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BUTTON NO 8 DITCH

Structure dossier · WDID 5100561 · 1 · EIGHTMILE CREEK · DWR record

Where this page's figures come from

Generated 2026-08-28 02:57 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 — 89th 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 7 DITCH (1889-09-20). Immediately behind: FULLERTON DITCH (1889-10-21).

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 2.00.0 CIRR 74

Recorded use (last 15 years on record)

In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 113 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2011, came in at 243 AF — 215% of that, and 14th 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)
1993 216 11th lowest of 15 · 191% of median 66 2.0
1995 110 7th lowest of 15 · 97% of median 47 1.5
1996 241 13th lowest of 15 · 213% of median 82 1.5
1997 144 9th lowest of 15 · 127% of median 56 2.0
1998 34 4th lowest of 15 · 30% of median 31 0.8
1999 220 12th lowest of 15 · 195% of median 62 2.0
2000 78 6th lowest of 15 · 69% of median 41 2.0
2002 53 5th lowest of 15 · 47% of median 32 1.5
2004 113 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median 43 2.0
2005 159 10th lowest of 15 · 141% of median 57 1.9
2006 0 1st lowest of 15 · 0% of median 2 0.0
2007 24 3rd lowest of 15 · 21% of median 58 0.2
2009 377 15th lowest of 15 · 334% of median 86 4.0
2010 0 1st lowest of 15 · 0% of median 2 0.0
2011 243 14th lowest of 15 · 215% of median 43 4.0

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 1498 measured days; currency unknown (no data-coverage date to compare against)
record continuity sparse 27% of the irrigation seasons in 1985-2011 carry measured days
published-record stability stable no upstream revisions recorded against this structure

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