Last Chance Ditch Company
- Town
- Longmont
- Basin
- South Platte
- Organized
- 1872
- Standing with the Colorado Secretary of State
- In good standing
- Colorado SOS entity ID
- 19871000693
- DARCA member
- Yes
- Principal office address on state record
- 401 Main St Unit 2, Longmont, CO 80501
- Registered agent
- LAST CHANCE DITCH COMPANY
- Water source
- Saint Vrain Creek
- Earliest decreed right
- 1872 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.
Official directory contact
Contact Last Chance Ditch Company
- Contact
- Garrett Varra, Primary Contact
- Phone
- 720-272-2857
- gcvarra@gmail.com
This contact was published in a 2026 official public directory. Source checked August 15, 2026; source listing: Last Chance Ditch; sources: 2026 Boulder County Ditch and Reservoir Directory; SVLH official directory page. The company has not claimed or edited this page.
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Verified public water record
Water structure
| Structure | WDID | Type and source | DWR location | Map |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Last Chance Ditch Ditch traced |
0500589 | Ditch Saint Vrain Creek |
Weld County · Division 1 · District 5 | 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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Ditch/canal alignment
- Ditch/canal alignment (USGS NHD, name-matched)
- Source river (USGS NHD, name-matched)
This company's verified ditch/canal alignment lies in Weld County, on Saint Vrain Creek. Irrigated parcels are not linked for this company, so no footprint is shown.
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 Saint Vrain Creek, this company's published water source, matched the same way. This company has no state-mapped irrigated-parcel footprint on file, so none is shown here. 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.
Public notice activity
Lost certificate
— A 2025 public notice reported a demand for a duplicate or replacement share certificate. Longmont Times-Call, Public Notice Colorado record 129019This dated notice is evidence that a replacement demand was published, not proof of current ownership, share validity or value, transfer completion, or the company's present status.
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DitchBook is not affiliated with Last Chance Ditch Company. This page is a public-record profile compiled from Colorado Secretary of State and public water-district data.
A mutual ditch or reservoir company is a nonprofit corporation formed under Colorado law — most commonly C.R.S. Title 7, Article 42 — so that landowners who share an irrigation ditch, canal, or reservoir can jointly own and operate it. Instead of the water right belonging to a single person, shares in the company represent each owner's proportional claim, and the company's board and secretary keep the ledger, run assessments for maintenance, and issue certificates the way any small corporation would. Many of these companies have operated continuously since the 1880s, run entirely by volunteer officers who inherit the books from whoever kept them before.
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