WDID 4700620

Irrigation · Illinois River · Jackson County, Colorado

Priority date

June 1, 1888

23rd most senior of 208 rights on Illinois River in Jackson County

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Owner
Not in Colorado's decreed-rights data. These rights convey by deed, so ownership is traced through county property records.
Status
Absolute
Record type
Decreed water right
Kind of source
Surface water
Name
Flying Dutchman Ditch
Uses
Irrigation
Flow rate
6.5 cfs (2,917.4 gpm)
Points of diversion
1 (first at 40.41110, -106.08696)
Structure type
Ditch
WDID
4700620
Adjudication date
1892-09-19
Administration number
14032.00000
Priority number
135(124)
Court case numbers
CA0922
Water division / district
6 / 47
Absolute amount
6.5 cfs

From Colorado Division of Water Resources (CDSS), Water Rights Net Amounts + Well Application Permits, fetched October 8, 2026. The state's own record is the authority: amounts, owners and status here can lag behind it, and a mapped point of diversion says nothing about which parcel the right serves. This page is not legal advice.

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