Wyoming Water Development Commission
2003 Irrigation System Survey Report
Report #2: Diversion/Conveyance


Diversion Conveyance
Entity Surface Source Type Capacity
cfs
Type Capacity
cfs
Length
miles
Return
Flows
Loss
%
Agrarian Irrigation Corporation  







Alliance Ditch Company
Ditch variable Ditch variable >10 variable 10
Alto Canal Sprinkler Strawberry to Alto ditch Cement Headgates
Ditch
6 to 7 Yes 20%
Angel Draw Irrigation District







Anita Ditch Company Medicine Lodge Creek Creek to Anita Ditch 50 Ditch 50 6
5
Baggs Ditch Company Little Snake River Diversion Structure and Headgate 3 Canal 3 1.5 Yes
Baldwin/Peralta Ditch Middle fork of Popo Agie River Headgates
Ditch
8

Bates Creek Reservoir Company Bates Creek-Dry Fork&North Fork Diversion dam and headgate only at North Fork 50 Natural flow creek unlimited 2.5 No
Bear Canal Ditch Company Bear River - Bear Canal Ditch Headgate 165 Ditch 165 20 Yes 0
Beckwith Quin Canal Company Twin Creek, Bear River, Woodruff Narrows Reservoir



19 Yes small
Bench Canal Company







Bertrom Ditch Company







Big Cottonwood Ditch Corporation







Big Goose and Beaver Ditch Company East Fork of Big Goose Ditch
Ditch
12 Yes 20
Big Horn Canal Irrigation District Big Horn River Dam
canal
56 No 0
Black's Fork Canal Company Blacks Fork River 6-4to5' headgates 500 Ditch 425 17 Yes 12-15
Blue Bell Canal Company stream Gravity Flow 12.16 Ditch 12.16
No
Bluff/Upper Bluff
Concrete Dam
Ditch 120 cfs 20 No 20
Boulder Irrigation District Boulder Lake Reservoir Headgate 400 Ditch 400 13.6 Yes 20
Bridger Butte







Bridger Valley Water Conservancy District







Burbank Ditch Platte River Pump 7 Pipe 5 1 No 0
Burn-Cleuch Ditch Co Little Goose Crk Wooden Dam 13.33cfs Ditch 18cfs 3.5 No 30
Butte Ditch Greybull River Natural Rock 50 Ditch 50 8 Yes 15
Canyon Canal Inc. Green River/ Canyon Canal Headgates Unknown Ditch Unknown 13 Yes 20
Casper Alcova Irrigation District North Platte River Headgates 1500 Ditch 1500 ~250 No
Castle Rock-Neff Ditch







Cemetery Ditch Popo Agie Concrete head wall with screw gate 25+ Ditch 22 6 Yes 30
Central Bedford Sprinkler Co.







Chalmers-Fogg Ditch Popo Agie Headgates
Ditch
~2.5 Yes
Chapman Canal Bear River Concrete Structure with Headgates 240 Ditch 240 7 Yes 10
Clark's Fork Irrigation District







Cody Canal Irrigation District Southfork Shoshone River Ditch 300 Ditch 800 70 Yes
Colorado Colony Ditch Company Little Goose Ditch 132 Ditch 132 10 Yes 20
Cook Canal Company







Cottonwood Irrigation District Cottonwood Creek screened structure in creek bed 68 Pipe 68 32 No 5-6
Crook County Irrigation District







Crow Creek Canal Company







Dana Ditch or Sprinkler Group







Davis & Company Ditch Smith's Fork River Cement Screw Type 56 Canal 28 10
0
Deaver Irrigation Buffalo Bill Dam Canal System--Open Channel 900 Ditch 350 320 Yes
Deeben & Heinz Ditch Company







Dempsey Canal Company







Douglas Water Users







Dry Creek Irrigation District







Dutch Flat/Taylor Popo Agie Ditch 30 Ditch

No
East Fork Canal Company







East Side Irrigation District







Eden Valley Irrigation and Drainage District







Elk Water Users Assoc Shoshone River Diversion Dam 350 Ditch 350 15 Yes high
Elk-Lovell Irrigation District Buffalo Bill Reservoir Headgates 400 Ditch 400 50 Yes 30
Enterprise Ditch Company Roarings Fork Creek/Frye Lake Headgates 52 Ditch 50 19 Yes 30
Etna Irrigation District Salt River dam 5600 Ditch 5600 10 No
Fairview Canal Company







Fairview Canal Company Greybull River Ditch 100 Ditch 100 15 Yes 5-10
Farmers' and Bench Diversion







Farmers' Canal Company Greybull River Dam/headgate 900cfs Ditch 350cfs 80 Yes 5-30
Fayette Canal Association







First Mesa Canal Ditch Company Little Snake River head gates 3500 Ditch 3500 13 Yes
Fremont Irrigation Company







Ft Bridger Canal Company







Gaylor and Warnock







Gibson-Blair Ditch Company







Globe Canal Irrigation District Shoshone River Cement Headgates 84 Ditch, Pipe 84 13 Yes 20
Goshen Hole Water Users Assoc Horse Creek Ditch Unknown Ditch Unknown 15 No 35
Goshen Irrigation District North Platte River Gravity Headgate 1500 Canal 1500 85 Yes 35
Goshen Mutual Water Users Assoc Inc







Grand Teton Canal Company Grand Teton Canal Cement Structure n/a Ditch n/a 20 Yes
Grand Teton Pipeline Association







Grant Young







Gray Bluff Ditch Company







Green River Irrigation District







Greybull Valley Irrigation Wood River, Greybull River Concrete Structure, Radial Gates 2200 Ditch
29 Yes 0
Gunbarrel Ditch Company Wheatland Irrigation Dist Headgate 35 Pipe/ditch 35 4.75 No 5
Hams Fork Water Users Assoc







Hanover Irrigation Big Horn River Concrete Dam 700cfs Ditch 575cfs 42 Yes 20
Heart Mountain Irrigation Shoshone River Headgate in dam 900cfs lined & unlined canal 900cfs 228 Yes 38
Highland Hanover Irrigation Big Horn River Dam 700cfs Ditch 134cfs 17 Yes 10
Highland Irrigation District







Highline Ditch Irrigation District







Hill Irrigation District Glendo, Guernsey

lined ditch
6-8 No 5-7
Hilliard East Fork Canal Company Bear River, Sulphur Creek Reservoir, Whitney Resevoir Headgate 40 Ditch 40 14 No
Hilliard West Side Ditch Company Bear River Cement headgate 80 Ditch 80 18 Yes 0
Hoops Lake Reservoir Company Thompson Creek Valve 32 Ditch 60
Yes 10
Horse Creek Conservation District Hawk Springs Reservoir Concrete with Steel slide gates 125-150 Concrete, dirt, concrete pipe 150 40 No 60
Hunt Canal Irrigation Shoshone River Coffer Dam 150 Ditch 150 13 No
Interstate Irrigation & Reservoir Company
Ditch
75
Ditch

25
No

Kidman & Wall Canal Company







Kirby Ditch Irrigation District Kirby Ditch Rock Diversion 100 Ditch 85 8 Yes 20
Ladder Ditch Company Battle Creek Rock weir 9 Open ditch, pipe 9
Yes 5
Lake DeSmet Reservoir Company







Lakeview Irrigation District







Lamb Supply Canal Company







Lander Ditch Popo Agie, Dickinson Spring, Dickinson Creek Ditch 16cfs Ditch 16cfs 6 Yes
LaPrele Irrigation District LaPrele Creek & Reservoir Concrete abatement 165 Ditch 115 120 No
Laramie Valley Irrigation District Oasis Ditch Direct Flow, Headgate 200 Ditch 130 20-25 No 0
Last Chance Ditch Company







LeClair Irrigation Big Wind River LeClair Headgate 450cfs Open Ditch 450cfs 250 Yes 8
Lingle Water Users Pathfinder Headgate
Ditch 2100 55 Yes 17
Little Popo Agie Irrigation District







Little Snake River Conservation District







Lovell Irrigation District Shoshone River Cement wall with spill gates 400+ Open ditch 400 40

Lower Clear Creek Irrigation District Lake Desmet Dam
Ditch 40
No
Lower Hanover Canal Big Horn River Concrete Dam 250cfs Ditch 230cfs 24 No 15
Lower Hanover Canal Boysen-Big Horn River Concrete Metal Screw Gate 300 Earth 235 24 Yes 20
Lucerne Canal and Power Company







Lucerne Irrigation District







Lucerne Pumps Owl Creek, Big Horn River Concrete, dirt
Ditch
38 No 25
McDonald Ditch







Meade Creek Ditch Piney Creek Drop Gate 50 Ditch 37 9 Yes 10-40
Medicine Bow Conservation District







Midvale Irrigation reservoirs Diversion Dam 1800 concrete canals, lined ditches, pipelines 1800 440 No 15-20
Milich Ditch Company East Fork-Smiths Fork Cement headgate 150 Ditch 90 14 No 15-20
New Fork Lake Irrigation District Westfork New Fork Dam 417 Channel, Creek 838 27.5 Yes
New Grattan Ditch Company North Platte Sheet Pile, Headgates, Sluice Gates
Ditch 20 6.5 No 40
New North Platte Irrigation Company North Platte River rock dam 100 combination 55 10 No 30-40
Nez Perce Irrigation Buffalo Bill Reservoir Headgates
Ditch
1 No small
Nicol Table Mountain







Nield String Sprinkler Company







North Fork Irrigation District Muddy Creek and North Fork concrete 45 Ditch 45 1

North Fork Valley Ditch Company Inc







Owl Creek Irrigation District Owl Creek, Big Horn River Concrete, Earth 350 Creek, Ditch 420 73 No 25
Paradise Canal Assoc







Park Reservoir Irrigation District







Parker McBride/North Lateral Ditch Co.







People's Canal Company Henry's Fork Creek Concrete, Steel Headgates 70 Canal 70 15
10
Peralta Ditch Little Goose & Cross Creek Ditch 34cfs Ditch 34cfs 13 No 15
Pine Creek Ditch Association Inc. Pine Creek Concrete Gates 100 + Ditch 100 6.5 Yes 0
Pine Hill Sprinkler Company







Piney and Cruse Ditch Piney Creek Dam 70cfs Ditch 30cfs 8 Yes
Pioneer Canal-Lake Hattie Irrigation District Laramie River Headgates 800 Ditch 1200 55-60 No 20
Pixley Canal Company







Porter Ditch







Porto Irrigation District Cedar Creek Concrete Headgates and pond 35 Pipe 35 5

Powder River Irrigation District Sahara Ditch/Powder River Dam 160 Ditch 160 25 No
Prairie Dog Water Supply Company







Pratte-Ferris Irrigation District







Riverton Valley Irrigation District Stream Manual Gates 185 Ditch, Lined Canal, Pipe 185 28 No 0
Rock Creek Ditch Company Rock Creek Concrete & steel 1680 down creek, 236 out of creek Ditch 157 28 Yes 10-20
Rock Creek Water Users Assoc







Rock Ranch Ditch Company Rock Ranch Irrigation Ditch Divert from North Platte to Rock Ranch 100 Ditch 100 14.5 Yes 40-50
Rodgers and Gregg (Wise Ditch) Little Popo Agie Headgate 35 Ditch, Lined Ditch, Pipe 40 8 No 55
Salt River Irrigation District
concrete headgate 120 Ditch 120 8 No 0
Sandstone Ditch Company







Sandstone Ditch Company







Savery Creek Ditch Company Savery Creek Instream Mutual Diversion 70 Ditch 70 4 Yes
Savery-Little Snake River Water Conservancy District







Shell Valley Watershed Improvement District Shell Creek Screw Headgate & Conduit 90 Creek 150 0 No 10-15
Shoshone Irrigation Shoshone River, Buffalo Bill Res Dam and Tunnel 900cfs Dirt Canal 900cfs 260 Yes 12-15
Sidon Irrigation District Shoshone River Dam 350 Ditch 350 108 No
Silver Lake Irrigation District







Sixty-Seven Reservoir Project







Smith's Fork Irrigation District Smith's Fork, Spring Creek, Brueuer Headgates 300 Ditch 180 30 Yes 20-30
Snavely Ditch







Spring Draw Irrigation Little Goose & Big Horn Res. Pipeline 9.3cfs Ditch 120cfs 11 No 50
Stewart Creek Pipeline







Strawberry North Canal Company
Concrete
Ditch
12 No 50
Strawberry South Canal Company







Strawberry Upper Canal Company







Sulphur Creek Reservoir Bear River & Sulphur Creek Control value & Evanston City Water 500 Ditch stream flow 10 Yes 10
Sussex Irrigation Co.







Taylor Ditch Popo Agie Ditch 30ft Ditch
14 No
Tillard Canal Company Big Horn River Pump 20 Canal 20 7

Toltec Watershed Improvement District North Laramie River members divert from river 0
0 0 No 0
Torrington Irrigation District North Platte River Dam
Ditch 46 ft 12 No 8
Trowel Ditch Company Little Snake River Dam 88.48 Ditch 88.4 6 mi Yes 8
Twin Butte Canal Co. Blacksfork River Concrete Weir 45 Ditch 40 6 No 5
Twin Creek Ditch Company
wooden planks 75 Ditch 100 45 No 25
Uinta NO 3 Canal Company







Upper Bluff Irrigation District







Victoria Ditch







Wagonhound Land & Livestock
Pumps 25.2571 Pumps

No 5
West Cedar Creek Pipeline Company







West Side Canal Company West Side Canal, Little Snake River Ditch
Ditch
15 Yes
Whaley Ditch Co Shell Creek, Adelaide Res Concrete dam
Ditch 25 3 Yes 0
Wheatland Irrigation District Laramie River, Sybille Creek Lift Gates 700 Ditch 700 120 Yes 25
Whitney Reservoir West Fork Bear River Mechanical Front Gate 100 + Canal & River
River Use
10
Willwood Irrigation Shoshone River Willwood Dam 320 Ditch 320 80.5
15
Wilson McNalley Ditch







Wilston McKissack Ditch







Wright & Murphy Ditch Company Glendo, Platte River GID Canal
Ditch 4 1 No
Wyoming Game and Fish Department Shoshone River headgate on side channel
Ditch
12 No


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