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CRESTED BUTTE LTD PL
Structure dossier · WDID 5900541 · 7 · WASHINGTON GULCH · 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 (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 1904-06-14 — 537th most senior of the 2360 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: DECKER RESERVOIR (1902-06-14). Immediately behind: MALENSEK DITCH (1904-06-14).
Decreed rights (4)
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26230.19888 | 1904-06-14 | 1924-01-07 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | IRRMUNDOM | |
| 26230.23357 | 1913-12-13 | 1924-01-07 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | IRRMUNDOM | |
| 41175.0 | 1962-09-25 | 1965-10-28 | 3.0 | 0.0 | C | IRRMUNCOMDOM | 639, 640, |
| 46356.0 | 1976-12-01 | 1991-12-31 | 0.0 | 0.0 | A | AUG |
Legal record & documents
17 decreed actions on record across
6 court cases:
91CW0049, W0120, CA5782, 89CW0221, 87CW0305, 87CW0304.
Every case, dated
| Case | Actions | Latest adjudication | Types |
|---|---|---|---|
91CW0049 | 4 | 1991-12-31 | O, S |
W0120 | 3 | 1965-10-28 | S |
CA5782 | 6 | 1965-10-28 | S |
89CW0221 | 2 | 1924-01-07 | S |
87CW0305 | 1 | 1924-01-07 | S |
87CW0304 | 1 | 1924-01-07 | 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 6 years on record)
In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 472 AF. Its most recent year on record, 1980, came in at 465 AF — 99% of that, and 3rd lowest of the 6 years with a recorded volume.
| 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 | Days recorded | Peak (cfs) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 281 | 1st lowest of 6 · 60% of median | 106 | 2.2 |
| 1976 | 576 | 5th lowest of 6 · 122% of median | 154 | 3.5 |
| 1977 | 626 | 6th lowest of 6 · 133% of median | 200 | 2.1 |
| 1978 | 307 | 2nd lowest of 6 · 65% of median | 93 | 2.1 |
| 1979 | 478 | 4th lowest of 6 · 101% of median | 145 | 2.8 |
| 1980 | 465 | 3rd lowest of 6 · 99% of median | 122 | 2.6 |
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 | 4 right(s), seniority decoded |
| diversion record | present | 820 measured days; currency unknown (no data-coverage date to compare against) |
| record continuity | patchy | 72% of the irrigation seasons in 1975-1980 carry measured days |
| published-record stability | stable | no upstream revisions recorded against this structure |
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