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BUD NO 2 DITCH

Structure dossier · WDID 4500531 · 1 · ALKALI CREEK · DWR record

Where this page's figures come from

Generated 2026-08-27 22:20 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 1929-05-01 — 339th most senior of the 1378 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: ARTHUR PIPELINE (1928-06-01). Immediately behind: BUD NO 3 DITCH (1929-05-05).

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
37681.289751929-05-011965-07-09 1.50.0 CIRR 237

Recorded use (last 15 years on record)

In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 205 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2002, came in at 76 AF — 37% 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)
1987 396 13th lowest of 15 · 193% of median 134 1.5
1989 157 5th lowest of 15 · 77% of median 80 1.0
1990 114 3rd lowest of 15 · 56% of median 116 0.5
1991 285 10th lowest of 15 · 139% of median 149 1.5
1992 452 14th lowest of 15 · 220% of median 153 1.5
1993 457 15th lowest of 15 · 223% of median 157 1.7
1994 205 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median 139 0.8
1995 366 12th lowest of 15 · 178% of median 124 1.5
1996 176 6th lowest of 15 · 86% of median 60 1.5
1997 271 9th lowest of 15 · 132% of median 92 1.5
1998 354 11th lowest of 15 · 173% of median 120 1.5
1999 196 7th lowest of 15 · 96% of median 67 1.5
2000 95 2nd lowest of 15 · 46% of median 33 1.5
2001 119 4th lowest of 15 · 58% of median 41 1.5
2002 76 1st lowest of 15 · 37% of median 57 0.8

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
CheckStateDetail
identity complete name, type, and water source all on file
decreed rights on file 1 right(s), seniority decoded
diversion record present 1651 measured days; currency unknown (no data-coverage date to compare against)
record continuity patchy 48% of the irrigation seasons in 1986-2002 carry measured days
published-record stability stable no upstream revisions recorded against this structure

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