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).