Seniority, absolute versus conditional water, and decreed uses for all 135 water rights on record in Yuma County, taken from the state's own records. Priority dates run from 1885-04-15 to 2012-02-23.
CFS on record: 432.0 absolute · 15.4 conditional. Flow (CFS) and volume (AF) are never added together.
Worth knowing: 8 rights in Yuma 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 Yuma County's rights are distributed.
| Era | Rights | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|
| pre-1900 | 40 | 29.6% | |
| 1900-1949 | 39 | 28.9% | |
| 1950-1969 | 11 | 8.1% | |
| 1970-1999 | 41 | 30.4% | |
| 2000+ | 4 | 3.0% |
| Decreed use | Rights |
|---|---|
| Irrigation | 84 |
| Stock | 38 |
| Recreation | 23 |
| Fishery | 23 |
| Augmentation | 18 |
| Other | 11 |
Ranked by the state's own priority administration number, the figure DWR uses to order rights by seniority.
| Priority | Structure | Source | Amount | Uses | Verify |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1885-04-15 | REPUBLICAN DITCH | SOUTH FORK REPUBLICAN RIVER | 2.0 CFS | Irrigation | state record |
| 1885-11-01 | BODEN DITCH | SOUTH FORK REPUBLICAN RIVER | 1.5 CFS | Irrigation | state record |
| 1885-11-01 | WELL PERMIT 30169-F DAVIS WELL | GROUNDWATER: NORTHERN HIGH PLAINS | 1.5 CFS | Irrigation | state record |
| 1885-11-10 | SCHERRER DITCH | SOUTH FORK REPUBLICAN RIVER | 1.0 CFS | Irrigation | state record |
| 1885-11-10 | EBELER WELL 1-22807-F | GROUNDWATER: NORTHERN HIGH PLAINS | 2.0 CFS | Irrigation | state record |
| 1887-06-01 | O'DONNELL DITCH LEFT IN STREAM | NORTH FORK REPUBLICAN RIVER | 4.0 CFS | Augmentation | state record |
| 1888-03-01 | HAYES CREEK DITCH | HAYES CREEK | 3.5 CFS | Irrigation | state record |
| 1888-04-26 | BAR ELEVEN NO 2 DITCH | NORTH FORK REPUBLICAN RIVER | 3.5 CFS | Irrigation | state record |
| 1888-04-26 | BAR ELEVEN NO 2 DITCH IN STREAM AT HEADGATE | NORTH FORK REPUBLICAN RIVER | 3.5 CFS | Augmentation | state record |
| 1888-10-04 | WRAY DITCH | NORTH FORK REPUBLICAN RIVER | 10.0 CFS | Irrigation | state record |
This page is the summary. The full file for Yuma County covers every one of the 135 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 10 September 2026.