Western Water Data

Yuma County, Colorado — water rights summary

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.

At a glance

135water rights on record
352,886acre-feet absolute (perfected)
600acre-feet conditional (decreed, not yet perfected)
5.9%of rights carry a conditional portion

CFS on record: 432.0 absolute · 15.4 conditional. Flow (CFS) and volume (AF) are never added together.

Risk: absolute vs conditional

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.

Seniority by era

In a dry year the oldest rights are served first. This is how Yuma County's rights are distributed.

EraRightsShare
pre-19004029.6%
1900-19493928.9%
1950-1969118.1%
1970-19994130.4%
2000+43.0%

What the water is decreed for

Decreed useRights
Irrigation84
Stock38
Recreation23
Fishery23
Augmentation18
Other11

The ten most senior rights on record

Ranked by the state's own priority administration number, the figure DWR uses to order rights by seniority.

PriorityStructureSourceAmount UsesVerify
1885-04-15REPUBLICAN DITCHSOUTH FORK REPUBLICAN RIVER2.0 CFSIrrigationstate record
1885-11-01BODEN DITCHSOUTH FORK REPUBLICAN RIVER1.5 CFSIrrigationstate record
1885-11-01WELL PERMIT 30169-F DAVIS WELLGROUNDWATER: NORTHERN HIGH PLAINS1.5 CFSIrrigationstate record
1885-11-10SCHERRER DITCHSOUTH FORK REPUBLICAN RIVER1.0 CFSIrrigationstate record
1885-11-10EBELER WELL 1-22807-FGROUNDWATER: NORTHERN HIGH PLAINS2.0 CFSIrrigationstate record
1887-06-01O'DONNELL DITCH LEFT IN STREAMNORTH FORK REPUBLICAN RIVER4.0 CFSAugmentationstate record
1888-03-01HAYES CREEK DITCHHAYES CREEK3.5 CFSIrrigationstate record
1888-04-26BAR ELEVEN NO 2 DITCHNORTH FORK REPUBLICAN RIVER3.5 CFSIrrigationstate record
1888-04-26BAR ELEVEN NO 2 DITCH IN STREAM AT HEADGATENORTH FORK REPUBLICAN RIVER3.5 CFSAugmentationstate record
1888-10-04WRAY DITCHNORTH FORK REPUBLICAN RIVER10.0 CFSIrrigationstate record

Need this for a deal?

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.

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.