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BUNTE HIGHLINE DITCH
Structure dossier · WDID 5100546 · 1 · WILLOW CREEK · DWR record
Where this page's figures come from
Generated 2026-08-28 04:34 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 1883-08-31 — 168th 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: DEBERARD DITCH (FRASER RIVER) (1883-05-30). Immediately behind: GRIFFITH DITCH (1883-08-31).
Decreed rights (12)
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20676.12296 | 1883-08-31 | 1911-08-03 | 0.0 | 0.0 | A | MUNCOMRECFISDOMWLD | 152 |
| 20676.12296 | 1883-08-31 | 1911-08-03 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | MUNCOMRECFISDOMWLD | 152 |
| 20676.12919 | 1885-05-15 | 1911-08-03 | 0.0 | 0.0 | A | MUNCOMFISDOMAUGWLD | 157 |
| 20676.12919 | 1885-05-15 | 1911-08-03 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | MUNCOMFISDOMAUGWLD | 157 |
| 20676.13665 | 1887-05-31 | 1911-08-03 | 22.82 | 0.0 | C | IRR | 168 |
| 20676.14015 | 1888-05-15 | 1911-08-03 | 0.0 | 0.0 | A | MUNCOMRECFISDOMWLD | 174 |
| 20676.14015 | 1888-05-15 | 1911-08-03 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | MUNCOMRECFISDOMWLD | 174 |
| 31258.0 | 1935-08-01 | 1955-10-12 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | IRR | |
| 34241.23679 | 1914-10-31 | 1952-11-07 | 14.14 | 0.0 | C | IRRDOMSTK | 459 |
| 34241.33495 | 1941-09-15 | 1952-11-07 | 8.04 | 0.0 | C | IRRDOMSTK | 491 |
| 56247.0 | 2003-12-31 | 2003-12-31 | 0.0 | 0.0 | A | STOAUGOTH | |
| 56247.0 | 2003-12-31 | 2003-12-31 | 0.0 | 4.0 | C | STOAUGOTH |
Legal record & documents
9 decreed actions on record across
4 court cases:
03CW0336, 88CW0382, CA0814, CA0183.
Every case, dated
| Case | Actions | Latest adjudication | Types |
|---|---|---|---|
03CW0336 | 5 | 2003-12-31 | O, S |
88CW0382 | 1 | 1955-10-12 | O |
CA0814 | 2 | 1952-11-07 | S |
CA0183 | 1 | 1911-08-03 | 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 1,355 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2024, came in at 1,340 AF — 99% of that, and 7th lowest of the 15 years with a recorded volume.
This structure records both diversions and reservoir releases — they are separate water movements and are accounted separately below.
| 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 | Released (AF) | Days recorded | Peak (cfs) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 1,002 | 4th lowest of 15 · 74% of median | — | 28 | 20.0 |
| 2011 | 1,722 | 11th lowest of 15 · 127% of median | — | 81 | 20.0 |
| 2012 | 3,769 | 15th lowest of 15 · 278% of median | 172 | 139 | 30.0 |
| 2013 | 1,464 | 9th lowest of 15 · 108% of median | — | 99 | 10.0 |
| 2014 | 1,355 | 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median | — | 26 | 30.0 |
| 2015 | 681 | 1st lowest of 15 · 50% of median | — | 37 | 10.0 |
| 2016 | 1,063 | 5th lowest of 15 · 78% of median | — | 45 | 15.0 |
| 2017 | 944 | 3rd lowest of 15 · 70% of median | — | 50 | 12.0 |
| 2018 | 2,704 | 13th lowest of 15 · 200% of median | — | 72 | 19.5 |
| 2019 | 1,101 | 6th lowest of 15 · 81% of median | — | 59 | 10.0 |
| 2020 | 2,090 | 12th lowest of 15 · 154% of median | — | 72 | 16.8 |
| 2021 | 3,437 | 14th lowest of 15 · 254% of median | — | 61 | 33.6 |
| 2022 | 1,679 | 10th lowest of 15 · 124% of median | — | 61 | 16.8 |
| 2023 | 788 | 2nd lowest of 15 · 58% of median | — | 60 | 9.2 |
| 2024 | 1,340 | 7th lowest of 15 · 99% of median | — | 60 | 15.0 |
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 | 12 right(s), seniority decoded |
| diversion record | present | 4778 measured days; currency unknown (no data-coverage date to compare against) |
| record continuity | patchy | 45% of the irrigation seasons in 1975-2024 carry measured days |
| published-record stability | stable | no upstream revisions recorded against this structure |
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