Wyoming Water Development Commission
2003 Irrigation System Survey Report
Report #5: General Information

Entity Conservation Habitat Problems
Agrarian Irrigation Corporation  


Alliance Ditch Company Yes Yes Irregular and unpredictable use by other appropriators
Alto Canal Sprinkler Yes No Maintainence through private property, realestate don't inform buyers of easements or specific water rights
Angel Draw Irrigation District


Anita Ditch Company Yes Yes
Baggs Ditch Company No Yes Water Supply
Baldwin/Peralta Ditch No Yes
Bates Creek Reservoir Company No Yes Lack of water
Bear Canal Ditch Company Yes Yes Needed improvements, inadequate water source, state and federal requirements, unwritten easements, maintenance through subdivisions, legal problems, subdivided land, water rights, assessments
Beckwith Quin Canal Company
Yes Wildlife refuge
Bench Canal Company


Bertrom Ditch Company


Big Cottonwood Ditch Corporation


Big Goose and Beaver Ditch Company
Yes Improvements, Maintenance, Subdivisions
Big Horn Canal Irrigation District Yes No
Black's Fork Canal Company Yes Yes Future Repairs
Blue Bell Canal Company No No None
Bluff/Upper Bluff No Yes Contract negotiation, power
Boulder Irrigation District Yes Yes Maintenance, Subdivisions
Bridger Butte


Bridger Valley Water Conservancy District


Burbank Ditch Yes Yes State and federal requirements
Burn-Cleuch Ditch Co No Yes Water loss, dam, repairs, improvements needed
Butte Ditch Yes Yes Maintenance, Flood Damage, Inadequate Amount of Water
Canyon Canal Inc. No Yes
Casper Alcova Irrigation District Yes Yes leaky ditches
Castle Rock-Neff Ditch


Cemetery Ditch Yes Yes Maintenance, Subsidence, seepage, sediment, repairs
Central Bedford Sprinkler Co.


Chalmers-Fogg Ditch No Yes Subdivisions, Seepage
Chapman Canal No Yes Finalize Formation of company
Clark's Fork Irrigation District


Cody Canal Irrigation District No Yes age of system, subdivisions
Colorado Colony Ditch Company Yes Yes Weeds, Regulations
Cook Canal Company


Cottonwood Irrigation District Yes Yes Subdivision development
Crook County Irrigation District


Crow Creek Canal Company


Dana Ditch or Sprinkler Group


Davis & Company Ditch No No Repairs
Deaver Irrigation Yes Yes More water, education, legal issues, aging flumes, seepage, litigation, repairs
Deeben & Heinz Ditch Company


Dempsey Canal Company


Douglas Water Users


Dry Creek Irrigation District


Dutch Flat/Taylor No Yes Water shortage
East Fork Canal Company


East Side Irrigation District


Eden Valley Irrigation and Drainage District


Elk Water Users Assoc Yes Yes
Elk-Lovell Irrigation District Yes No reduce seepage, installation of wires and control devices
Enterprise Ditch Company Yes Yes Conveyance losses, subdued land in system, maintainence of diversion structures
Etna Irrigation District Yes Yes unwritten easements, maintenance, subdivided land
Fairview Canal Company


Fairview Canal Company Yes, ditch cleaning Yes seepage, needed headgates, weeds
Farmers' and Bench Diversion


Farmers' Canal Company No Yes Drought, Conveance Loss in System
Fayette Canal Association


First Mesa Canal Ditch Company Yes Yes unwritten easements
Fremont Irrigation Company


Ft Bridger Canal Company


Gaylor and Warnock


Gibson-Blair Ditch Company


Globe Canal Irrigation District Yes Yes Funding
Goshen Hole Water Users Assoc No Yes lake needs dredged, ditches, headgates and water measuring devices need improved
Goshen Irrigation District Yes No State & Federal Requirements, Subdivided Land, Seepage, Lack of Adequate Water Measurement, System Age
Goshen Mutual Water Users Assoc Inc


Grand Teton Canal Company Yes Yes sub-divided land, unwritten easements, state line (idaho and wyoming)
Grand Teton Pipeline Association


Grant Young


Gray Bluff Ditch Company


Green River Irrigation District


Greybull Valley Irrigation Yes Yes Diversion gates need repaired or replaced
Gunbarrel Ditch Company Yes No 2002-only .2 ft/acre 2003- .4 ft/acre
Hams Fork Water Users Assoc


Hanover Irrigation No Yes Fed Req, Flood water, pump water, sub-divisions, flume relining
Heart Mountain Irrigation Yes Yes R.O.W. and unwritten easements, aquatic weeds in delivery system
Highland Hanover Irrigation Yes Yes Contract negotioation
Highland Irrigation District


Highline Ditch Irrigation District


Hill Irrigation District Yes Yes none
Hilliard East Fork Canal Company No Yes Incoming subdivisions
Hilliard West Side Ditch Company Yes Yes needed improvements, inadequate water source, state ans federal requirements, unwritten easements, mainteinance through subdivisions, legal problems, subdivided land, water rights, assessments
Hoops Lake Reservoir Company No No
Horse Creek Conservation District Yes Yes Drought, inadequate water supply, easement access issues at Hawk Springs Res. With state parks and G&F
Hunt Canal Irrigation Yes No
Interstate Irrigation & Reservoir Company


Kidman & Wall Canal Company


Kirby Ditch Irrigation District No Yes Water shortage due to Bureua of Rec. contract, seepage, old structures
Ladder Ditch Company Yes Yes
Lake DeSmet Reservoir Company


Lakeview Irrigation District No No
Lamb Supply Canal Company


Lander Ditch Yes Yes
LaPrele Irrigation District Yes No Ditch improvements, dam maintainence, vandalism
Laramie Valley Irrigation District Yes Yes Flumes, Need Headgates, Rip Rap, Concrete, Repairs
Last Chance Ditch Company


LeClair Irrigation Yes Yes Upstream storage, straighten out the Tripartite Agreement
Lingle Water Users Yes Yes Drought, short water
Little Popo Agie Irrigation District


Little Snake River Conservation District


Lovell Irrigation District No No
Lower Clear Creek Irrigation District No Yes Assessment Collection, Maintainance
Lower Hanover Canal No Yes Structural improvements, flood water
Lower Hanover Canal No Yes Assessment collection, loss of easement or row, federal
Lucerne Canal and Power Company


Lucerne Irrigation District


Lucerne Pumps Yes Yes
McDonald Ditch


Meade Creek Ditch No Yes
Medicine Bow Conservation District


Midvale Irrigation Yes Yes Need pressurized pipeline, litigation, repairs, improvements, inspections, equipment upgrades,
Milich Ditch Company No No
New Fork Lake Irrigation District Yes Yes Public access to Dam, Subdivisions, Drought (shortage of water)
New Grattan Ditch Company No No
New North Platte Irrigation Company Yes No Diversion fom river during flows less than 500cfs
Nez Perce Irrigation Yes No Need another head gate, takes 25 days for everyone in subdivision to get water.
Nicol Table Mountain


Nield String Sprinkler Company


North Fork Irrigation District Yes Yes Repair outlets from Reservoirs, erosion at outlets, maintenance costs due to aging
North Fork Valley Ditch Company Inc


Owl Creek Irrigation District Yes Yes Storage, Sink Holes
Paradise Canal Assoc


Park Reservoir Irrigation District


Parker McBride/North Lateral Ditch Co.


People's Canal Company No Yes Subdivided Land, Maintenance through Subdivisions
Peralta Ditch Yes Yes Brush removal, sub-diversions
Pine Creek Ditch Association Inc. Yes Yes Subdivisions
Pine Hill Sprinkler Company


Piney and Cruse Ditch Yes
Natural flow, maintenance, sub-divisions, improvements
Pioneer Canal-Lake Hattie Irrigation District Yes Yes limited storage, limitations imposed by U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Pixley Canal Company


Porter Ditch


Porto Irrigation District Yes No Pond fills with gravel and debris in pipeline
Powder River Irrigation District No Yes Inadequate Water Source
Prairie Dog Water Supply Company


Pratte-Ferris Irrigation District


Riverton Valley Irrigation District Yes No Water Loss
Rock Creek Ditch Company Yes Yes Lack of Water during drought
Rock Creek Water Users Assoc


Rock Ranch Ditch Company Yes Yes The diversion in the North Platte
Rodgers and Gregg (Wise Ditch) Yes Yes Water Loss, Maintenance, Subdivisions
Salt River Irrigation District Yes No Replacement of diversion headgates, inadequate water sources, no storage
Sandstone Ditch Company


Sandstone Ditch Company


Savery Creek Ditch Company Yes Yes Diversion dams don't work properly
Savery-Little Snake River Water Conservancy District No No
Shell Valley Watershed Improvement District No Yes Property sales and water rights
Shoshone Irrigation Yes Yes Subdivision and Urbanization, repair or replacement of aging infastructure
Sidon Irrigation District Yes No Repairs
Silver Lake Irrigation District


Sixty-Seven Reservoir Project


Smith's Fork Irrigation District No Yes Lack of water due to drought
Snavely Ditch


Spring Draw Irrigation Yes Yes Measuring & screening systems, adequate water supply, litigation
Stewart Creek Pipeline


Strawberry North Canal Company No Yes Improvements, Assessments, Federal Requirements, Water Loss
Strawberry South Canal Company


Strawberry Upper Canal Company


Sulphur Creek Reservoir No Yes
Sussex Irrigation Co. No No
Taylor Ditch Yes Yes Slide area above ditch
Tillard Canal Company No No
Toltec Watershed Improvement District Yes Yes
Torrington Irrigation District Yes Yes Needed Improvements, Maintenance Through Subdivisions
Trowel Ditch Company Yes Yes Lack of late season water, silt build up, weeds, beaver damage
Twin Butte Canal Co. Yes No ditch maintenance, subdivsions
Twin Creek Ditch Company No Yes Sediment, lack of water, Senior water rights at end of ditch
Uinta NO 3 Canal Company


Upper Bluff Irrigation District


Victoria Ditch


Wagonhound Land & Livestock Yes Yes
West Cedar Creek Pipeline Company


West Side Canal Company No Yes Seepage, Repairs
Whaley Ditch Co Yes Yes Unwritten easements, Return Flow, erosion
Wheatland Irrigation District Yes Yes Lack of storage
Whitney Reservoir No Yes High elevation, late melt off, spill way is not the best
Willwood Irrigation Yes Yes Reclassifications in near future and improved water measurment devices, sturctural improvements in system
Wilson McNalley Ditch


Wilston McKissack Ditch


Wright & Murphy Ditch Company Yes Yes
Wyoming Game and Fish Department Yes Yes Aging Tunnel system and Turbidity/ silt road


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