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BUD SEAVY SPRING

Structure dossier · WDID 7800656 · 4 · DUTTON CREEK · DWR record

Where this page's figures come from

Generated 2026-08-28 04:34 by Hydrohistorian. Sources: DWR HydroBase snapshot HydroBase_CO_20260707 (history) + CDSS REST (current), USGS NWIS cross-checks. Engine v0.5.0 (f6d7fdc) — 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 1937-05-01 — 216th most senior of the 366 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: GORDON CREEK RESERVOIR (1974-04-09). Immediately behind: LITTLE PAGOSA CREEK DIVR (1939-12-31).

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
45655.318971937-05-011975-12-31 0.250.0 CIRRSTK

Recorded use (last 15 years on record)

In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 46 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2005, came in at 50 AF — 109% of that, and 9th 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)
1991 57 12th lowest of 15 · 124% of median 143 0.2
1992 44 6th lowest of 15 · 96% of median 107 0.2
1993 55 11th lowest of 15 · 120% of median 164 0.2
1994 50 9th lowest of 15 · 109% of median 126 0.2
1995 46 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median 165 0.2
1996 19 2nd lowest of 15 · 41% of median 122 0.1
1997 112 13th lowest of 15 · 244% of median 186 0.5
1998 45 7th lowest of 15 · 98% of median 181 0.2
1999 125 15th lowest of 15 · 272% of median 221 0.4
2000 41 5th lowest of 15 · 89% of median 183 0.3
2001 117 14th lowest of 15 · 254% of median 207 0.6
2002 5 1st lowest of 15 · 11% of median 70 0.1
2003 28 4th lowest of 15 · 61% of median 112 0.2
2004 23 3rd lowest of 15 · 50% of median 90 0.2
2005 50 9th lowest of 15 · 109% of median 124 0.5

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
CheckStateDetail
identity complete name, type, and water source all on file
decreed rights on file 1 right(s), seniority decoded
diversion record present 4354 measured days; currency unknown (no data-coverage date to compare against)
record continuity patchy 69% of the irrigation seasons in 1976-2005 carry measured days
published-record stability stable no upstream revisions recorded against this structure

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