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Idaho water rights legal matters

93

IDWR legal matters classified as district court cases, 2026

Source: Idaho Department of Water Resources, IDWR Legal Matters. Data period 2026. Newest release as of .

Number of IDWR legal matters of each type, as of the retrieval date. A snapshot, not an annual series.

Comparison

The largest category is District Court at 93; next is Administrative at 54.

Matters by type

Count

  1. Administrative54
  2. Mitigation Plan48
  3. Supreme Court22
  4. Delivery Call19
  5. Settlements7

Source: IDWR, IDWR Legal Matters.

Data table (5 rows)
Type2026 (count)
Administrative54
Mitigation Plan48
Supreme Court22
Delivery Call19
Settlements7

Filings by year

121 in 2026. Number of individual filings across all IDWR legal matters, by the calendar year of the filing date, excluding two filings whose published date is a typo (see caveats).

Filings by year, 1940 to 2026Filings by year, 1940 to 2026. IDWR filings by year: 2 in 1940, 121 in 2026.05001,0001,50019502000CountFilings by year, 1940 to 2026Filings by year, 1940 to 2026. IDWR filings by year: 2 in 1940, 121 in 2026.05001,0001,50019502000CountFilings by year, 1940 to 2026Filings by year, 1940 to 2026. IDWR filings by year: 2 in 1940, 121 in 2026.05001,0001,50019401960198020002020Count

Source: IDWR, IDWR Legal Matters.

Data table (50 rows)
PeriodIDWR filings by year (count)
19402
19451
19462
19531
19641
19771
19801
19814
19821
19832
198411
198536
198620
19873
19885
19901
19911
19922
19932
19941
199512
19961
19981
20001
200133
20023
200310
200451
2005302
2006102
2007268
2008331
2009428
2010493
2011295
2012470
2013583
2014843
20151,486
2016597
2017908
2018315
2019196
2020339
2021588
2022459
2023919
2024527
2025219
2026121

Source

Organization
Idaho Department of Water Resources
Dataset
IDWR Legal Matters
Geography
Idaho
Time coverage
1940-2026 (filing dates); matter status as of 2026-09-08
Update frequency
Continuous; IDWR updates each matter's page as filings occur
Newest release as of
Original file
https://idwr.idaho.gov/legal-actions/
Methodology
https://idwr.idaho.gov/legal-matters/archived-matters/
License
Idaho public record.
Our copy
IDWR Legal Matters

Caveats

  • Status is the IDWR index (active or archived) the matter appeared on at the retrieval date, not its posture today.
  • Two published filing dates are typos (December 3, 2104, and October 27, 2105, on case CV-2015-1687); both are excluded from filing dates and counts.

Cite as Understand Idaho, “Idaho water rights legal matters”, https://understandidaho.com/water/legal-matters/; cite the publisher above for the figures. See the data catalog.

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