San Miguel County

7 Colorado mutual ditch and reservoir companies have DWR-verified water structures in San Miguel County, the oldest decreed right dating to 1884. 4 companies list a registered address in a city located in — or partly in — San Miguel County.

Company Standing Verified structures Relationship
Bollinger And Nelson Ditch Company In good standing Registered in Norwood
J. & M. Hughes Ditch Company In good standing 1 WDID Operates structures in San Miguel County
Lilylands Canal And Reservoir Company "Exists" (as recorded by the Secretary of State) 2 WDIDs Operates structures in San Miguel County
Lone Cone Ditch And Reservoir Company 2 WDIDs Operates structures in San Miguel County
Registered in Norwood
Muddy Creek Ditch Company, Inc. Delinquent 1 WDID Operates structures in San Miguel County
Registered in Telluride
Naturita Canal And Reservoir Company "Exists" (as recorded by the Secretary of State) 1 WDID Operates structures in San Miguel County
The Farmers Water Development Company 1 WDID Operates structures in San Miguel County
West Meadows Mutual Ditch Company In good standing 7 WDIDs Operates structures in San Miguel County
Registered in Telluride

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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 (7 of this county's 7 structure-verified companies are plotted; the map itself is statewide, not filtered to San Miguel County).