Kershaw Ditch Company
- Town
- Westminster
- Basin
- Metro
- Organized
- 1905
- Standing with the Colorado Secretary of State
- In good standing
- Colorado SOS entity ID
- 19871040279
- Principal office address on state record
- 6575 W 88th Ave, Westminster, CO 80031
- Registered agent
- ROBERT DENNIS KRUGMIRE
- Water source
- Clear Creek
- Earliest decreed right
- 1860 per Colorado DWR records
Sources: Colorado Secretary of State business records as of August 3, 2026 (standing, principal office address, registered agent, formation date, entity ID), and Colorado Department of Water Resources net-amount records as of August 11, 2026 for the water source and earliest decreed right, including rights recorded only as alternate-point/exchange (APEX) amounts (each links to the state's own record). Compiled by DitchBook from public records, not edited by the company — how this page is built and what it can't tell you.
Verified public water record
Water structure
| Structure | WDID | Type and source | DWR location | Map |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kershaw Ditch Ditch traced |
0700597 | Ditch Clear Creek |
Adams County · Division 1 · District 7 | View on map |
Published from DitchBook's verified company-to-WDID crosswalk as of August 17, 2026, using Colorado DWR structure records pulled August 11, 2026. Open a structure for its source fields, exact map status, company association, and official water-right citation. This table does not say that any particular parcel is served by, owns shares in, or is crossed by the structure.
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Water-right portfolio
46 additional rights recorded only as alternate-point/exchange (APEX) net amounts are not shown in this table.
Kershaw Ditch — WDID 0700597
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| Priority / admin no. | Appropriation | Adjudication | Decreed amount | Absolute or conditional | Decreed uses |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4140 | May 2, 1861 | October 4, 1884 | 11.44 cfs | absolute | Storage; Irrigation; Municipal; Commercial; Industrial; Recreation; Fishery; Fire; Domestic; Augmentation; Other; Wildlife |
| 4140 | May 2, 1861 | October 4, 1884 | 222 AF | absolute | Storage; Irrigation; Municipal; Commercial; Industrial; Recreation; Fishery; Fire; Domestic; Augmentation; Other; Wildlife |
As of 2026-07-27, DWR Water Rights Net Amounts. Absolute rights are decreed for water already put to use; conditional rights hold a place in line for use not yet completed. Amounts are shown exactly as the state records them. How this page is built.
Water-right lineage
This timeline puts WDID 0700597’s decreed rights (Kershaw Ditch) — the same rights as the portfolio above — in chronological order by appropriation date (oldest first), grouped by decade. It reflects DWR’s current net-amounts tabulation, not a complete decree history: intermediate decrees, changes, and abandonment proceedings exist only in the underlying court case files. It is not a title opinion and not a complete chain of title.
46 additional rights recorded only as alternate-point/exchange (APEX) net amounts are not included in this timeline.
1860s
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May 2, 1861
222 AF, absolute, for Storage; Irrigation; Municipal; Commercial; Industrial; Recreation; Fishery; Fire; Domestic; Augmentation; Other; Wildlife. Adjudicated October 4, 1884 — DWR associated-case references: 15CW3137, 93CW0176, CA0877, 91CW0047, 86CW0398, 10/04/1884.
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May 2, 1861
11.44 cfs, absolute, for Storage; Irrigation; Municipal; Commercial; Industrial; Recreation; Fishery; Fire; Domestic; Augmentation; Other; Wildlife. Adjudicated October 4, 1884 — DWR associated-case references: 15CW3137, 93CW0176, CA0877, 91CW0047, 86CW0398, 10/04/1884.
As of 2026-07-27, DWR Water Rights Net Amounts. DWR's associated-case references are shown verbatim from its bulk water-rights export, as of 2026-08-11 — some entries are date-like artifacts of DWR's own data, not case numbers; DitchBook has not verified them against court files. How this page is built.
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Irrigated acreage history
These snapshots track state-mapped parcel linkage to the listed structures; they do not measure the company's operations or status.
- Grass Pasture
- Dry Beans
- Alfalfa
- Vegetables
- Corn
- Other crops
| Snapshot year | Total acres | Largest crop that year |
|---|---|---|
| 1956 | 44 | Dry Beans |
| 1976 | 43 | Dry Beans |
| 1987 | 44 | Dry Beans |
| 1997 | 32.5 | Alfalfa |
| 2001 | 16.1 | Vegetables |
| 2005 | 28.8 | Grass Pasture |
| 2010 | 25.7 | Grass Pasture |
| 2015 | 14.3 | Grass Pasture |
| 2020 | 14.6 | Grass Pasture |
Source: CDSS Division 1 Irrigated Lands snapshots (1956, 1976, 1987, 1997, 2001, 2005, 2010, 2015, 2020). These parcels are the ones the state links to WDID 0700597. The parcels are mapped by the State of Colorado, not by the company and not by DitchBook. The state's mapping for this company includes parcels the state also links to a groundwater (well) supply; parcels the state maps to this company's structures together with other structures; parcels the state maps to this company's structures alone. Where parcels are shared with other structures or linked to a well, the acres shown are not all served by this company's ditch alone. How this page is built.
Irrigated land linked to this company
- 2020 irrigated-parcel footprint (state-mapped)
- Service area (vintage 2005) — context only
- Ditch/canal alignment (USGS NHD, name-matched)
- Source river (USGS NHD, name-matched)
The 2020 state-mapped irrigated-parcel footprint linked to this company's structures lies in Adams County, on Clear Creek. It covers about 14.6 acres.
Footprint: state-mapped irrigated parcels for WDID 0700597, 2020 snapshot, from CDSS Irrigated Lands. The dashed outline is a service-area layer (vintage 2005) shown for context only — it is not used for any figure on this page; source: CDSS Div1_Canals package, Div1_Ditch_Service_Area_2005. The solid line is this company's ditch/canal alignment — USGS National Hydrography Dataset (hydro.nationalmap.gov/arcgis/rest/services/nhd/MapServer/6), name-matched against DWR structure/company name and reviewed by DitchBook as of 2026-08-07 — mapping-grade, not a survey. Shown for 1 of 1 reviewed structure. The second solid line is Clear Creek, this company's published water source, matched the same way. Satellite imagery is available via the map's Satellite/Map toggle, courtesy of USDA/USGS (The National Map), public domain. Boundaries are the state's, drawn to locate the land, not to settle it. How this page is built.
Recorded diversions
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| Year | Total acre-feet |
|---|---|
| 1950 | 1,180.2 |
| 1951 | 1,132.6 |
| 1952 | 1,461.8 |
| 1953 | 1,444 |
| 1954 | 2,173.9 |
| 1955 | 3,100.2 |
| 1956 | 2,747.1 |
| 1957 | 2,411.9 |
| 1958 | 3,552.4 |
| 1959 | 6,222.2 |
| 1960 | 3,931.3 |
| 1961 | 3,711.1 |
| 1962 | 3,439.4 |
| 1963 | 3,330.3 |
| 1964 | 2,836.4 |
| 1965 | 2,404 |
| 1967 | 3,433.4 |
| 1968 | 5,480.4 |
| 1969 | 2,246 |
| 1970 | 2,080.3 |
| 1971 | 2,161.4 |
| 1972 | 2,665.3 |
| 1973 | 2,969.3 |
| 1974 | 4,126.7 |
| 1975 | 3,710.5 |
| 1976 | 5,260 |
| 1977 | 2,610.3 |
| 1978 | 3,245 |
| 1979 | 1,670.9 |
| 1980 | 1,753.4 |
| 1981 | 1,168.3 |
| 1982 | 1,360.7 |
| 1983 | 646.6 |
| 1984 | 1,066.1 |
| 1985 | 1,349.8 |
| 1986 | 1,881.3 |
| 1987 | 1,542.2 |
| 1988 | 1,493.8 |
| 1989 | 481.5 |
| 1990 | 696.4 |
| 1991 | 859.2 |
| 1992 | 687.3 |
| 1993 | 574.6 |
| 1994 | 229.1 |
| 1995 | 209.1 |
| 1996 | 240.5 |
| 1997 | 232.9 |
| 1998 | 413 |
| 1999 | 380.2 |
| 2000 | 303.7 |
| 2001 | 412 |
| 2002 | 767 |
| 2003 | 239 |
| 2004 | 1,944.8 |
| 2005 | 1,247.2 |
| 2006 | 957.7 |
| 2007 | 526.2 |
| 2008 | 2,147.7 |
| 2009 | 1,270.9 |
| 2010 | 1,515.2 |
| 2011 | 1,283.8 |
| 2012 | 1,230.9 |
| 2013 | 1,331.5 |
| 2014 | 1,197.7 |
| 2015 | 1,176.9 |
| 2016 | 1,219.5 |
| 2017 | 965.1 |
| 2018 | 1,034.3 |
| 2019 | 818 |
| 2020 | 773.6 |
| 2021 | 717 |
| 2022 | 810.4 |
| 2023 | 698.7 |
| 2024 | 805.9 |
| 2025 | 648.9 |
As of 2026-07-27, DWR diversion records for WDID 0700597. Annual values follow the DWR water year (November–October). These are DWR's published records. A diversion record is what the state's records show ran through the headgate; it is not a share, an entitlement, or a company allocation. How this page is built.
Sources for this profile
- DWR Water Rights Net Amounts — pulled 2026-07-27
- DWR bulk water-rights export (per-right associated-case references) — pulled 2026-08-11
- CDSS Division 1 Irrigated Lands snapshots — 1956, 1976, 1987, 1997, 2001, 2005, 2010, 2015, 2020
- State-mapped irrigated-parcel footprint — 2020 snapshot, from CDSS Irrigated Lands
- Service-area layer — vintage 2005 — context only (CDSS Div1_Canals package, Div1_Ditch_Service_Area_2005)
- DWR diversion records — pulled 2026-07-27 (published)
Assembled from Colorado DWR/CDSS public datasets. Informational; accuracy not guaranteed. Not a determination of historical consumptive use and not recommended as a primary source in Colorado Water Court, where quantification requires a licensed engineering analysis.
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