Routt County

16 Colorado mutual ditch and reservoir companies have DWR-verified water structures in Routt County, the oldest decreed right dating to 1882; 1 is a DARCA member. 14 companies list a registered address in a city located in — or partly in — Routt County.

Company Standing Verified structures Relationship
Allen Basin Reservoir Company, Inc. In good standing 2 WDIDs Operates structures in Routt and Rio Blanco counties
Registered in Yampa
Baxter Ditch Association In good standing 1 WDID Operates structures in Routt County
Registered in Steamboat Springs
Bear River Reservoir Co. In good standing Registered in Yampa
Gardner Park Mutual Reservoir Company In good standing 1 WDID Operates structures in Routt County
Registered in Yampa
Grimes-Brooks Reservoir Company Delinquent 1 WDID Operates structures in Routt County
Hayden Irrigation Diversion Association, Inc. Delinquent Registered in Hayden
Hot Spring Ditch Company In good standing Registered in Steamboat Springs
Kayser Mutual Ditch Company In good standing 1 WDID Operates structures in Routt County
Morin Mutual Ditch Company "Exists" (as recorded by the Secretary of State) 2 WDIDs Operates structures in Routt County
Newton Gulch Reservoir Co.,Inc. "Exists" (as recorded by the Secretary of State) 1 WDID Operates structures in Routt County
Nickell Ditch Company In good standing 1 WDID Operates structures in Routt County
Registered in Steamboat Springs
Norvell Ditch Company Delinquent Registered in Yampa
Price/Felix Borgi Combined Ditch Company In good standing Registered in Steamboat Springs
Shelton Mutual Ditch Company "Exists" (as recorded by the Secretary of State) 1 WDID Operates structures in Routt County
Smith Irrigation Ditch "Exists" (as recorded by the Secretary of State) 1 WDID Operates structures in Routt County
Soda Creek Ditch Company In good standing 1 WDID Operates structures in Routt County
Suttle Ditch Company In good standing 1 WDID Operates structures in Routt County
Registered in Steamboat Springs
Upper Walker Ditch Company In good standing 1 WDID Operates structures in Routt County
Registered in Hayden
Walker Ditch Company In good standing 1 WDID Operates structures in Routt County
Registered in Hayden
Whitewater Mutual Ditch Company "Exists" (as recorded by the Secretary of State) 1 WDID Operates structures in Routt County
Woodchuck Ditch Company In good standing 2 WDIDs Operates structures in Routt County
Registered in Steamboat Springs
Yamcolo Irrigators Association, Inc. In good standing Registered in Yampa

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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 (16 of this county's 16 structure-verified companies are plotted; the map itself is statewide, not filtered to Routt County).