Chaffee County water rights

7,949 rights recorded with the state of Colorado · 6,513 without a priority date

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Groundwater
7,004
Surface water
547
Storage
269
Spring
129

Streams and named sources

Each source page lists its rights in priority order, which is the order water is shared out in a shortage.

Every right in the county, most senior first

Priority date · senior to junior

  • Before 1880
  • 1880–1899
  • 1900–1919
  • 1920–1949
  • 1950–1972
  • 1973–1999
  • 2000 and later
  • No priority date