Bent County

4 Colorado mutual ditch and reservoir companies have DWR-verified water structures in Bent County, the oldest decreed right dating to 1875; 1 is a DARCA member. 1 company lists a registered address in a city located in — or partly in — Bent County.

Company Standing Verified structures Relationship
Amity Mutual Irrigation Company In good standing 10 WDIDs Operates structures in Bent, Kiowa and Prowers counties
Fort Bent Ditch Company In good standing 1 WDID Operates structures in Bent County
Las Animas Consolidated Canal Company In good standing 1 WDID Operates structures in Bent County
The Fort Lyon Canal Company In good standing 7 WDIDs Operates structures in Otero, Crowley, Kiowa, Bent and Prowers counties
Registered in Las Animas

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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 (4 of this county's 4 structure-verified companies are plotted; the map itself is statewide, not filtered to Bent County).