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BUTTON NO 6 DITCH

Structure dossier · WDID 5100559 · 1 · RASBERRY CREEK · DWR record

Where this page's figures come from

Generated 2026-08-28 01:23 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 1889-09-20 — 87th 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 1 DITCH (1889-09-20). Immediately behind: BUTTON NO 7 DITCH (1889-09-20).

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
14508.01889-09-201906-08-11 3.00.0 CIRR 76

Recorded use (last 15 years on record)

In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 101 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2024, came in at 41 AF — 41% of that, and 3rd 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)
2010 183 14th lowest of 15 · 181% of median 83 2.5
2011 178 13th lowest of 15 · 176% of median 57 2.0
2012 51 4th lowest of 15 · 50% of median 62 0.5
2013 93 7th lowest of 15 · 92% of median 72 1.0
2014 196 15th lowest of 15 · 194% of median 67 2.0
2015 121 12th lowest of 15 · 120% of median 62 1.0
2016 101 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median 53 1.0
2017 55 5th lowest of 15 · 54% of median 43 1.0
2018 120 11th lowest of 15 · 119% of median 72 1.5
2019 101 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median 77 1.0
2020 110 10th lowest of 15 · 109% of median 81 1.3
2021 27 1st lowest of 15 · 27% of median 42 0.5
2022 36 2nd lowest of 15 · 36% of median 32 1.0
2023 68 6th lowest of 15 · 67% of median 63 1.0
2024 41 3rd lowest of 15 · 41% of median 52 0.7

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 2593 measured days; currency unknown (no data-coverage date to compare against)
record continuity sparse 26% of the irrigation seasons in 1978-2024 carry measured days
published-record stability stable no upstream revisions recorded against this structure

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