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Ditch 1
Watershed: 629 acres
Benefit: 320 acres
Benefit value: $4,845
Established: June 11, 1900
Redetermined: No
Ditch 2
Watershed: 440 acres
Benefit: 170 acres
Benefit value: $1,210
Established: July 9, 1901
Redetermined: No
Ditch 3
Watershed: 509 acres
Benefit: 112 acres
Benefit value: $336
Established: July 9, 1901
Redetermined: No
Ditch 4
Watershed: 1,760 acres
Benefit: 990 acres
Benefit value: $4,363
Established: January 30, 1901
Redetermined: October 4, 2001
Ditch 5/68/36
Watershed: 19,279 acres
Benefit: 12,900 acres
Benefit value: $1,214,769
Established: June 8, 1903
Redetermined: April 5, 2016
Ditch 8
Watershed: 5,529 acres
Benefit: 5,048 acres
Benefit value: $733,881
Established: March 17, 1902
Redetermined: October 10, 2017
Ditch 10
Watershed: 769 acres
Benefit: 672 acres
Benefit value: $3,502
Established: June 24, 1905
Redetermined: In progress
Ditch 11
Watershed: 740 acres
Benefit: 417 acres
Benefit value: $2,385
Established: June 24, 1905
Redetermined: In progress
Ditch 12
Watershed: 4,821 acres
Benefit: 3,071 acres
Benefit value: $866,884
Established: June 2, 1906
Redetermined: January 9, 2024
Ditch 13
Watershed: 3,341 acres
Benefit: 1,414 acres
Benefit value: $247,036
Established: November 25, 1905
Redetermined: Yes; agreement not signed
Ditch 14
Watershed: 752 acres
Benefit: 193 acres
Benefit value: $4,954
Established: January 26, 1906
Redetermined: In progress
Ditch 15/28
Watershed: 17,518 acres
Benefit: 12,783 acres
Benefit value: $17,969,736
Established: February 9, 1906
Redetermined: No
Ditch 16
Watershed: 1,541 acres
Benefit: 356 acres
Benefit value: $2,108
Established: June 1, 1906
Redetermined: Yes
Ditch 17
Watershed: 7,981 acres
Benefit: 5,924 acres
Benefit value: $1,694,487
Established: October 13, 1906
Redetermined: September 24, 2019
Ditch 18/37
Watershed: 5,702 acres
Benefit: 4,864 acres
Benefit value: $1,427,131
Established: October 14, 1906
Redetermined: August 18, 2015
Ditch 19
Watershed: 4,564 acres
Benefit: 3,234 acres
Benefit value: $951,407
Established: October 12, 1906
Redetermined: Yes; agreement not signed
Ditch 20
Watershed: 579 acres
Benefit: 242 acres
Benefit value: $2,804
Established: October 15, 1906
Redetermined: No
Ditch 21
Watershed: 11,431 acres
Benefit: 972 acres
Benefit value: $21,635
Established: October 1, 1907
Redetermined: June 24, 1996
Ditch 23
Watershed: 17,874 acres
Benefit: 14,126 acres
Benefit value: $12,983,688
Established: December 5, 1906
Redetermined: August 18, 2015
Ditch 24
Watershed: 4,059 acres
Benefit: 2,635 acres
Benefit value: $16,153
Established: July 12, 1907
Redetermined: No
Ditch 25
Watershed: 7,801 acres
Benefit: 7,274 acres
Benefit value: $24,291,164
Established: June 13, 1910
Redetermined: Yes
Ditch 27
Watershed: 920 acres
Benefit: 445 acres
Benefit value: $3,113
Established: November 24, 1906
Redetermined: No
Ditch 29
Watershed: 3,261 acres
Benefit: 2,433 acres
Benefit value: $476,165
Established: May 24, 1907
Redetermined: October 10, 2017
Ditch 30
Watershed: 3,089 acres
Benefit: 2,433 acres
Benefit value: $677,371
Established: September 9, 2024
Redetermined: September 27, 2016
Ditch 31
Watershed: 450 acres
Benefit: 76 acres
Benefit value: $2,868
Established: August 16, 1907
Redetermined: In progress
Ditch 32
Watershed: 969 acres
Benefit: 778 acres
Benefit value: $52,796
Established: October 3, 1907
Redetermined: In progress
Ditch 38
Watershed: 2,999 acres
Benefit: 1,241 acres
Benefit value: $11,081
Established: May 13, 1908
Redetermined: Yes
Ditch 39
Watershed: 2,600 acres
Benefit: 2,130 acres
Benefit value: $7,502
Established: May 5, 1908
Redetermined: In progress
Ditch 40
Watershed: 965 acres
Benefit: 477 acres
Benefit value: $4,111
Established: May 14, 1908
Redetermined: No
Ditch 41/65
Watershed: 15,937 acres
Benefit: 12,787 acres
Benefit value: $455,825
Established: January 4, 1908
Redetermined: February 1, 2011
Ditch 42
Watershed: 506 acres
Benefit: 123 acres
Benefit value: $3,493
Established: August 5, 1909
Redetermined: No
Ditch 43 – Dismissed
Watershed: 1,074 acres
Benefit: 116 acres
Benefit value: $8,657
Established: March 15, 1910
Redetermined: March 12, 2025
Ditch 44
Watershed: 5,071 acres
Benefit: 3,706 acres
Benefit value: $2,916,415
Established: April 18, 1911
Redetermined: December 22, 2015
Ditch 45
Watershed: 5,077 acres
Benefit: 4,052 acres
Benefit value: $349,646
Established: November 28, 1911
Redetermined: Yes
Ditch 46
Watershed: 93 acres
Benefit: 31 acres
Benefit value: $1,950
Established: November 27, 1914
Redetermined: No
Ditch 47
Watershed: 320 acres
Benefit: 49 acres
Benefit value: $2,375
Redetermined: In progress
Ditch 48
Watershed: 4,251 acres
Benefit: 3,188 acres
Benefit value: $428,322
Established: April 23, 1915
Redetermined: February 6, 2018
Ditch 49
Watershed: 5,995 acres
Benefit: 4,854 acres
Benefit value: $472,083
Established: June 29, 1915
Redetermined: April 23, 2024
Ditch 50
Watershed: 4,489 acres
Benefit: 4,042 acres
Benefit value: $1,508,881
Established: August 13, 1915
Redetermined: Yes
Ditch 51
Watershed: 1,057 acres
Benefit: 265 acres
Benefit value: $8,625
Established: November 19, 1915
Redetermined: No
Ditch 52
Watershed: 8,861 acres
Benefit: 7,221 acres
Benefit value: $747,672
Established: April 18, 1916
Redetermined: November 5, 2019
Ditch 53
Watershed: 440 acres
Benefit: 157 acres
Benefit value: $5,213
Established: December 22, 1915
Redetermined: Yes
Ditch 54
Watershed: 1,156 acres
Benefit: 366 acres
Benefit value: $11,863
Established: June 2, 1916
Redetermined: No
Ditch 55
Watershed: 5,793 acres
Benefit: 3,979 acres
Benefit value: $448,191
Established: June 6, 1916
Redetermined: May 8, 2018
Ditch 56
Watershed: 3,451 acres
Benefit: 1,152 acres
Benefit value: $28,178
Established: July 6, 1916
Redetermined: In progress
Ditch 58
Watershed: 5,685 acres
Benefit: 4,939 acres
Benefit value: $746,580
Established: May 20, 1916
Redetermined: September 27, 2016
Ditch 59
Watershed: 551 acres
Benefit: 172 acres
Benefit value: $5,670
Established: July 13, 1917
Redetermined: No
Ditch 62
Watershed: 436 acres
Benefit: 100 acres
Benefit value: $4,433
Established: August 7, 1917
Redetermined: No
Ditch 63
Watershed: 1,597 acres
Benefit: 373 acres
Benefit value: $23,164
Established: November 2, 1917
Redetermined: No
Ditch 64
Watershed: 2,868 acres
Benefit: 2,664 acres
Benefit value: $947,759
Established: October 15, 1917
Redetermined: October 10, 2023
Ditch 70
Watershed: 3,351 acres
Benefit: 3,185 acres
Benefit value: $2,996,929
Established: April 27, 1923
Redetermined: February 23, 2016
Judicial Ditch 1
Redetermined: No
Judicial Ditch 2
Redetermined: No
Judicial Ditch 3
Redetermined: No
Judicial Ditch 4
Redetermined: No
Judicial Ditch 5
Redetermined: No
Judicial Ditch 2 (Joint w/ Wadena Co.)
Redetermined: No