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BUTTON NO 3 DITCH

Structure dossier · WDID 5100556 · 1 · RASBERRY CREEK · DWR record

Where this page's figures come from

Generated 2026-08-27 22:52 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 1888-06-20 — 68th 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: BUTTON NO 2 DITCH (1888-06-20). Immediately behind: BUTTON NO 4 DITCH (1888-06-20).

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
14051.01888-06-201906-08-11 1.40.0 CIRR 62

Recorded use (last 15 years on record)

In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 97 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2005, came in at 148 AF — 153% of that, and 13th 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)
1986 178 14th lowest of 15 · 184% of median 68 1.5
1987 116 9th lowest of 15 · 120% of median 63 1.2
1988 130 11th lowest of 15 · 134% of median 55 1.5
1989 97 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median 65 1.0
1990 121 10th lowest of 15 · 125% of median 65 1.2
1991 71 6th lowest of 15 · 73% of median 57 1.0
1992 50 2nd lowest of 15 · 52% of median 28 1.4
1993 19 1st lowest of 15 · 20% of median 26 0.5
1994 191 15th lowest of 15 · 197% of median 128 2.0
1996 142 12th lowest of 15 · 146% of median 52 1.4
1997 91 7th lowest of 15 · 94% of median 54 1.2
1999 57 3rd lowest of 15 · 59% of median 62 1.0
2000 61 4th lowest of 15 · 63% of median 32 1.0
2004 63 5th lowest of 15 · 65% of median 36 1.5
2005 148 13th lowest of 15 · 153% of median 57 1.5

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 1140 measured days; currency unknown (no data-coverage date to compare against)
record continuity sparse 22% of the irrigation seasons in 1981-2005 carry measured days
published-record stability stable no upstream revisions recorded against this structure

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