Alamosa County

6 Colorado mutual ditch and reservoir companies have DWR-verified water structures in Alamosa County, the oldest decreed right dating to 1872. 9 companies list a registered address in a city located in — or partly in — Alamosa County.

Company Standing Verified structures Relationship
Billings Ditch Company In good standing Registered in Alamosa
Capulin Ditch Company In good standing Registered in Alamosa
Carmel Drainage Ditch Users Association In good standing Registered in Alamosa
Centennial Irrigating Ditch Company Registered in Alamosa
Commonwealth Irrigation Company In good standing Registered in Alamosa
Costilla Ditch Company "Exists" (as recorded by the Secretary of State) 1 WDID Operates structures in Alamosa County
Excelsior Ditch Company Delinquent 1 WDID Operates structures in Alamosa County
Hickory Jackson Ditch Company In good standing 1 WDID Operates structures in Alamosa County
Registered in Alamosa
Independent Ditch Company 1 WDID Operates structures in Alamosa County
Prairie Ditch Company (The) (Water) In good standing 2 WDIDs Operates structures in Rio Grande and Alamosa counties
Registered in Mosca
Shaw Reservoir Company Registered in Alamosa
Wilkins Ditch Company In good standing 1 WDID Operates structures in Alamosa County
Registered in Alamosa

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Standing is from the Colorado Secretary of State as of August 3, 2026: In good standing and “Exists” are both current statuses; Delinquent most commonly follows a missed Periodic Report (other causes exist — see the delinquency guide), usually fixable in one sitting; means the company has no row in the current Secretary of State pull. Full explanation: what this check tells you.

See the statewide ditch map — plotted at their real headgates and reservoirs, straight from state water records (6 of this county's 6 structure-verified companies are plotted; the map itself is statewide, not filtered to Alamosa County).