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F H BUSS DITCH

Structure dossier · WDID 6000595 · 1 · MAVERICK DRAW · DWR record

Where this page's figures come from

Generated 2026-08-27 21:05 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 1926-10-21 — 787th most senior of the 2893 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: ELK CREEK DITCH (1926-10-21). Immediately behind: J & M HUGHES DITCH (1926-10-21).

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
28911.280521926-10-211933-10-16 4.00.0 CIRR

Recorded use (last 15 years on record)

In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 162 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2001, came in at 162 AF — 100% of that, and 8th 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)
1987 65 3rd lowest of 15 · 40% of median 169 0.2
1988 45 2nd lowest of 15 · 28% of median 203 0.2
1989 74 4th lowest of 15 · 46% of median 212 0.2
1990 33 1st lowest of 15 · 20% of median 209 0.1
1991 78 5th lowest of 15 · 48% of median 184 0.3
1992 93 6th lowest of 15 · 57% of median 184 0.3
1993 123 7th lowest of 15 · 76% of median 200 0.5
1994 174 9th lowest of 15 · 107% of median 176 0.5
1995 372 14th lowest of 15 · 230% of median 182 1.8
1996 239 13th lowest of 15 · 148% of median 190 0.8
1997 404 15th lowest of 15 · 249% of median 183 1.8
1998 187 12th lowest of 15 · 115% of median 173 0.8
1999 181 11th lowest of 15 · 112% of median 181 0.8
2000 174 9th lowest of 15 · 107% of median 176 0.5
2001 162 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median 164 0.5

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