Seniority, absolute versus conditional water, and decreed uses for all 1,890 water rights on record in Huerfano County, taken from the state's own records. Priority dates run from 1861-01-25 to 2021-09-30.
CFS on record: 960.8 absolute · 254.0 conditional. Flow (CFS) and volume (AF) are never added together.
Worth knowing: 79 rights in Huerfano 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 Huerfano County's rights are distributed.
| Era | Rights | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|
| pre-1900 | 504 | 26.7% | |
| 1900-1949 | 616 | 32.6% | |
| 1950-1969 | 351 | 18.6% | |
| 1970-1999 | 249 | 13.2% | |
| 2000+ | 170 | 9.0% |
| Decreed use | Rights |
|---|---|
| Stock | 930 |
| Irrigation | 771 |
| Domestic | 707 |
| Fire | 156 |
| Municipal | 109 |
| Wildlife | 107 |
Ranked by the state's own priority administration number, the figure DWR uses to order rights by seniority.
| Priority | Structure | Source | Amount | Uses | Verify |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1862-05-15 | BADITO & MARTIN DITCH 1 | HUERFANO RIVER | 1.3 CFS | Irrigation | state record |
| 1862-05-15 | BUTTE VALLEY DITCH | HUERFANO RIVER | 1.2 CFS | Irrigation | state record |
| 1862-05-15 | BO BOYCE DITCH | HUERFANO RIVER | 2.0 CFS | Irrigation | state record |
| 1862-07-15 | MARTIN DITCH | HUERFANO RIVER | 1.4 CFS | Storage, Irrigation, Commercial, Industrial, Fire, Augmentation, Recharge | state record |
| 1863-04-01 | JOHN W BROWN DITCH | HUERFANO RIVER | 3.2 CFS | Irrigation | state record |
| 1863-04-30 | BADITO & MARTIN DITCH 1 | HUERFANO RIVER | 0.64 CFS | Irrigation | state record |
| 1863-05-30 | LA VETA PIPELINE | CUCHARAS RIVER | 0.1 CFS | Municipal | state record |
| 1863-05-30 | SPANISH PEAKS DITCH | CUCHARAS RIVER | 0.1334 CFS | Irrigation | state record |
| 1863-05-30 | FRANCISCO DAIGRE MILL | CUCHARAS RIVER | 0.4303 CFS | Irrigation, Municipal | state record |
| 1863-05-30 | FRANCISCO DAIGRE (GRAN) | CUCHARAS RIVER | 0.078 CFS | Irrigation, Augmentation | state record |
This page is the summary. The full file for Huerfano County covers every one of the 1,890 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.