Managed under Superior Court of the State of Arizona order No. 4772 dated 3/23/1909; Hance v. Arnold which resulted in the Rules and Regulations for the operation of the Verde Ditch. The Verde Ditch Commissioners are officers of the court appointed to serve at the pleasure of the court.
Master/Commissioner Information:
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Ditch Master: The Honorable John D. Napper and The Honorable Linda Wallace
Ditch Company Attorney: Rick Maybery District One (Diversion dam to Interstate-17): Al Dupuy, 928-300-4578 District Two (Interstate-17 to Windy Point): Dave Hilbers, 928-451-2560 District Three (Downstream from Windy Point): Jake McCune, 480-993-7591 Commissioners at Large: Frank Contreras, 626-422-1052 and Dale DeVries, 928-640-0526 Commission Officers: Al Dupuy Chairman, Frank Contreras Secretary/Treasurer |
Statement of Claim doc: ADWR #36-76228
Point of Diversion and ditch stats: SE ¼, NE 1/4, S.14 T14N, R4E CFS at head per Verde Ditch weir/pressure transducer measurement: 48.46 Approximate number of users: 650 Approximate canal length: 18 miles |
5000 miner’s inches in a water right filed 03/20/1891, by John Davis, John Wood and James Brown at page 224 of Book 2, Mill sites and Water Rights. “About 100 yards north of Fort Verde Military Reservation and about 400 yards above the Gaddis land” with notice to extend the “Verde Irrigation Canal.”
Service Area (and acres served):
urney Report (1901): 1200 acres served, ditch capacity 1042 miner’s inches.
Hancock Report (1914): 1170 acres served, ditch capacity 1150 miner’s inches.
Hayden Report (1940): 1250 acres served.
VNRCD Report (1997): 1337 acres served.
ADWR Report (2000): 1,110 acres currently served. The estimated annual volume of water consumed by crops irrigated in 1997 was 3,497 acre-feet.
Verde Ditch Company Statement of Claim (1979): 1403.22 acres, utilizing approximately 6 acre-feet per acre annually for a total of 8,418.72 acre-feet annually.
Hancock Report (1914): 1170 acres served, ditch capacity 1150 miner’s inches.
Hayden Report (1940): 1250 acres served.
VNRCD Report (1997): 1337 acres served.
ADWR Report (2000): 1,110 acres currently served. The estimated annual volume of water consumed by crops irrigated in 1997 was 3,497 acre-feet.
Verde Ditch Company Statement of Claim (1979): 1403.22 acres, utilizing approximately 6 acre-feet per acre annually for a total of 8,418.72 acre-feet annually.
History:
Originally constructed in 1868. The lower end of the ditch was added in 1871, and the acreage served increased incrementally (per Hayden report):
600 acres served in 1868
1170 acres served in 1889
1185 acres served in 1898
1245 acres served in 1914
600 acres served in 1868
1170 acres served in 1889
1185 acres served in 1898
1245 acres served in 1914
Hayden Report (1940) calls Verde Ditch Company a corporation, with 10 shares of stock. However, in the 1979 statement of claim, Verde Ditch Company filed as an unincorporated ditch company. No records show up for Verde Ditch Company in the ACC online records.
Hancock, in his 1914 report, says the upper end of the canal was located and built by the Government for Indians and Wales Arnold in 1868. The lower end located and built by R.C. Campbell, John Davis, John Wood, Abe Kuntz, Jackson Thompson, in 1871.
Hancock, in his 1914 report, says the upper end of the canal was located and built by the Government for Indians and Wales Arnold in 1868. The lower end located and built by R.C. Campbell, John Davis, John Wood, Abe Kuntz, Jackson Thompson, in 1871.