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BOUTON DITCH NO. 3

Structure dossier · WDID 5802004 · 1 · MORRISON CREEK · DWR record

Where this page's figures come from

Generated 2026-08-28 00:07 by Hydrohistorian. Sources: DWR HydroBase snapshot HydroBase_CO_20260707 (history) + CDSS REST (current), USGS NWIS cross-checks. Engine v0.5.0 (a1c9146) — 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 1974-07-07 — 1215th most senior of the 3097 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: RAFTOPOULOS JOUFLAS S 9 (1974-06-20). Immediately behind: KNORR DOM DIVR 1 (1974-08-16).

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
45478.01974-07-071974-12-31 1.00.0 CIRRDOM

Recorded use (last 15 years on record)

In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 57 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2025, came in at 14 AF — 25% 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)
2007 65 10th lowest of 15 · 114% of median 113 0.5
2008 57 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median 107 0.5
2009 154 15th lowest of 15 · 270% of median 140 0.9
2010 80 12th lowest of 15 · 140% of median 156 0.5
2012 54 7th lowest of 15 · 95% of median 136 0.5
2013 70 11th lowest of 15 · 123% of median 141 0.7
2014 62 9th lowest of 15 · 109% of median 113 0.5
2015 95 14th lowest of 15 · 167% of median 118 0.9
2016 92 13th lowest of 15 · 161% of median 124 0.7
2019 30 5th lowest of 15 · 53% of median 27 0.6
2021 9 1st lowest of 15 · 16% of median 23 0.6
2022 16 4th lowest of 15 · 28% of median 101 0.2
2023 10 2nd lowest of 15 · 18% of median 93 0.3
2024 40 6th lowest of 15 · 70% of median 64 0.4
2025 14 3rd lowest of 15 · 25% of median 115 0.2

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 2621 measured days; currency unknown (no data-coverage date to compare against)
record continuity sparse 36% of the irrigation seasons in 1991-2025 carry measured days
published-record stability stable no upstream revisions recorded against this structure

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