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MAXWELL DITCH NO 10
Structure dossier · WDID 1900521 · 1 · MIDDLE FORK PURGATOIRE R · DWR record
Where this page's figures come from
Generated 2026-08-27 19:16 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 1861-11-01 — 7th most senior of the 735 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: TRINIDAD RESERVOIR (1861-05-31). Immediately behind: MAXWELL DITCH NO 9 (1861-11-01).
Decreed rights (5)
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4323.0 | 1861-11-01 | 1903-08-10 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | IRRIND | 2 |
| 5904.0 | 1866-03-01 | 1903-08-10 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | IRRIND | 24 |
| 9983.0 | 1877-05-01 | 1903-08-10 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | IRRIND | 82 |
| 10044.0 | 1877-07-01 | 1903-08-10 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | IRRIND | 83 |
| 10228.0 | 1878-01-01 | 1903-08-10 | 1.3 | 0.0 | C | IRR | 84 |
Recorded use (last 15 years on record)
In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 8 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2017, came in at 0 AF — 0% 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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1962 | 274 | 15th lowest of 15 · 3425% of median | 77 | 2.0 |
| 1964 | 8 | 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median | 25 | 2.0 |
| 1968 | 75 | 13th lowest of 15 · 938% of median | 20 | 2.0 |
| 1975 | 16 | 9th lowest of 15 · 200% of median | 5 | 2.0 |
| 1983 | 246 | 14th lowest of 15 · 3075% of median | 70 | 1.8 |
| 1984 | 54 | 12th lowest of 15 · 675% of median | 20 | 1.5 |
| 1988 | 27 | 11th lowest of 15 · 338% of median | 12 | 1.3 |
| 1989 | 20 | 10th lowest of 15 · 250% of median | 6 | 2.0 |
| 1999 | 4 | 7th lowest of 15 · 50% of median | 2 | 2.0 |
| 2006 | 0 | 1st lowest of 15 · 0% of median | 4 | 0.0 |
| 2009 | 0 | 1st lowest of 15 · 0% of median | 2 | 0.0 |
| 2014 | 0 | 1st lowest of 15 · 0% of median | 3 | 0.0 |
| 2015 | 0 | 1st lowest of 15 · 0% of median | 4 | 0.0 |
| 2016 | 0 | 1st lowest of 15 · 0% of median | 3 | 0.0 |
| 2017 | 0 | 1st lowest of 15 · 0% of median | 3 | 0.0 |
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