Wyoming Water Development Commission
2005 Wyoming Irrigation Systems Report

Report #2: Diversion/Conveyance

Entities in red font did not respond to the current survey, most recent data given

Entity Surface Source Type of Diversion Capacity of Diversion (cfs) Type of Conveyance Capacity of Conveyance (cfs) Length (miles) Conveyance Losses (%)
Agrarian Irrigation Corporation              
Alliance Ditch Company   Ditch variable Ditch variable >10  
Alto Canal Sprinkler Co. Alto Canal Headgate out of Strawberry Canal differs yearly Ditch depends on year 3 10
Angel Draw Irrigation District              
Anita Ditch Company and Gapen Ditch Medicine Lodge and Paintrock Creeks River rock 60 ditch 60 8 50
Baggs Ditch Company Little Snake River canal system Diversion Structure and Headgate 3   3 1.5  
Baldwin/Peralta Ditch Middle fork of Popo Agie River Headgates   Ditch   8  
Bates Creek Reservoir Company Bates Creek-Dry Fork&North Fork earth dam with concrete facing   "Bates Creek, natural creek" unlimited 3  
Bear Canal Ditch Company Bear River - Bear Canal Ditch Headgate 165 Ditch 165 20  
Beckwith Quin Canal Company "Twin Creek, Bear River, Woodruff Narrows Reservoir"         19  
Bench Canal Company Greybull River Obermeier radial and gate 600 Canal 320 75 20
Bertrom Ditch Company              
Big Cottonwood Ditch Corporation              
Big Goose and Beaver Ditch Company East Fork of Big Goose Cement structure 100 Open ditch   12 25
Big Horn Canal Irrigation District Big Horn River Headgate 13300 Ditch   56 no
Black's Fork Canal Company Blacks Fork River Cement Frame with Screw Gates 450 Canal 350 25 10 to 80
Blue Bell Canal Company stream Gravity Flow 12.16 Ditch 12.16    
Bluff Irrigation District Big Horn River through Hanna Irrigation District   150   150 17  
Bluff/Upper Bluff   Concrete Dam   Ditch 120 cfs 20  
Boulder Irrigation District Boulder Lake Reservoir Headgate 400 Ditch 400 13.6  
Bridger Butte              
Bridger Valley Water Conservancy District "Blacksfork River, Meeks Cabin Dam, Smithsfork River, Stateline Dam" "only impound water on both rivers with dams, no diversion"   River system     10
Burbank Ditch North Platte River Pump 7 "Lined ditch, pipe" 7    
Burn-Cleuch Ditch Co Little Goose Crk Wooden Dam   Ditch 18 3.5 30
Butte Ditch Greybull River native stone diversion 70 Ditch 40 6 20.00
Cannon Land & Livestock Ditch Pumps   Pumps      
Canyon Canal Inc. Green River/ Canyon Canal Headgates Unknown Ditch Unknown 13  
Casper Alcova Irrigation District North Platte River Headgates 199 Canal 1200 290 7.5
Castle Rock-Neff Ditch              
Cemetery Ditch Popo Agie Concrete head wall with screw gate 25+ Ditch 22 6  
Central Bedford Sprinkler Co.              
Chalmers-Fogg Ditch Company Chalmers Fogg Ditch Company Screw type Headgates   Ditch   ~3.5  
Chapman Canal Company Bear River "sheet piling across river, three headgates" 264 Ditch 264 8 15
Clark's Fork Irrigation District              
Cody Canal Irrigation District South Fork of Shoshone River Concrete structure with radial gates 300 Ditch 250 70  
Cook Canal Company              
Cottonwood Irrigation District Cottonwood Creek screened structure in creek bed 68 Pipe 68 32  
Crook County Irrigation District Belle Fourche River     River   0 N/A
Crow Creek Canal Company              
Dana Ditch or Sprinkler Group              
Davis & Company Ditch Smiths Fork River   26 Canal 26    
Deaver Irrigation Buffalo Bill Dam Canal System--Open Channel 900 Ditch 350 320  
Deeben & Heinz Ditch Company              
Dempsey Canal Company              
Douglas Water Users              
Dry Creek Irrigation District              
Dutch Flat/Taylor Popo Agie Ditch 30 Ditch      
East Fork Canal Company              
Eastside Irrigation District Strawberry Canal Headgate in Bedford Ditch   Ditch   20 15
Eden Valley Irrigation and Drainage District              
Elk Water Users Assoc Shoshone River Concrete diversion works   Ditch   12 25
Elk-Lovell Irrigation District Buffalo Bill Reservoir Headgates 400 Ditch 400 50  
Enterprise Ditch Company Roarings Fork Creek/Frye Lake Headgates 52 Ditch 50 19  
Enterprise Power and Irrigation Co. "Frye Lake, Roaring Fork Creek, Sawmill Creek" Headgate 40 Ditch 40 15 40
Etna Irrigation District Salt River dam 5600 Ditch 5600 10  
Fairview Canal Company Greybull River Ditch 100 Ditch 100 15  
Fairview Irrigation District Salt River (stream) headgate in river diverting to canal 100 Canal 100 10 30-40
Farmers' and Bench Diversion              
Farmers' Canal Company Greybull River Dam/headgate 900cfs Ditch 350cfs 80  
Fayette Canal Association              
First Mesa Ditch Company Little Snake River - First Mesa Ditch     Ditch   11  
Fremont Irrigation Company              
Ft Bridger Canal Company              
Gaylor and Warnock              
Gibson-Blair Ditch Company              
Globe Canal Shoshone River Cement Headgates 90 "Ditch, Pipe" 90 15  
Goshen Hole Water Users Association Horse Creek Old concrete 250       30
Goshen Irrigation District North Platte River Gravity Headgate 1500 Canal 1500 85 35
Goshen Mutual Reservoir and Ditch Co. Horse Creek Gravity on Creek Xhannel Diversion Dam 50 Ditch 30 4 60
Grand Teton Canal Company Stream headgate 1000 canal 1000 45 33
Grand Teton Pipeline Association              
Grant Young              
Gray Bluff Ditch Company              
Green River Irrigation District              
Greybull Valley Irrigation District "Wood River, Greybull River" "Shell gates, spillway" 2200 Ditch 2200 25 10
Gunbarrel Ditch Company Wheatland Irrigation Dist Headgate 35 Pipe/ditch 35 4.75  
Gunbarrel Lateral Ditch Company Wheatland Irrigation District Lateral ditch 35 "Pipe, cement ditch" 35 6 7
Hams Fork Water Users Assoc              
Hanover Irrigation Big Horn River Concrete Dam 700cfs Ditch 575cfs 42  
Heart Mountain Irrigation District Buffalo Bill Reservoir Headgate in dam pulls water from BOR 875 Ditch 870 330  
Highland Hanover Irrigation Big Horn River Dam 700cfs Ditch 134cfs 17  
Highland Irrigation District              
Highline Ditch Irrigation District              
Hill Irrigation District "Glendo, Guernsey"     lined ditch   6-8  
Hilliard East Fork Canal Company "Bear River, Sulphur Creek Reservoir, Whitney Resevoir" Headgate 40 Ditch 40 14  
Hilliard West Side Ditch Company Bear River Cement headgate 80 Ditch 80 18  
Hoops Lake Reservoir Company Thompson Creek Valve 32 Ditch 60    
Horse Creek Conservation District Hawk Springs Reservoir concrete check structure with slide gates 300 dirt ditch 200 2 3
Hunt Canal Irrigation District "Shoshone River, Coffer Dam" Headgate at Coffer Dam 150 Ditch 150 13  
Interstate Irrigation & Reservoir Company              
Kidman & Wall Canal Company              
Kirby Ditch Company Big Horn River Headgate 80 Dirt Ditch 80 8 20
Ladder Ditch Company Battle Creek Rock weir 9 "Open ditch, pipe" 9    
Lake DeSmet Reservoir Company              
Lakeview Irrigation District              
Lamb Supply Canal Company Lambs Supply Ditch Ditch   ditch      
Lander Ditch Company "Middle fork Popo Agie, Dickinson Spring" headgate cribwall 16.38 ditches 16.38 6  
LaPrele Irrigation District LaPrele Reservoir East and West main ditches 105 Ditch 200 50  
Laramie Valley Irrigation District Oasis Ditch "Direct Flow, Headgate" 200 Ditch 130 20-25  
Last Chance Ditch Company              
LeClair Irrigation District Big Wind River LeClair Headgate 450 Open Ditch 450 250 8
Lingle Water Users Pathfinder Headgate   Ditch 2150 0 15
Little Popo Agie Irrigation District Christina Lake ditch to Little Popo Agie River       0  
Little Snake River Conservation District              
Lovell Irrigation District Shoshone River "diversion dam across Shoshone River, no storage" 350-400 open ditch 350-400 45  
Lower Clear Creek Irrigation District Lake Desmet Dam   Ditch 40    
Lower Hanover Canal Boysen-Big Horn River Concrete Metal Screw Gate 300 Earth 235 24  
Lucerne Canal and Power Company              
Lucerne Irrigation District              
Lucerne Pumps "Owl Creek, Big Horn River" "Concrete, dirt"   Ditch   38  
McDonald Ditch              
Meade Creek Ditch Piney Creek Drop Gate 50 Ditch 37 9  
Medicine Bow Conservation District              
Midvale Irrigation District "Bull Lake Reservoir, Pilot Butte Reservoir, Wind River" Diversion Dam on Wind River 2200 Lined ditch 2200 400 32
Milich Ditch Company "East Fork, Smith fork" headgate on river 90 ditch 90 13 20
New Fork Lake Irrigation District Westfork New Fork Dam 417 "Channel, Creek" 838 27.5  
New Grattan Ditch Company North Platte "Sheet Pile, Headgates, Sluice Gates"   Ditch 20 6.5  
New North Platte Irrigation Company North Platte River rock dam 100 combination 55 10  
Nez Perce Irrigation Buffalo Bill Reservoir Headgates   Ditch   1  
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 Shoshone River diversion ditch off of Shoshone River 45 Ditch 45 5 1
Owl Creek Irrigation District "Owl Creek, Big Horn River" "Concrete, Earth" 350 "Creek, Ditch" 420 73  
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  
Peralta Ditch Company Little Goose & Cross Creek   34 Ditch 34 13 0.15
Pine Creek Ditch Association Inc. "Fremont Lake, Pine Creek" Rock Diversion with cement headgate 100 Ditch 100 6.5 negligible
Pine Hill Sprinkler Company              
Piney/Cruse Ditch Company North and South Piney Creek concrete structure with board diversions and a sliding headgate 40 Ditch 38 9.6 20
Pioneer Canal-Lake Hattie Irrigation District Laramie River Headgates 800 Ditch 1200 55-60  
Pixley Canal Company              
Porter Ditch              
Porto Irrigation District Cedar Creek Concrete Headgates and pond 35 Pipe 35 5  
Powder River Irrigation District Sahara Ditch concrete dam 120 Ditch 120 23 20
Prairie Dog Water Supply Company              
Pratte-Ferris Irrigation District              
Riverton Valley Irrigation District Stream Manual Gates 185 "Ditch, Lined Canal, Pipe" 185 28  
Rock Creek Ditch Company Rock Creek Concrete & steel "1680 down creek, 236 out of creek" Ditch 157 28  
Rock Creek Water Users Assoc. "Rock Creek, Three Mile" diversion splitting Rock Creek and Dry Creek 1000 natural stream 1000 10 20
Rock Ranch Ditch Company Rock Ranch Irrigation Ditch Divert from North Platte to Rock Ranch 100 Ditch 100 14.5  
Rodgers and Gregg (Wise Ditch) Little Popo Agie Headgate 35 "Ditch, Lined Ditch, Pipe" 40 8  
Salt River Irrigation District   concrete headgate 120 Ditch 120 8  
Sandstone Ditch Company "Greybull River, Dorsey Creek, Gould Reservoir, Albert Wardell Reservoir" Lead channel to headgate with spillway back to river channel 70 Ditch 70 19 10
Savery Creek Ditch Company Savery Creek "Concrete, sheet piling diversion" 20 Ditch 15 4  
Savery-Little Snake River Water Conservancy District              
Shell Canal Company "Shell Creek, Shell Reservoir, Adelaide Reservoir" "Canal, engineered structure headgate" 130 "Ditch, lined ditch, pipe" 130 33 50-75
Shell Valley Watershed Improvement District Shell Creek Screw Headgate & Conduit 90 Creek 150 0  
Shoshone Irrigation District Shoshone River "Corbett dam, 400' long, 12' high, and 3.3 mile Corbett tunnel" 900 Ditch 900 260 15
Sidon Irrigation District Shoshone River Dam 350 Ditch 350 108  
Silver Lake Irrigation District              
Sixty-Seven Reservoir Project              
Smith's Fork Irrigation District "Smith's Fork, Spring Creek, Brueuer" Headgates with two concrete diversion dams 250 Ditch 180 30 15-25
Snavely/Grant Young Ditch "Middle Fork, Northfork Popo Agie" headgate on point of diversion on river 20 Ditch   5 50
Spring Draw Irrigation Little Goose & Big Horn Res. Pipeline 9.3cfs Ditch 120cfs 11  
Stewart Creek Pipeline              
Strawberry North Canal Company Strawberry Canal headgate   Ditch   15 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  
Sussex Irrigation Co.              
Taylor Ditch Popo Agie Ditch 30ft Ditch   14  
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  
Torrington Irrigation District North Platte River Dam   Ditch 46 ft 12  
Trowel Ditch Company Little Snake River Four culverts with watermain gates and dam with slide in boards 90 Ditch 90 6  
Twin Butte Land and Irrigation Co. Blacksfork River Ditch 60 ditch 50 5 10
Twin Creek Ditch Company "stream, ditch" Crude structure of boards and dam material 40 ditch 40 3 10
Uinta NO 3 Canal Company              
Upper Bear River/Mill Creek Water Users Association Whitney reservoir Mechanical headgate 150 River     20
Upper Bluff Irrigation District Big Horn River via Hanover Irrigation District   28     14  
Upper/Lower Hanover Canal              
Victoria Ditch Co. Ten Sleep Creek Headgate   "Ditch, pipe through town"   3 unknown
Wagonhound Land & Livestock   Pumps 25.2571 Pumps      
West Cedar Creek Pipeline Company              
West Side Canal Company "West Side Canal, Little Snake River"     Ditch   15  
Whaley Ditch Shell Creek concrete structure with wood plank adjusters 50 Ditch 35 7 unknown
Wheatland Irrigation District "Laramie River, Sybille Creek" Lift Gates 700 Ditch 700 120  
Whitney Reservoir West Fork Bear River Mechanical Front Gate 100 + Canal & River   River Use  
Willwood Irrigation District Shoshone River Willwood Dam 320 Ditch   80.5 15
Wilson McNalley Ditch              
Wilston McKissack Ditch              
Wright & Murphy Ditch Company "Glendo, Platte River" GID Canal   Ditch 4 1  
Wyoming Game and Fish Department Shoshone River headgate on side channel   Ditch   12  


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