Chaffee County

12 Colorado mutual ditch and reservoir companies have DWR-verified water structures in Chaffee County, the oldest decreed right dating to 1866; 3 are DARCA members. 14 companies list a registered address in a city located in — or partly in — Chaffee County.

Company Standing Verified structures Relationship
Bowen Ditch Company, Inc. In good standing 1 WDID Operates structures in Chaffee County
Registered in Nathrop
Dirty Ditch Farm LLC In good standing — Registered in Salida
East Twin Lakes Ditches And Water Works — — Registered in Salida
Mesa Mckenna Mutual Ditch Company In good standing 1 WDID Operates structures in Chaffee County
Registered in Buena Vista
Missouri Park Ditch Company "Exists" (as recorded by the Secretary of State) 1 WDID Operates structures in Chaffee County
New Salida Ditch Company "Exists" (as recorded by the Secretary of State) 2 WDIDs Operates structures in Chaffee County
North Fork Ditch Company In good standing 1 WDID Operates structures in Chaffee County
Registered in Salida
Ouray Mutual Ditch Company In good standing — Registered in Salida
Pinon Ditch Company "Exists" (as recorded by the Secretary of State) 2 WDIDs Operates structures in Chaffee County
Riverside Ditch And Allen Extension Company In good standing 1 WDID Operates structures in Chaffee County
Registered in Buena Vista
Sunnyside Park Ditch Company In good standing 1 WDID Operates structures in Chaffee County
Registered in Salida
Tenassee Ditch Associates In good standing 1 WDID Operates structures in Chaffee County
Registered in Salida
Tenassee Ditch Company LLC — — Registered in Salida
White Ditch No. 2, Incorporated In good standing 1 WDID Operates structures in Chaffee County
Registered in Salida
White Ditch No. 3, Incorporated "Exists" (as recorded by the Secretary of State) 1 WDID Operates structures in Chaffee County
Registered in Salida
Williams And Hamm Ditch Company In good standing 1 WDID Operates structures in Chaffee County
Registered in Salida
Windmill Ranch Mutual Lateral Ditch Company In good standing — Registered in Salida

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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 (12 of this county's 12 structure-verified companies are plotted; the map itself is statewide, not filtered to Chaffee County).