Gilpin County water rights

3,777 rights recorded with the state of Colorado · 3,268 without a priority date

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Groundwater
3,423
Surface water
178
Spring
95
Storage
81

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