Western Water Data

Cheyenne County, Colorado: water rights summary

Seniority, absolute versus conditional water, and decreed uses for all 87 water rights on record in Cheyenne County, taken from the state's own records. Priority dates run from 1871-12-31 to 1973-07-02.

At a glance

87water rights on record
122acre-feet absolute (perfected)
0acre-feet conditional (decreed, not yet perfected)
0.0%of rights carry a conditional portion

CFS on record: 21.4 absolute · 0.0 conditional. Flow (CFS) and volume (AF) are never added together.

Risk: absolute vs conditional

Worth knowing: 0 rights in Cheyenne County carry a conditional portion, water that is decreed but not yet perfected. Absolute and conditional are not the same asset.

Seniority by era

In a dry year the oldest rights are served first. This is how Cheyenne County's rights are distributed.

EraRightsShare
pre-190055.7%
1900-19492124.1%
1950-19695462.1%
1970-199978.0%
2000+00.0%

What the water is decreed for

Decreed useRights
Stock61
Irrigation21
Domestic20
Fire2
Municipal2
Other2

The ten most senior rights on record

Ranked by the state's own priority administration number, the figure DWR uses to order rights by seniority.

PriorityStructureSourceAmount UsesVerify
1910-12-31LOWE WELL NO 1GROUNDWATER: ARKANSAS RIVER0.033 CFSStockstate record
1918-03-30JOHNSON WELL NO 1GROUNDWATER: ARKANSAS RIVER0.033 CFSDomestic, Stockstate record
1918-04-06JOHNSON WELL NO 7GROUNDWATER: ARKANSAS RIVER0.033 CFSStockstate record
1918-12-31LESSENDEN WELL NO 3GROUNDWATER: ARKANSAS RIVER0.0333 CFSStockstate record
1919-10-07JOHNSON WELL NO 5GROUNDWATER: ARKANSAS RIVER0.033 CFSStockstate record
1920-10-10JOHNSON WELL NO 2GROUNDWATER: ARKANSAS RIVER0.033 CFSStockstate record
1921-08-05JOHNSON WELL NO 6GROUNDWATER: ARKANSAS RIVER0.033 CFSStockstate record
1923-09-03JOHNSON WELL NO 8GROUNDWATER: ARKANSAS RIVER0.033 CFSStockstate record
1924-06-20JOHNSON WELL NO 11GROUNDWATER: ARKANSAS RIVER0.033 CFSStockstate record
1924-06-24JOHNSON WELL NO 4GROUNDWATER: ARKANSAS RIVER0.033 CFSStockstate record

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This page is the summary. The full file for Cheyenne County covers every one of the 87 rights, with its priority date, seniority number, absolute and conditional amounts, decreed uses and a link to each official record, as a spreadsheet.

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Records last updated 17 September 2026.