Montezuma County

12 Colorado mutual ditch and reservoir companies have DWR-verified water structures in Montezuma County, the oldest decreed right dating to 1868; 1 is a DARCA member. 22 companies list a registered address in a city located in — or partly in — Montezuma County.

Company Standing Verified structures Relationship
Bord Ditch Company In good standing 1 WDID Operates structures in Montezuma County
Registered in Cortez
Carpenter And Mitchell Ditch Company, Inc. In good standing 1 WDID Operates structures in Montezuma County
Registered in Mancos
Crystal Creek Ditch Company, Inc. In good standing — Registered in Mancos
East Mancos Highline Ditch Company In good standing 2 WDIDs Operates structures in Montezuma County
Registered in Mancos
Ellis Ditch Association "Exists" (as recorded by the Secretary of State) — Registered in Mancos
Extension Ditch Committee L.L.P. In good standing — Registered in Dolores
Henry Bolen Ditch Company In good standing 1 WDID Operates structures in Montezuma County
Registered in Mancos
Lower Bauer West Lateral, Inc In good standing — Registered in Mancos
Lower Lone Pine Ditch Association, LLC In good standing — Registered in Cortez
Lower Wilson Ditch Association LLC In good standing 1 WDID Operates structures in Montezuma County
Registered in Cortez
Mancos Valley Beaver Ditch Company In good standing — Registered in Mancos
McElmo Canyon Mutual Ditch and Reservoir Company In good standing — Registered in Cortez
Montezuma Valley Irrigation Company In good standing 4 WDIDs Operates structures in Dolores and Montezuma counties
Registered in Cortez
Moonlight Ditch Association In good standing — Registered in Dolores
O'Brien Ditch Lateral Corporation In good standing — Registered in Cortez
Root And Ratliff Ditch Company In good standing 1 WDID Operates structures in Montezuma County
Registered in Mancos
Sellers & McClane Reservoir & Ditch Company Delinquent 1 WDID Operates structures in Montezuma County
Registered in Mancos
Sheek Ditch Company In good standing 1 WDID Operates structures in Montezuma County
Registered in Mancos
Summit Reservoir And Irrigation Company Delinquent 1 WDID Operates structures in Montezuma County
Registered in Cortez
Webber Ditch Company Delinquent 1 WDID Operates structures in Montezuma County
Registered in Mancos
Weber Reservoir Company In good standing 1 WDID Operates structures in Montezuma County
Registered in Mancos
Willis Ditch Company In good standing — Registered in Mancos

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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 (12 of this county's 12 structure-verified companies are plotted; the map itself is statewide, not filtered to Montezuma County).