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MADDEN DITCH EXTENDED

Structure dossier · WDID 7300622 · 1 · MAIDEN CREEK · DWR record

Where this page's figures come from

Generated 2026-08-27 21:09 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 1927-06-08 — 42nd most senior of the 221 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: A R HALL DITCH (1924-04-12). Immediately behind: MADDEN DITCH NO 3 (1927-08-27).

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
30895.282821927-06-081941-07-25 0.590.0 CIRR 558

Recorded use (last 15 years on record)

In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 10 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2025, came in at 2 AF — 20% of that, and 5th 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)
2010 31 12th lowest of 15 · 310% of median 32 0.6
2011 290 15th lowest of 15 · 2900% of median 111 2.5
2012 35 13th lowest of 15 · 350% of median 56 1.1
2013 24 11th lowest of 15 · 240% of median 65 0.7
2014 9 7th lowest of 15 · 90% of median 27 0.9
2015 1 4th lowest of 15 · 10% of median 15 0.4
2016 0 1st lowest of 15 · 0% of median 14 0.0
2017 0 1st lowest of 15 · 0% of median 7 0.0
2019 46 14th lowest of 15 · 460% of median 67 0.5
2020 16 10th lowest of 15 · 160% of median 39 0.3
2021 14 9th lowest of 15 · 140% of median 53 0.2
2022 0 1st lowest of 15 · 0% of median 10 0.0
2023 10 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median 53 0.2
2024 2 5th lowest of 15 · 20% of median 13 0.1
2025 2 5th lowest of 15 · 20% of median 23 0.1

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