Seniority, absolute versus conditional water, and decreed uses for all 4,200 water rights on record in Moffat County, taken from the state's own records. Priority dates run from 1879-05-01 to 2023-12-21.
CFS on record: 2,512.8 absolute · 657.0 conditional. Flow (CFS) and volume (AF) are never added together.
Worth knowing: Moffat 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 Moffat County's rights are distributed.
| Era | Rights | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|
| pre-1900 | 234 | 5.6% | |
| 1900-1949 | 1,147 | 27.3% | |
| 1950-1969 | 1,111 | 26.5% | |
| 1970-1999 | 1,520 | 36.2% | |
| 2000+ | 188 | 4.5% |
| Decreed use | Rights |
|---|---|
| Stock | 3,274 |
| Irrigation | 1,131 |
| Domestic | 784 |
| Wildlife | 521 |
| Industrial | 208 |
| Storage | 207 |
Ranked by the state's own priority administration number, the figure DWR uses to order rights by seniority.
| Priority | Structure | Source | Amount | Uses | Verify |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1879-05-01 | TAYLOR DITCH | GOOD SPRING CREEK | 1.66 CFS | Storage, Irrigation, Industrial, Augmentation | state record |
| 1879-05-01 | TAYLOR DITCH | GOOD SPRING CREEK | 93.0 AF | Storage, Irrigation, Industrial, Augmentation | state record |
| 1880-04-15 | THOMAS DOUDLE DITCH | BEAVER CREEK | 1.66 CFS | Irrigation | state record |
| 1881-05-20 | MOUNTAIN MEADOWS D | WILSON CREEK | 5.0 CFS | Irrigation | state record |
| 1881-06-01 | MORGAN DITCH | MORGAN CREEK | 5.0 CFS | Irrigation | state record |
| 1882-04-01 | PRESTOPITZ DITCH | TALAMANTES CREEK | 3.33 CFS | Irrigation, Domestic, Stock | state record |
| 1882-06-09 | COLLOM DITCH NO 2 | MORGAN CREEK | 6.66 CFS | Irrigation | state record |
| 1883-03-10 | MILK CK DITCH 1 | MILK CREEK | 2.66 CFS | Irrigation | state record |
| 1883-03-20 | ELK HORN DITCH | GOOD SPRING CREEK | 1.23 CFS | Irrigation | state record |
| 1883-03-20 | JOHN COLLOM AND SPRING CREEK DITCH | GOOD SPRING CREEK | 1.6 CFS | Irrigation | state record |
This page is the summary. The full file for Moffat County covers every one of the 4,200 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.