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PAXMAN DITCH

Structure dossier · WDID 7700572 · 1 · LITTLE NAVAJO RIVER · DWR record

Where this page's figures come from

Generated 2026-08-27 19:49 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 in line

Priority 1906-06-30 — 65th most senior of the 187 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: ELK LAKE DITCH (1906-06-30). Immediately behind: GARDNER LAKE RESERVOIR (1906-06-30).

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
41016.206341906-06-301968-12-19 2.00.0 CIRRDOMSTK 68-5

Recorded use (last 15 years on record)

In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 48 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2022, came in at 15 AF — 31% of that, and 3rd 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)
2002 29 5th lowest of 15 · 60% of median 44 0.4
2003 169 15th lowest of 15 · 352% of median 73 2.0
2004 152 13th lowest of 15 · 317% of median 63 2.0
2005 66 9th lowest of 15 · 138% of median 49 1.0
2006 78 10th lowest of 15 · 162% of median 56 1.5
2007 25 4th lowest of 15 · 52% of median 33 0.5
2008 163 14th lowest of 15 · 340% of median 61 2.4
2009 89 11th lowest of 15 · 185% of median 46 2.0
2010 105 12th lowest of 15 · 219% of median 59 2.0
2011 48 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median 49 0.7
2012 40 7th lowest of 15 · 83% of median 45 0.8
2013 32 6th lowest of 15 · 67% of median 40 0.5
2014 0 1st lowest of 15 · 0% of median 11 0.0
2015 11 2nd lowest of 15 · 23% of median 33 0.3
2022 15 3rd lowest of 15 · 31% of median 39 0.2

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