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BUEHLER NO 4 DITCH

Structure dossier · WDID 5100544 · 1 · BATTLE CREEK · DWR record

Where this page's figures come from

Generated 2026-08-27 23:58 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 1913-12-31 — 309th most senior of the 2208 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: BUEHLER NO 3 DITCH (1913-12-31). Immediately behind: DALE WELL (1915-06-15).

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
23817.233751913-12-311917-08-11 0.50.0 CIRRINDFIRDOMAUGTMX 331

Recorded use (last 15 years on record)

In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 32 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2024, came in at 32 AF — 100% of that, and 8th 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)
1999 34 9th lowest of 15 · 106% of median 53 0.5
2000 43 11th lowest of 15 · 134% of median 56 0.5
2001 22 4th lowest of 15 · 69% of median 39 0.5
2002 12 2nd lowest of 15 · 38% of median 29 0.3
2004 21 3rd lowest of 15 · 66% of median 29 0.4
2005 26 5th lowest of 15 · 81% of median 139 0.5
2006 57 13th lowest of 15 · 178% of median 73 0.6
2007 50 12th lowest of 15 · 156% of median 66 0.6
2008 149 15th lowest of 15 · 466% of median 66 1.8
2009 39 10th lowest of 15 · 122% of median 34 0.7
2010 26 5th lowest of 15 · 81% of median 27 0.5
2011 67 14th lowest of 15 · 209% of median 64 0.7
2012 26 5th lowest of 15 · 81% of median 44 0.4
2023 10 1st lowest of 15 · 31% of median 25 0.2
2024 32 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median 49 0.5

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 1271 measured days; currency unknown (no data-coverage date to compare against)
record continuity sparse 14% of the irrigation seasons in 1982-2024 carry measured days
published-record stability stable no upstream revisions recorded against this structure

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