Wyoming Water Development Commission
2008 Wyoming Irrigation Systems Report

Report #2: Diversion/Conveyance

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

EntitySurface SourceType of DiversionCapacity of Diversion (cfs)Type of Conveyance Capacity of ConveyanceIf the capacity of main conveyance is variable, what is the range (cfs)Length
(Miles)		Conveyance Losses (%)
Agrarian Irrigation Corporation N/A
Alliance Ditch Company Ditch variable Ditch variable >10
Alto Canal Sprinkler Company Strawberry Creek Canal Headgate Varies Ditch 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 Company Popo Agie River, Middle Fork Headgate Unknown Ditch Unknown 6
Bates Creek Reservoir Company Dry Fork, Bates Creek, N. Fork Bates Creek Dam (Eathen Dam with concrete racing) 30-50 Ditch 30-50 10-50 1-3
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 Headgate 600 Ditch 300 100-500 75 15
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 Dam 600 Ditch 500-1000 60 10
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 Hanover Irrigation District 150 150 17
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 6.5 Pipe 6.5 0-10 0.5
Burn Cleuch Ditch Co Little Goose Creek Dam 13 Ditch 13 10-50 5.5
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 Headgate 600 Ditch 1200 200 23
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 Popo Agie River Headgate Ditch 3.5
Chapman Canal Compnay Bear River Dam, Headgate 250 Ditch 250 100-500 20 15
Clark's Fork Irrigation District
Cody Canal Irrigation District SouthFork Shoshone Headgate 360 Ditch 280 70
Cook Canal Company
Cottonwood Irrigation District Cottonwood Creek screened structure in creek bed 68 Pipe 68 32
Crook County Irrigation District Keyhole Reservoir Pump Varies Belle Fourche River Varies 0 varies
Crow Creek Canal Company
Dana Ditch or Sprinkler Group
Davis & Company Ditch Smiths Fork River 26 Canal 26
Deaver Irrigation District Dam, Headgate Ditch, Pipe 100-500 250 20% to 40%
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 Creek Headgate Unkown Ditch N/A 18 20
Eden Valley Irrigation & Drainage District Big Sandy Reservoir & Eden Reservoir Dam 600 Ditch 600 121 20-30%
Elk Water Users Assoc. Shoshone River Headgate 300 Ditch 300 100-500 26 probably high
Elk-Lovell Irrigation District Buffalo Bill Reservoir Headgates 400 Ditch 400 50
Enterprise Irrigation and Power CO. Roaring Fork River Dam 24 Ditch 50 10-50 20 50
Etna Irrigation District Salt River dam 5600 Ditch 5600 10
Fairview Canal Company Greybull River Ditch 100 Ditch 100 15
Fariview Irrigation District Salt River Headgate 100 Canal 100-500 9 20 to 100 depending on flow and distance
Farmer' Canal Company Greybull River Dam, Headgate 900 Ditch 350 80 5-30
Farmers' and Bench Diversion
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 (Farmers Protective Assocn') Shoshone River Headgate 94 Pipe 50-100 13 3
Gooseberry Irr Dist Gooseberry creek & Buffalo Creek Dam, Headgate unknown Ditch Unknown 0 25
Goshen Hole Water Users Association Horse Creek Old concrete 250 30
Goshen Irrigation District North Platte River Dam 1500 Ditch, Pipe 1500 1000 585 40
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 Greybull River, Wood River Headgate Upper 1000, Lower 600, Greybull Valley Dam 1000 Ditch 1000 20
Gunbarrel Lateral Ditch Company Wheatland Irrigation District Lateral ditch 35 Pipe, cement ditch 35 6 7
Hamsfork Water Users Hamsfork River Dam, Headgate Ditch (Hamsfork River Channel) 800 100-500 0 10
Hanover Irrigation Big Horn River Concrete Dam 700cfs Ditch 575 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 134 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 & Reservoir Headgate 135 Ditch 32 adjusted 76 fluid 50-100 25 20
Hoops Lake Reservoir Company Thompson Creek Valve 32 Ditch 60
Horse Creek Conservation District Horse Creek, Bear Creek Dam 125-150 Ditch, Lined Ditch, Pipe 150 40 40
Hunt Canal Irrigation District Shoshone River, Coffer Dam Headgate 150 Ditch 150 13
Interstate Irrigation and Reservoir Company Burnt Fork, Beaver Meadow, and Island Lake Dam, Headgate 80 Ditch 140 50-100 20
Kidman & Wall Canal Company
Killebrew Irrigation
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 Popo Agie River, Middle Fork, Dickenson Spring, Dickenson Creek Dam, Headgate Ditch Unknown 5
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 Headgate 450
Lingle Water Users Assocn' Headgate Ditch 150 100-500 54 17
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
Lucerene Pumping Plant Canal Company Big Horn River Dam 70 Ditch 70 50-100 36 25
Lucerne Canal and Power Company
Lucerne Irrigation District
McDonald Ditch
Meade Creek Ditch Piney Creek Drop Gate 50 Ditch 37 9
Medicine Bow Conservation District
Midvale Irrigation District Wind River Dam 2200 Ditch, Lined Ditch, Pipe 2200 1000 400 23
Milich Ditch Company East Fork, Smith fork headgate on river 90 ditch 90 13 20
New North Platte Irrigation & Ditch Co. North Platte River Dam, Headgate 53 Ditch, Pipe 55 12 30
New Fork Lake Irrigation District Westfork New Fork Dam 417 Channel, Creek 838 27.5
New Grattan Ditch Co. Glendo Reservoir Dam 50 Ditch 20 10-50 5 50
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 Ditch Popo Agie River Headgate 47.7 Ditch varies 100-500 7 40-50%
Nield String Sprinkler Company
North Fork Irrigation District Muddy Creek and North Fork concrete 45 Ditch 45 1
North Fork Valley Ditch Company Headgate 50 Ditch 50 10-50 4.5
North Strawberry Canal Co. Ditch Headgate, Pump Ditch 14 50
Owl Creek Irrigation District Dam 350 Ditch Unknown 70 25
Paradise Canal Assoc
Park Reservoir Irrigation District
Parker McBride/North Lateral Ditch Co.
Peoples Canal Company Henry's Fork Creek Headgate 60 Ditch 60 50-100 11
Peralta Ditch Company Little Goose & Cross Creek 34 Ditch 34 13 0.15
Pine Creek Ditch Association Inc Pine Creek Rock diversion 100 Ditch 100 100-500 6.5
Pine Hill Sprinkler Company
Piney and Cruse Creek Ditch Company North and South Piney Dam, Headgate 42 Ditch 42 10-50 13 10
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 Powder River Dam 140 Ditch 100-500 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 Assn. Rock Creek & Tributaries Dam, Headgate King=25 Pierce=27 Sand Lake=on stream Ditch 50-100 5 1
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 Dam, Headgate 200 Ditch 80 50-100 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 Dam 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 Headgate Ditch
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 120 11
Stewart Creek Irrigation Stewart Creek Headgate varies Pipe variable 1000 7 20
Stewart Creek Pipeline
Strawberry South Canal Company
Strawberry Upper Canal Company
Sulphur Creek Reservoir Company Sulphur Creek Reservoir Dam, Headgate Ditch 10-50 0
Sussex Irrigation Co.
Taylor Ditch Popo Agie Ditch 30ft Ditch 14
Tillard canal Big horn river Pump 8500 gal/min Ditch Unknown 8 5
Toltec Watershed Improvment District North Laramie River Dam River 180 10-50 0
Torrington Irrigation District North Platte River Dam Ditch 46 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 through Hanover Canal Irrigation District Dam Ditch 120 20
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, Little Laramie, Sybille Crk, Blue Gras Crk, Rock Crk, Dutton Crk, Seepage Crk, One Mile Crk, Three Mile Crk, Deep Crk Headgate 700 Ditch, Lined Ditch Upper #1=550 cfs, #3=20 cfs 100-500 82 30-40%
Whitney Reservoir West Fork Bear River Mechanical Front Gate 100 + Canal & River River Use
Willwood Irrigation District Shoshone River Dam 400 Ditch 400 78 20
Wilson McNalley Ditch
Wilston McKissack Ditch
Wise Ditch Company Little PopoAgie River Headgate 50 Ditch 50 10-50 11 60
Wright & Murphy Ditch Company Glendo, Platte River GID Canal Ditch 4 1
Wyoming Game and Fish Commission Shoshone River Headgate Ditch 450 100-500 12