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BOTSFORD DITCH

Structure dossier · WDID 4001088 · 1 · EAST MUDDY CREEK · DWR record

Where this page's figures come from

Generated 2026-08-27 19:48 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 1921-06-01 — 1453rd 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: MCINTYRE NO 1 WELL (1921-05-01). Immediately behind: KOOC DITCH (1921-08-15).

Decreed rights (2)

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
26084.01921-06-011930-02-10 0.20.0 CIRR 98
56613.260841921-06-012005-12-31 2.00.0 CIRR

Recorded use (last 15 years on record)

In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 233 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2024, came in at 236 AF — 101% of that, and 9th 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 182 5th lowest of 15 · 78% of median 68 1.5
2011 259 10th lowest of 15 · 111% of median 103 2.0
2012 211 7th lowest of 15 · 91% of median 77 2.5
2013 177 4th lowest of 15 · 76% of median 104 1.5
2014 350 14th lowest of 15 · 150% of median 125 2.8
2015 417 15th lowest of 15 · 179% of median 203 2.0
2016 298 12th lowest of 15 · 128% of median 124 2.3
2017 233 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median 99 1.9
2018 126 3rd lowest of 15 · 54% of median 111 1.0
2019 298 12th lowest of 15 · 128% of median 111 2.5
2020 195 6th lowest of 15 · 84% of median 73 2.3
2021 97 1st lowest of 15 · 42% of median 76 1.0
2022 113 2nd lowest of 15 · 48% of median 74 1.4
2023 261 11th lowest of 15 · 112% of median 100 2.7
2024 236 9th lowest of 15 · 101% of median 103 2.0

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