San Miguel County water rights

3,761 rights recorded with the state of Colorado · 1,596 without a priority date

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Groundwater
1,890
Spring
680
Surface water
625
Storage
566

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