La Plata County water rights

15,749 rights recorded with the state of Colorado · 11,626 without a priority date

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Groundwater
12,882
Surface water
1,727
Storage
663
Spring
477

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