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Agricultural Water Use: Irrigation Districts

 
 

The annual Irrigation System Survey Report, which is published by the Wyoming Water Development Commission, provides a summary of information regarding 28 irrigation districts. These districts lie within a portion of what they Wyoming State Engineer's Office designates as Water Division I. Information regarding the irrigation districts within the Guernsey to State Line subbasin as listed in the 2003 Irrigation System Survey Report is represented in the following table.

Irrigation Districts
Surface source
Acres in district (total)
District acres irrigated
Number of users
Angel Draw Irrigation District
--
--
--
--
Burbank Ditch
North Platte River
360
310
1
Goshen Hole Water Users Assoc
Horse Creek
--
2,600
5
Goshen Mutual Water Users Association, Inc.
--
--
--
--
Hill Irrigation District
Glendo, Guernsey Reservoirs
--
3,844.59
79
Lingle Water Users
Pathfinder Reservoir
11,288
11,288
100
Lucerne Canal and Power Company
--
--
--
--
New Grattan Ditch Company
North Platte River
1,320
1,320
5
New North Platte Irrigation District
North Platte River
4,200
2,900
17
Pratte-Ferris Irrigation District
--
--
--
--
Rock Ranch Ditch Company
Rock Ranch Irrigation Ditch
3,561
3,561
22
Torrington Irrigation District
North Platte River
--
2,249
110
Wright & Murphy Ditch Company
Glendo Reservoir, North Platte River
245
245
1
 
 


The Platte River Basin Plan is a planning tool developed for the Wyoming Water Development Office. It presents estimated current and estimated future uses of water in WyomingÆs Platte River Basin. The Plan is not used to determine compliance with or administration of state law, federal law, court decrees, interstate compacts, or interstate agreements.
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