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Early Ditch Decrees for Division 1, District No. 6
For Anne Dyni's book Pioneer Voices of Boulder County
Published by Boulder County Open Space
IRRIGATION DITCH DECREES
DISTRICT NO.6
BOULDER CREEK
Priority Name of Ditch Date of Fee Fee Acres
number Appropriation
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1 Lower Boulder Ditch Oct.1, 1859 $25.00 200
2 Smith & Goss Ditch Nov.15,1859 44.30 200
3 Howel Ditch Dec.1, 1859 47.55 200
4 Anderson Ditch Oct.1, 1860 25.00 80
5 Godding, Dailey, Plumb Mar.1, 1861 7.24
6 Houck #2 Ditch Apr.1, 1861 7.16 80
8 Martha H.Mathews Ditch June 1,1861 4.60 120
9 N.K.Smith & Tyler Ditch June 1,1861 29.04 250
Reduced by decree May 16,1913 1.50
10 Plumb Ditch Apr.1, 1862 5.10 400
David H. Nichol Ditch
Dry Creek Ditch June 1,1862 10.00 160
M.G. Smith June 1,1862 15.00
G. Berkley Ditch June 1,1862 15.00 300
Wellman, Nichols, Hahn June 1,1862 10.77 200
11 Harden Ditch, heirs of June 1,1862 21.00 480
Eliz.Harden & S.Wellman
McCarty Ditch June 1,1862 5.00 80
Mary S. Stodard, Robert
Culver,heirs Eliz.Harden
George Rust & Perry White
William Breach Ditch June 1,1862 2.00 20
North Boulder Farmers June 1,1862 10.78 1200
Ditch (see #20,#24 enlg)
12 Rural Ditch (see #15 enlg) May 10,1862 22.75
13 Green Ditch Sep.15,1862 34.58
14 Farmers Ditch Oct.1, 1862 73.29 3000
15 Rural Ditch 1st enlg. Mar.10,1863 198.29 1250
16 Houck #1 Ditch Apr.1, 1863 15.97 200
Reduced by decree Dec.8, 1910 2.50
18 Smith & Emmons Ditch June 1,1863 47.16 750
19 Carr & Tyler Ditch June 1,1864 33.73 200
20 North Boulder Farmers June 1,1863 65.00
Ditch: 1st enlg
22 Butte Mill Ditch Mar.1, 1865 110.86 1200
23 Howell & Beasley Ditch Mar.1, 1865 28.80 350
Priority Name of Ditch Date of Fee Fee Acres
number Appropriation
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24 North Boulder Farmers Jun 1, 1864 115.00 1400 Ditch, 2nd Enlg.
25 Delehant Ditch May 1, 1865 37.12 120
26 Godding, Dailey & Plumb Apr 1, 1865 23.20 750
1st Enlg.
28 Highland Ditch Jun 1, 1865 99.70
South side
30 Leggett Ditch May 1, 1868 31.35 800
30½ Highland Ditch Jun 1, 1868 152.20 1140
South side, 1st Enlg.
31 Taylor Ditch Apr 1, 1870 10.71 200
32 Lower Boulder,1st Enlg Jun 1, 1870 97.00 1500
33 Boulder & Weld County May 1, 1871 59.40 2500
35 Boulder & White Rock Nov 1, 1873 190.58 7500
36 Boulder & Left Hand Ditch Dec 1, 1873 82.80 2000
Sec. #38 Enlg.
37 Town of Boulder Ditch & Jun 17,1875 6.19
Reservoir #1
38 Boulder & Left Hand Apr 1, 1876 163.80 2000
1st Enlg.
39 Wellman Ditch May 1, 1878 12.74 1200
40 Mathews Ditch Feb 13,1879 60.60 140
41 Revolution Ditch Dec 7, 1881 99.97 3500
42 (2) Idaho Ditch Oct 30,1870 9.78 300
(Idaho Creek)
43 (3) Como #1 Jan 2, 1871 5.00 35
(Fisher Creek)
44 (4) Como #2 Jan 3, 1871 15.00 40
(Como Creek)
45 (5) Como #3 Jan 4, 1871 18.00 40
(Como Creek)
46 (6) Young Ditch Apr 1, 1871 2.48 80
(Rothrock Slough)
47 (9) Como #4 Apr 1, 1873 20.00 80
(North Boulder Creek)
48 (11) Silver Lake Ditch Feb 28,1888 20.00)____
49 (13) Silver Lake, 1st Enlg. Nov 1, 1900 25.00) 1000
IRRIGATION DITCH DECREES
DISTRICT NO.6
Date of Decree June 2, 1882
SOUTH BOULDER CREEK
Priority Name of Ditch Date of Fee Fee Acres
number Appropriation
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1 (3) Howard Ditch Apr 1, 1860 36.00 1000
2 (1) McGinn Ditch #2 May 1, 1860 3.19 510
3 (7) Jones & Donnelly Ditch May 1, 1860 14.36 275
4 (2) Schearer Ditch Jun l, 1860 26.08 100
5 (4) East Boulder Apr 1, 1862 102.30
6 (5) S.Boulder & Bear Creek May 25,1862 16.60
7 (6) Cottonwood Ditch #2 Apr 15,1863 33.69 500
8 (7) Dry Creek Ditch May 1, 1863 20.95 200
(Davidson)
9 Dry Creek Ditch #2 May 1, 1864 69.00 1000
10 McGinn Ditch, 1st Enlg. May 1, 1864 - - 510
11 Andrews & Farwell Ditch Jun 1, 1864 1.33
12 Enterprise Ditch Feb 1, 1865 34.08
13 Leyner Ditch Apr 1, 1865 164.00 600
Reduced by decree in
Cottonwood Ditch Apr 19,1904 30.00
13½ (8) S.Boulder & Bear Creek May 9, 1865 26.41
1st Enlg.
14 Marshalville Ditch Jun 1, 1865 14.76
15 McGinn Ditch, 2nd Enlg Jun 1, 1865 14.06 510
16 (17) Cottonwood Ditch #1 Apr 1, 1866 15.58
17 (18) Enterprise Ditch May 1, 1866 40.76
1st Enlg.
18 (16) Central Ditch May 15,1866 14.36 100
Reduced to 2 2/3ft.at
Lower Boulder cutoff
19 South Ditch Jun 1, 1866 9.16 125
Reduced to 1 ft. at
Lower Boulder cutoff
20 S. Boulder & Bear Creek May 15,1868 54.69
2nd Enlg.
21 South Boulder Canon May 15,1870 26.37 1100
22 Cottonwood Ditch #1 Oct 1, 1870 36.72 1400
1st Enlg.
23 (25) Andrew & Farwell Ditch Apr 1, 1871 7.16 140
1st Enlg.
24 (23) S.Boulder & Bear Creek May 15,1871 129.10 1100
3rd Enlg.
25 (24) South Boulder Canon May 15,1871 192.00 1100
1st Enlg.
26 Davidson Ditch Apr 15,1872 116.30
27 East Boulder,1st Enlg. Jun 1, 1872 127.20 1420
28 South Boulder and Jun 1, 1872 53.55 860
Coal Creek
Priority Name of Ditch Date of Fee Fee Acres
number Appropriation
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29 Goodhue Ditch & Reservoir Jun 1, 1873 30.31 10
30 S.Boulder & Rock Creek Jun 1, 1873 65.93 1900
32 Davidson Ditch,1st Enlg. May 10,1875 8.75 1000
33 Marshalville, 1st Enlg. Jun 30,1878 31.92 450
34 Enterprise, 2nd Enlg. Jun 1, 1881 54.25
BY DECREE DATED DECEMBER 19, 1900
35 (1) Community Ditch Jun 6, 1885 83.30 2670
BY DECREE DATED MARCH 13, 1907
36 (8) Hower Ditch (Slack Creek) Nov 1, 1872 48.60 50