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ADOBE DITCH
Structure dossier · WDID 4001425 · 1 · BUTTERMILK CREEK · DWR record
Where this page's figures come from
Generated 2026-08-28 03:02 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 1955-04-01 — 1981st 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: CYPHERS RESERVOIR NO 1 (1955-01-13). Immediately behind: ELK HORN STOMP DITCH (1955-05-11).
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. | Units | UsesWhat the court said this water may be used for -- irrigation, municipal supply, augmentation and so on. | Case |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 38441.0 | 1955-04-01 | 1964-01-31 | 1.905 | 0.0 | C | IRRDOMSTK | K122, K123 |
| 55882.55369 | 2001-08-05 | 2003-12-31 | 0.07 | 0.0 | C | IRR |
Legal record & documents
13 decreed actions on record across
6 court cases:
03CW0200, 95CW0078, 20CW0027, CA4808, 75CW0259, 24CW0003.
Every case, dated
| Case | Actions | Latest adjudication | Types |
|---|---|---|---|
03CW0200 | 1 | 2003-12-31 | S |
95CW0078 | 1 | 1995-12-31 | S |
20CW0027 | 3 | 1995-12-31 | S |
CA4808 | 5 | 1964-01-31 | S |
75CW0259 | 1 | 1964-01-31 | S |
24CW0003 | 2 | 1964-01-31 | 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 665 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2024, came in at 1,088 AF — 164% of that, and 15th 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 | 532 | 6th lowest of 15 · 80% of median | 138 | 2.5 |
| 2011 | 1,013 | 12th lowest of 15 · 152% of median | 175 | 3.5 |
| 2012 | 1,044 | 14th lowest of 15 · 157% of median | 196 | 4.0 |
| 2013 | 558 | 7th lowest of 15 · 84% of median | 149 | 3.0 |
| 2014 | 427 | 2nd lowest of 15 · 64% of median | 147 | 3.0 |
| 2015 | 838 | 10th lowest of 15 · 126% of median | 139 | 4.2 |
| 2016 | 1,035 | 13th lowest of 15 · 156% of median | 175 | 5.6 |
| 2017 | 880 | 11th lowest of 15 · 132% of median | 172 | 4.8 |
| 2018 | 450 | 3rd lowest of 15 · 68% of median | 206 | 3.5 |
| 2019 | 503 | 4th lowest of 15 · 76% of median | 175 | 1.8 |
| 2020 | 710 | 9th lowest of 15 · 107% of median | 182 | 2.0 |
| 2021 | 350 | 1st lowest of 15 · 53% of median | 187 | 2.0 |
| 2022 | 530 | 5th lowest of 15 · 80% of median | 203 | 2.0 |
| 2023 | 665 | 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median | 182 | 2.5 |
| 2024 | 1,088 | 15th lowest of 15 · 164% of median | 178 | 4.0 |
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 | 2 right(s), seniority decoded |
| diversion record | present | 6842 measured days; currency unknown (no data-coverage date to compare against) |
| record continuity | patchy | 72% of the irrigation seasons in 1980-2024 carry measured days |
| published-record stability | stable | no upstream revisions recorded against this structure |
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