Seniority, absolute versus conditional water, and decreed uses for all 288 water rights on record in Crowley County, taken from the state's own records. Priority dates run from 1881-03-10 to 2018-10-17.
CFS on record: 7,691.0 absolute · 2.9 conditional. Flow (CFS) and volume (AF) are never added together.
Worth knowing: 4 rights in Crowley County carry a conditional portion, water that is decreed but not yet perfected. Absolute and conditional are not the same asset.
In a dry year the oldest rights are served first. This is how Crowley County's rights are distributed.
| Era | Rights | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|
| pre-1900 | 23 | 8.0% | |
| 1900-1949 | 140 | 48.6% | |
| 1950-1969 | 108 | 37.5% | |
| 1970-1999 | 9 | 3.1% | |
| 2000+ | 8 | 2.8% |
| Decreed use | Rights |
|---|---|
| Irrigation | 175 |
| Stock | 114 |
| Domestic | 84 |
| Municipal | 35 |
| Commercial | 27 |
| Industrial | 25 |
Ranked by the state's own priority administration number, the figure DWR uses to order rights by seniority.
| Priority | Structure | Source | Amount | Uses | Verify |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1889-09-25 | HOLBROOK CANAL | ARKANSAS RIVER | 155.0 CFS | Irrigation, Municipal, Commercial, Industrial, Recreation, Domestic, Augmentation | state record |
| 1892-03-02 | HOLBROOK CANAL | ARKANSAS RIVER | 600.0 CFS | Irrigation, Municipal, Commercial, Industrial, Recreation, Domestic, Augmentation | state record |
| 1893-08-30 | HOLBROOK CANAL | ARKANSAS RIVER | 445.0 CFS | Irrigation, Municipal, Commercial, Industrial, Recreation, Domestic, Augmentation | state record |
| 1900-12-31 | COLO LAND BOARD WELL 1 | GROUNDWATER: ARKANSAS RIVER | 0.0267 CFS | Domestic | state record |
| 1902-02-26 | COLLECTION GALLERIES | GROUNDWATER: ARKANSAS RIVER | 0.16 CFS | Municipal | state record |
| 1891-12-31 | LAKE HENRY | ARKANSAS RIVER | 6355.0 AF | Irrigation, Municipal, Commercial, Industrial, Domestic | state record |
| 1898-03-09 | LAKE MEREDITH | ARKANSAS RIVER | 26028.4 AF | Irrigation, Municipal, Commercial, Industrial, Domestic | state record |
| 1903-12-31 | BENNETT WELL | GROUNDWATER: ARKANSAS RIVER | 0.044 CFS | Domestic | state record |
| 1898-10-24 | BOX SPRINGS RES NO 2 | HORSE CREEK | 642.7916 AF | Irrigation | state record |
| 1898-10-24 | BOX SPRINGS RES NO 3 | HORSE CREEK | 206.6116 AF | Irrigation | state record |
This page is the summary. The full file for Crowley County covers every one of the 288 rights, with its priority date, seniority number, absolute and conditional amounts, decreed uses and a link to each official record, as a spreadsheet.
Buying, lending on, or listing irrigated ground here? Ask for the county file, or for a single property's water summary. The first one is on me.
Browse all Colorado counties →
Records last updated 10 September 2026.