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BRUTON DITCH NO 2

Structure dossier · WDID 6200539 · 1 · LITTLE CIMARRON RIVER · DWR record

Where this page's figures come from

Generated 2026-08-27 21:06 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 1912-07-01 — 527th most senior of the 1980 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: BRUTON DITCH NO 1 (1912-07-01). Immediately behind: PERRIN DITCH (1912-07-01).

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
33348.228271912-07-011960-03-30 1.650.0 CIRR 344, 345

Recorded use (last 15 years on record)

In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 250 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2021, came in at 0 AF — 0% of that, and 1st 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 241 7th lowest of 15 · 96% of median 80 1.8
2008 183 6th lowest of 15 · 73% of median 130 2.7
2009 158 3rd lowest of 15 · 63% of median 67 1.7
2010 288 9th lowest of 15 · 115% of median 158 2.0
2011 315 10th lowest of 15 · 126% of median 141 1.6
2012 521 15th lowest of 15 · 208% of median 185 1.5
2013 346 11th lowest of 15 · 138% of median 156 1.8
2014 346 11th lowest of 15 · 138% of median 166 1.8
2015 178 4th lowest of 15 · 71% of median 83 2.0
2016 380 13th lowest of 15 · 152% of median 152 3.5
2017 460 14th lowest of 15 · 184% of median 153 2.6
2018 250 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median 174 1.8
2019 179 5th lowest of 15 · 72% of median 143 2.0
2020 0 1st lowest of 15 · 0% of median 1 0.0
2021 0 1st lowest of 15 · 0% of median 1 0.0

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