13th lowest of 15 · 123% of median 137 0.6
2017 93 10th lowest of 15 · 107% of median 137 0.6
2018 15 1st lowest of 15 · 17% of median 52 0.3
2019 64 5th lowest of 15 · 74% of median 113 1.0
2020 87 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median 155 0.4
2021 83 7th lowest of 15 · 95% of median 169 0.5
2022 32 2nd lowest of 15 · 37% of median 176 0.2
2023 100 12th lowest of 15 · 115% of median 164 0.8
2024 98 11th lowest of 15 · 113% of median 160 0.3

Advisory reading aid on public data — not an administrative or legal conclusion, not a title opinion, and not a substitute for DWR administration or an engineer's analysis. Methodology review status is disclosed at hydrohistorian's basin pages.