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BEUTEN DITCH # 2

Structure dossier · WDID 4001083 · 1 · ROBERTS CREEK · DWR record

Where this page's figures come from

Generated 2026-08-28 02:13 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 1918-07-10 — 1655th 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: FILMORE DITCH (1918-06-14). Immediately behind: PICKETT CORRAL DITCH (1919-04-15).

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
29260.250271918-07-101937-05-28 5.620.0 CIRR H112

Recorded use (last 15 years on record)

In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 379 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2024, came in at 132 AF — 35% of that, and 1st 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 347 6th lowest of 15 · 92% of median 56 3.7
2011 576 12th lowest of 15 · 152% of median 87 4.6
2012 365 7th lowest of 15 · 96% of median 57 4.2
2013 233 4th lowest of 15 · 62% of median 54 3.5
2014 747 13th lowest of 15 · 197% of median 81 8.0
2015 812 15th lowest of 15 · 214% of median 129 8.0
2016 562 11th lowest of 15 · 148% of median 113 12.0
2017 757 14th lowest of 15 · 200% of median 107 15.0
2018 135 2nd lowest of 15 · 36% of median 70 2.2
2019 412 10th lowest of 15 · 109% of median 88 4.5
2020 409 9th lowest of 15 · 108% of median 80 8.2
2021 153 3rd lowest of 15 · 40% of median 71 3.6
2022 379 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median 94 10.0
2023 271 5th lowest of 15 · 72% of median 48 4.8
2024 132 1st lowest of 15 · 35% of median 54 2.2

How good is our record of it?

Grade B (7/10 points) — the components below are the finding; the letter alone is not.

The rubric, component by component
CheckStateDetail
identity complete name, type, and water source all on file
decreed rights on file 1 right(s), seniority decoded
diversion record present 3909 measured days; currency unknown (no data-coverage date to compare against)
record continuity sparse 34% of the irrigation seasons in 1971-2024 carry measured days
published-record stability stable no upstream revisions recorded against this structure

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