Seniority, absolute versus conditional water, and decreed uses for all 1,283 water rights on record in Fremont County, taken from the state's own records. Priority dates run from 1860-05-01 to 2023-12-28.
CFS on record: 1,532.3 absolute · 42.5 conditional. Flow (CFS) and volume (AF) are never added together.
Worth knowing: Fremont County has about 2.6x 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 Fremont County's rights are distributed.
| Era | Rights | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|
| pre-1900 | 503 | 39.2% | |
| 1900-1949 | 284 | 22.1% | |
| 1950-1969 | 161 | 12.5% | |
| 1970-1999 | 206 | 16.1% | |
| 2000+ | 129 | 10.1% |
| Decreed use | Rights |
|---|---|
| Irrigation | 637 |
| Domestic | 423 |
| Stock | 357 |
| Wildlife | 154 |
| Municipal | 132 |
| Fishery | 93 |
Ranked by the state's own priority administration number, the figure DWR uses to order rights by seniority.
| Priority | Structure | Source | Amount | Uses | Verify |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1860-05-01 | HARDSCRABBLE DITCH | HARDSCRABBLE CREEK | 0.9375 CFS | Irrigation | state record |
| 1861-04-01 | CANON HEIGHTS DITCH | FOURMILE CREEK | 1.6 CFS | Irrigation, Municipal, Augmentation | state record |
| 1861-04-15 | BEAVER PARK DITCH | BEAVER CREEK | 0.294 CFS | Irrigation | state record |
| 1861-05-01 | IDEAL CEMENT PUMP PLANT | ARKANSAS RIVER | 1.052 CFS | Municipal, Industrial, Domestic | state record |
| 1861-05-20 | BEAVER PARK DITCH | BEAVER CREEK | 0.028 CFS | Irrigation | state record |
| 1861-05-20 | PEGGY DITCH | BEAVER CREEK | 0.0004 CFS | Irrigation | state record |
| 1861-05-31 | CANON HEIGHTS DITCH | FOURMILE CREEK | 0.813 CFS | Irrigation, Municipal, Augmentation | state record |
| 1861-05-31 | TITSWORTH DITCH | FOURMILE CREEK | 0.187 CFS | Irrigation | state record |
| 1861-05-31 | BATES DITCH | BEAVER CREEK | 1.0 CFS | Irrigation | state record |
| 1861-07-22 | MINNEQUA CANAL | ARKANSAS RIVER | 2.0 CFS | Industrial | state record |
This page is the summary. The full file for Fremont County covers every one of the 1,283 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.