WDID 1900522

Irrigation, All beneficial uses · South Fork Purgatoire River · Las Animas County, Colorado

Priority date

May 30, 1866

5th most senior of 38 rights on South Fork Purgatoire River in Las Animas County

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Owner
Not in Colorado's decreed-rights data. These rights convey by deed, so ownership is traced through county property records.
Status
Absolute
Record type
Decreed water right
Kind of source
Surface water
Name
Maxwell Ditch No 20
Uses
Irrigation, All beneficial uses
Flow rate
6.85 cfs (3,074.5 gpm)
Points of diversion
1 (first at 37.07496, -105.08552)
Structure type
Ditch
WDID
1900522
Adjudication date
1903-08-10
Administration number
5994.00000
Priority number
26
Court case numbers
08CW0038, 02CW0156, CA8653, 83CW0131
Water division / district
2 / 19
Absolute amount
6.85 cfs

From Colorado Division of Water Resources (CDSS), Water Rights Net Amounts + Well Application Permits, fetched October 12, 2026. The state's own record is the authority: amounts, owners and status here can lag behind it, and a mapped point of diversion says nothing about which parcel the right serves. This page is not legal advice.

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