Western Water Data

Water rights records for Colorado, Montana, Idaho, Oregon and New Mexico, in one searchable database.

The official records, pulled straight from the state agencies, normalized into a single format, so the research that takes an afternoon in the state portals takes one query.

What's in it

1,532,260water rights and points of diversion
174,440Colorado records, all with priority dates
603,569Montana points of diversion, with owners of record
274,191Idaho points of diversion, with owners of record
196,567Oregon points of diversion, with owners of record
283,493New Mexico records, all with coordinates
1850earliest Colorado priority date on file
DailyColorado updates at the source

Browse Colorado by county

Free county summaries, straight from the state records: how senior the water is, how much is absolute versus conditional, what it is decreed for, and the ten most senior rights on record, each one linked back to its official state page.

See all Colorado counties →

Montana, Idaho and Oregon by county

Water rights in every county, with how many are pre-1900, how many serve irrigation, and how many still go through the statewide adjudication (Montana), are decreed (Idaho) or are certificated (Oregon), straight from the state agencies.

Montana counties →   Idaho counties →   Oregon counties →

Ditch companies and water districts

Every ditch, canal and reservoir company registered with the Colorado Secretary of State, with its standing and home city, plus the state's irrigation, conservancy and water districts.

Open the directory →

Questions it answers in one query

Who it's for

Ranch and farm brokersThe water behind every listing, in writing
Agricultural lendersThe seniority behind the land you finance
Land buyers and investorsHow much of the water is real before you close
Water brokersSeniority and standing on any basin

Where the data comes from

Everything here comes from official state open-data channels: the Colorado Division of Water Resources (CDSS/HydroBase), the Montana Department of Natural Resources and Conservation (water rights points of diversion), the Idaho Department of Water Resources (water right points of diversion) and the New Mexico Office of the State Engineer (WATERS Points of Diversion). License terms for each source were reviewed before ingestion. Every record keeps its original form and carries a link back to its official source page, so any row can be verified at the primary source. Records are sampled and checked field by field against the state systems after every load.

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Working with the data directly? See the API documentation.