Seniority, absolute versus conditional water, and decreed uses for all 4,333 water rights on record in Eagle County, taken from the state's own records. Priority dates run from 1880-10-20 to 2024-12-31.
CFS on record: 10,174.5 absolute · 10,626.2 conditional. Flow (CFS) and volume (AF) are never added together.
Worth knowing: Eagle County has about 7.1x more acre-feet decreed as conditional than as absolute. Conditional water is decreed on paper but not yet put to beneficial use. A buyer or lender who does not separate the two is valuing a different asset than the one on the ground.
In a dry year the oldest rights are served first. This is how Eagle County's rights are distributed.
| Era | Rights | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|
| pre-1900 | 683 | 15.8% | |
| 1900-1949 | 1,142 | 26.4% | |
| 1950-1969 | 613 | 14.1% | |
| 1970-1999 | 1,377 | 31.8% | |
| 2000+ | 518 | 12.0% |
| Decreed use | Rights |
|---|---|
| Irrigation | 2,843 |
| Domestic | 1,750 |
| Fire | 1,358 |
| Stock | 1,249 |
| Recreation | 1,165 |
| Fishery | 960 |
Ranked by the state's own priority administration number, the figure DWR uses to order rights by seniority.
| Priority | Structure | Source | Amount | Uses | Verify |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1881-05-05 | GOULD DITCH | BLUE CREEK | 1.6 CFS | Irrigation, Augmentation, Other | state record |
| 1881-05-05 | FISH PD D & SP 1-4 HGT 3 | BLUE CREEK | 0.4 CFS | Irrigation | state record |
| 1881-07-01 | STRATTON AND CO DITCH | GYPSUM CREEK | 9.0 CFS | Irrigation, Municipal, Commercial, Industrial, Recreation, Fire, Domestic, Augmentation | state record |
| 1881-08-15 | LUCKSINGER DITCH | LUCHSINGER CREEK | 1.0 CFS | Irrigation | state record |
| 1882-03-25 | GOULD DITCH | BLUE CREEK | 0.2 CFS | Irrigation, Augmentation, Other | state record |
| 1882-03-25 | HARRIS NO 2 DITCH NEW PT | BLUE CREEK | 0.4 CFS | Irrigation | state record |
| 1882-03-25 | LUCKSINGER DITCH | LUCHSINGER CREEK | 1.0 CFS | Irrigation | state record |
| 1882-03-25 | FISH PD D & SP 1-4 HGT 3 | BLUE CREEK | 0.6 CFS | Irrigation | state record |
| 1882-04-30 | DAGGETT AND PARKER DITCH | GYPSUM CREEK | 4.1 CFS | Irrigation | state record |
| 1882-04-30 | H O R DITCH | GYPSUM CREEK | 0.3 CFS | Irrigation | state record |
This page is the summary. The full file for Eagle County covers every one of the 4,333 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.
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Records last updated 10 September 2026.