Wyoming Water Development Commission
2008 Wyoming Irrigation Systems Report

Report #5: General Information

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

EntityHabitatConservationProblems
Agrarian Irrigation Corporation
Alliance Ditch Company Yes Yes Irregular and unpredictable use by other appropriators
Alto Canal Sprinkler Company Yes Yes Sealing up shelf rock when cleaing ditch. Have to seal with clay so we dont lose so much water
Angel Draw Irrigation District
Anita Ditch Company and Gapen Ditch No Yes drop structures are old concrete and need replacing, and conveyance losses
Baggs Ditch Company Yes No
Baldwin/Peralta Ditch Company Yes No
Bates Creek Reservoir Company Yes No 2007 was the first yar in the last 5 that there was any water to ? to users and it was only 50af. see file
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 No Yes Needed improvements ,Maintenance requirements; Water is conveyed through dirt ditches and ageing concrete headgates
Bertrom Ditch Company
Big Cottonwood Ditch Corporation
Big Goose and Beaver Ditch Company No No Loss of water due to terrain that has a lot of gravel on top of clay which causes sliding
Big horn canal Irrigation District No No Needed improvements, Unwritten easments, Maintenance through subdivisions, Legal probelms, Subdivided land
Black's Fork Canal Company Yes No Pretty good shape
Blue Bell Canal Company No No None
Bluff Irrigation District Needed improvements, Maintenance requirements
Boulder Irrigation District Yes Yes Maintenance, Subdivisions
Bridger Butte
Bridger Valley Water Conservancy District Yes Yes project is not completely covering all users, need some enlargement, legal issues arising from non-project problems, government red tape and paperwork, water rights and state interpretation of them
Burbank Ditch Yes Yes Inadequate water sources,Unwritten easments,Maintenance through subdivisions, Assessments; Government control
Burn Cleuch Ditch Co No No
Butte Ditch Yes Yes shrinkage and constant up keep, late water rights when river flow is inadequate, low reservoir level
Cannon Land & Livestock Yes
Canyon Canal Inc. Yes No
Casper Alcova Irrigation District No No Needed improvements , ,Inadequate water sources
Castle Rock-Neff Ditch
Cemetery Ditch Yes Yes Maintenance, Subsidence, seepage, sediment, repairs
Central Bedford Sprinkler Co.
Chalmers-Fogg Ditch No No Maintenance requirements,Assessments
Chapman Canal Compnay No No Needed improvement,Subdivided Land; Getting minority owners to pay fair share
Clark's Fork Irrigation District
Cody Canal Irrigation District Yes No Needed improvements , Inadequate water sources , Subdivided land,Water rights
Cook Canal Company
Cottonwood Irrigation District Yes Yes Subdivision development
Crook County Irrigation District Yes Yes Needed improvements ,Maintenance requirements; Need more storage
Crow Creek Canal Company
Dana Ditch or Sprinkler Group
Davis & Company Ditch
Deaver Irrigation District Yes Yes
Deeben & Heinz Ditch Company
Dempsey Canal Company
Douglas Water Users
Dry Creek Irrigation District
Dutch Flat/Taylor Yes No Water shortage
East Fork Canal Company
Eastside Irrigation District No Yes Maintenance requirements
Eden Valley Irrigation & Drainage District Yes No Maintenance through subdivisions
Elk Water Users Assoc. No Yes Inadequate water sources; Aging Structures
Elk-Lovell Irrigation District No Yes reduce seepage, installation of wires and control devices
Enterprise Irrigation and Power CO. Yes Yes Maintenance through subdivisions; 50% water conveyance loss
Etna Irrigation District Yes Yes unwritten easements, maintenance, subdivided land
Fairview Canal Company Yes Yes, ditch cleaning seepage, needed headgates, weeds
Fariview Irrigation District Yes Yes Maintenance through subdivisions,Subdivided land; Diversion structure needs to be replaced. It is on the verge of washing out. The concrete is crumbling so regulation of flow is very hard. See file.
Farmer' Canal Company Yes Yes Inadequate water sources; Drought, moss in canals, trees, mainteance, conveyance loss within system
Farmers' and Bench Diversion
Fayette Canal Association
First Mesa Ditch Company Yes
Fremont Irrigation Company
Ft Bridger Canal Company
Gaylor and Warnock
Gibson-Blair Ditch Company
Globe Canal (Farmers Protective Assocn') Yes Yes Canal through town. The use & seepage in winter time threatens homeowners near canal. Hillslide into canal cesulting in major unrest of people in town and work for canal board.
Gooseberry Irr Dist No No Subdivided land,Water rights
Goshen Hole Water Users Association Yes No No improvements made for 40+ years, entire system needs an upgrade; Interested in help, but debt is not an option
Goshen Irrigation District Yes Yes Unwritten easments, Subdivided land; Seepage problems; Subdivision eliveries to and transfers to other land in the District; Assessments are higher due to increasing cost of materials.
Goshen Mutual Reservoir and Ditch Co. Yes Yes drought, excessive water loss, state and federal requirements
Grand Teton Canal Company No Yes Subdivisions setback from canal banks, maintenance through subdivision, unwritten easements, subdivisions helping themselves to water without water rights
Grand Teton Pipeline Association
Grant Young
Gray Bluff Ditch Company
Green River Irrigation District
Greybull Valley Irrigation District Needed improvements ,Maintenance requirements ,Inadequate water sources , ,Unwritten easments,Maintenance through subdivisions ,Subdivided land
Gunbarrel Lateral Ditch Company No Yes Subdividing land, enforcement of water use
Hamsfork Water Users Yes Yes Inadequate water sources, Unwritten easments
Hanover Irrigation Yes No Fed Req, Flood water, pump water, sub-divisions, flume relining
Heart Mountain Irrigation District Yes Yes Moss and More Government Financial Aid
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 Yes No Incoming subdivisions
Hilliard West Side Ditch Company Yes Yes Maintenance requirements ; Water loss in distribution system
Hoops Lake Reservoir Company No No
Horse Creek Conservation District No Yes Unwritten easments, Maintenance through subdivisions, Subdivided Land; Drought; inadequate regulation of upstream users; old/over appropirated misused rights upstream from res; no mandatory storage fill time period when upstream users have to let water pass (jan & feb)
Hunt Canal Irrigation District Yes Inadequate water sources
Interstate Irrigation and Reservoir Company No No Needed improvements ,Maintenance requirements , ,State and Federal requirements; Canal seepage
Kidman & Wall Canal Company
Killebrew Irrigation
Kirby Ditch Company Yes No Seepage, Russian Olives, Drought
Ladder Ditch Company Yes Yes
Lake DeSmet Reservoir Company
Lakeview Irrigation District No No
Lamb Supply Canal Company Yes needed improvements, inadequate water source, state and federal requirements, unwritten easements, maintenance through subdivisions, legal problems, subdivided land, water rights, assesments, etc.
Lander Ditch Company Yes No Municipal area fragmented, voluntary contributions, water quality, instream flow in river
LaPrele Irrigation District water conservation, legal issues, iclean-up water rights
Laramie Valley Irrigation District Yes Yes Flumes, Need Headgates, Rip Rap, Concrete, Repairs
Last Chance Ditch Company
LeClair Irrigation District Upstream water storage. The only feasible dam sites would be in the NF, as they control erosion, help stream bank stabliatiztion and insure adequate water. Would also help relations with Native Americans
Lingle Water Users Assocn' Yes Yes Inadequate water sources;We need a way to do some water transfer w/o it being so expensive for landowners
Little Popo Agie Irrigation District Yes state and feceral requirements
Little Snake River Conservation District
Lovell Irrigation District Yes Yes water at the head varies sometimes inadequate, distribution, water loss
Lower Clear Creek Irrigation District Yes No Assessment Collection, Maintainance
Lower Hanover Canal Yes No Assessment collection, loss of easement or row, federal
Lucerene Pumping Plant Canal Company Yes Yes Seepage along canal system
Lucerne Canal and Power Company
Lucerne Irrigation District
McDonald Ditch
Meade Creek Ditch Yes No
Medicine Bow Conservation District
Midvale Irrigation District Yes Yes Needed improvements, Maintenance through subdivisions, Subdivided land
Milich Ditch Company No No
New North Platte Irrigation & Ditch Co. Yes Yes Needed improvements, Maintenance requirements; diversion dam on river
New Fork Lake Irrigation District Yes Yes Public access to Dam, Subdivisions, Drought (shortage of water)
New Grattan Ditch Co. No No Water measuring devices, moss treatment, weed spraying ditch banks,
New North Platte Irrigation Company No Yes Diversion fom river during flows less than 500cfs
Nez Perce Irrigation No Yes Need another head gate, takes 25 days for everyone in subdivision to get water.
Nicol & Table Mountain Ditch Yes Yes Needed improvements ,Maintenance requirements,Unwritten easments,Maintenance through subdivisions,Subdivided land; storage
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 Yes Yes Maintenance requirements; Linig ditch w/ pipe where it is known to leak
North Strawberry Canal Co. No Subdivided land
Owl Creek Irrigation District Yes Yes Seepage from dam; seepage in canyon below Dam
Paradise Canal Assoc
Park Reservoir Irrigation District
Parker McBride/North Lateral Ditch Co.
Peoples Canal Company No No Upstream users with newer rights short our legal water requirements
Peralta Ditch Company Yes Yes Brush removal, sub-diversions
Pine Creek Ditch Association Inc Yes Yes Liability of exing ditch in Pinedale, increased water runoff, unknown whether to convert to district (see file)
Pine Hill Sprinkler Company
Piney and Cruse Creek Ditch Company Yes No Needed improvements, Maintenance requirements; Erosion on Tunnel Hill in Story and on Win Pilliphs property
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 No Yes Pond fills with gravel and debris in pipeline
Powder River Irrigation District Yes Yes Needed improvements , Unwritten easments, Subdivided land; A storage is needed to improve inadequate water supply
Prairie Dog Water Supply Company
Pratte-Ferris Irrigation District
Riverton Valley Irrigation District No Yes
Rock Creek Ditch Company Yes Yes Lack of Water during drought
Rock Creek Water Users Assn. Yes No Inadequate water sources
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 No Yes Replacement of diversion headgates, inadequate water sources, no storage
Sandstone Ditch Company Yes Yes Reservoir storage and flow control; structures and headgate flow control; spillways flood control; improve access on system
Savery Creek Ditch Company Yes Yes Diversion dams installed in 1995 are completely ineffective, poor design
Savery-Little Snake River Water Conservancy District
Shell Canal Company Yes Yes Conveyance losses, evaporation, vegetation seepage, flood control
Shell Valley Watershed Improvement District Yes No Property sales and water rights
Shoshone Irrigation District Yes Yes
Sidon Irrigation District No Yes Repairs
Silver Lake Irrigation District
Sixty-Seven Reservoir Project
Smith's Fork Irrigation District
Snavely/Grant Young Ditch Yes Yes New headgate and spillway, lined or piped ditch, only have perpetual easements, recent subdivisions, future subdividing
Spring Draw Irrigation Yes Yes Measuring & screening systems, adequate water supply, litigation
Stewart Creek Irrigation Yes Yes Needed improvements ,Maintenance requirements , State and Federal requirements
Stewart Creek Pipeline
Strawberry South Canal Company
Strawberry Upper Canal Company
Sulphur Creek Reservoir Company Yes No Unwritten easments
Sussex Irrigation Co. No No
Taylor Ditch Yes Yes Slide area above ditch
Tillard canal No No Needed improvements ,Maintenance requirements, Unwritten easments, Maintenance through subdivisions, Subdivided land
Toltec Watershed Improvment District Yes Yes Needed improvements,Maintenance requirements
Torrington Irrigation District Yes Yes Needed Improvements, Maintenance Through Subdivisions
Trowel Ditch Company Yes Yes Seepage along steep bank
Twin Butte Land and Irrigation Co. Yes Continue upgrading of diversions and measuring; meet with the Bridger Valley Conservancy Dist. Board
Twin Creek Ditch Company Yes No Diversion is poorly constructed
Uinta NO 3 Canal Company
Upper Bear River/Mill Creek Water Users Association Yes Yes Dam saffety
Upper Bluff Irrigation District Yes No
Upper/Lower Hanover Canal
Victoria Ditch Co. No No
Wagonhound Land & Livestock Yes Yes
West Cedar Creek Pipeline Company
West Side Canal Company Yes
Whaley Ditch Yes Yes moss affecting flow, high price of chemical for control of moss, lack of organizational structure - by laws
Wheatland Irrigation District Yes Yes Needed improvements, Maintenance requirements, Legal probelms, Subdivided land; Old system started in 1883, drought, delivery to subdivided lands
Whitney Reservoir Yes No High elevation, late melt off, spill way is not the best
Willwood Irrigation District No Yes Needed improvements ,Maintenance requirements, Inadequate water sources
Wilson McNalley Ditch
Wilston McKissack Ditch
Wise Ditch Company Yes Yes Needed improvements
Wright & Murphy Ditch Company Yes Yes
Wyoming Game and Fish Commission Yes Yes