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MALDONADO DITCH
Structure dossier · WDID 1600602 · 1 · CUCHARAS RIVER · DWR record
Where this page's figures come from
Generated 2026-08-27 19:54 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 in line
Priority 1870-04-05 — 112th most senior of the 1044 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: HAYES DITCH (1867-05-15). Immediately behind: BRANCH DITCH (1871-04-02).
Decreed rights (2)
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14408.074 | 1870-04-05 | 1898-02-23 | 4.4 | 0.0 | C | IRR | 25 |
| 14408.08861 | 1874-04-05 | 1898-02-23 | 1.0 | 0.0 | C | IRR | 53 |
Recorded use (last 15 years on record)
In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 0 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2025, came in at 0 AF — —% of that, and 1st lowest of the 15 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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1944 | 611 | 15th lowest of 15 · —% of median | 78 | 4.0 |
| 1945 | 571 | 14th lowest of 15 · —% of median | 74 | 4.0 |
| 1947 | 286 | 11th lowest of 15 · —% of median | 73 | 2.0 |
| 1948 | 363 | 12th lowest of 15 · —% of median | 62 | 3.0 |
| 1949 | 363 | 12th lowest of 15 · —% of median | 62 | 3.0 |
| 2015 | 0 | 1st lowest of 15 · —% of median | 2 | 0.0 |
| 2016 | 0 | 1st lowest of 15 · —% of median | 13 | 0.0 |
| 2017 | 0 | 1st lowest of 15 · —% of median | 10 | 0.0 |
| 2018 | 0 | 1st lowest of 15 · —% of median | 5 | 0.0 |
| 2019 | 0 | 1st lowest of 15 · —% of median | 12 | 0.0 |
| 2020 | 0 | 1st lowest of 15 · —% of median | 20 | 0.0 |
| 2021 | 41 | 10th lowest of 15 · —% of median | 43 | 1.9 |
| 2022 | 0 | 1st lowest of 15 · —% of median | 16 | 0.0 |
| 2023 | 0 | 1st lowest of 15 · —% of median | 3 | 0.0 |
| 2025 | 0 | 1st lowest of 15 · —% of median | 1 | 0.0 |
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