El Paso County water rights

30,539 rights recorded with the state of Colorado · 26,270 without a priority date

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Groundwater
29,800
Surface water
381
Storage
226
Spring
132

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