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).