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Structure dossier · WDID 6001594 · 1 · MAVERICK DRAW · DWR record
Where this page's figures come from
Generated 2026-08-27 20:44 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.
Which of its rights get called out?
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 1884-05-31 — 1891st 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: SALTADO CREEK (1993-11-09). Immediately behind: SWYHART SPRING NO 1 (1890-12-31).
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. | Units | UsesWhat the court said this water may be used for -- irrigation, municipal supply, augmentation and so on. | Case |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 52595.1257 | 1884-05-31 | 1994-12-31 | 50.0 | 0.0 | C | IRRFIRSTK |
Recorded use (last 8 years on record)
In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 129 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2024, came in at 38 AF — 30% of that, and 3rd lowest of the 8 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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 58 | 4th lowest of 8 · 45% of median | 59 | 0.5 |
| 2012 | 200 | 5th lowest of 8 · 155% of median | 204 | 0.5 |
| 2013 | 362 | 8th lowest of 8 · 281% of median | 365 | 0.5 |
| 2014 | 301 | 7th lowest of 8 · 233% of median | 304 | 0.5 |
| 2015 | 6 | 1st lowest of 8 · 5% of median | 63 | 0.1 |
| 2016 | 7 | 2nd lowest of 8 · 5% of median | 93 | 0.1 |
| 2023 | 240 | 6th lowest of 8 · 186% of median | 117 | 5.0 |
| 2024 | 38 | 3rd lowest of 8 · 30% of median | 92 | 0.5 |
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