The Lone Cabin Ditch and Reservoir Company has been operating since the 1890's and was incorporated in 1904.Our water originates as snowpack in the West Elks Mountains and our ditch travels through National Forest, BLM, Roeber SWA, and Private Lands.  

 

The system serves 17 shareholders/farms via 17.2 miles of open ditch, which includes two water intake diversions on Minnesota Creek's Lake Fork, three lateral ditches on Lamborn Mesa, and 15 user takeouts.   The system also Incudes a Trade/Transfer Ditch 24,171 feet in length and a secondary collection ditch called the Highline Ditch 14,250 ft above and to the southeast of Lone Cabin Reservoir.  The above Ditch systems both access Beaver Reservoir and irrigates a total of approximately 1000 acres of farmland.  Lone Cabin Ditch and Reservoir Company is a shareholder in the Beaver Reservoir Company.  Pat Cowger Currently Represents us on the Board of Directors of the Beaver Reservoir Company.

 

 To see the directory of shareholders on google drive, click HERE.