Colorado Water Rights

~151,357 water rights records

Points of Diversion & Use by County

Mapped diversion and place-of-use sites filed with the state engineer, via WaDE.

Douglas County9,226 sites
Weld County5,422 sites
Garfield County5,414 sites
Routt County5,168 sites
Saguache County5,154 sites
Gunnison County5,131 sites
Moffat County4,471 sites
Elbert County4,417 sites
Rio Grande County3,684 sites
Mesa County3,552 sites
Alamosa County3,471 sites
El Paso County3,445 sites
Larimer County3,365 sites
Jefferson County3,342 sites
Eagle County3,054 sites
La Plata County2,961 sites
Park County2,929 sites
Delta County2,829 sites
Rio Blanco County2,827 sites
Conejos County2,794 sites

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