Teton River Distribution Project

The Teton River Distribution Project was created by 9th and 12th Judicial Districts Court for the 2017 irrigation season. Water users throughout the basin petitioned for the appointment of water commissioners in 2016. In its inaugural irrigation season, the project proved to be a success based on comments received from water users throughout the basin. Public meetings will be held in the October and November 2017 to address any and all issues that arise during the 2017 administrative effort.

This website is set up in a blog format. Chief Water Commissioner Peter Fritsch is authorized to post photos and comments on stream conditions, priority date cutoffs, etc. Water users may post questions to the blog that will be answered as quickly as possible. This website is an effort to create transparency and effective decision making on behalf of the Teton River Distribution Project.

Teton River Streamflow Quick Links
Upper Teton River USGS Realtime Gauge
Middle Teton River USGS Realtime Gauge
Lower Teton River USGS Realtime Gauge
Teton River Below Hwy 221 Realtime Gauge - Realtime
Teton River above Springhill Reach – Realtime

Deep Creek at Pishkun Bridge

Teton River at Buck Bridge

These last three gauges are updated manually by Aaron Fiaschetti on a weekly basis depending on his schedule.

Lower Spring Creek
Upper Spring Creek
Teton River below Hwy 287, above Deep Creek

Daily Average Streamflow Website

Friday, October 19, 2018

Fall Zone Meeting dates, times, and locations

All zone meetings are closed to the public but open to Teton River water users from any zone that wish to attend.  The one public meeting is set out below.

Zone 1 Lower Teton River Meeting
Thursday, November 1st - 6pm at the Search and Rescue building in Fort Benton, MT

Zone 2 Upper Teton River Meeting
Wednesday, November 7th - 5pm at the Stagecoach Inn in Choteau, MT

Zone 3 Muddy Creek Meeting
Thursday, November 8th - 6pm John Henry's Back Meeting Room in Choteau, MT

Zone 4 Deep Creek Meeting
Tuesday, November 13th - 6pm John Henry's Back Meeting Room in Choteau, MT

Zone 6 Farmington Bench Meeting
Wednesday, November 7th - 2pm at the Stagecoach Inn in Choteau, MT

Public Meeting open to all
DNRC will be presenting river flow information gathered from the 2018 irrigation season and more.
Wednesday, November 7th - 7pm at the Stagecoach Inn in Choteau, MT

Wednesday, October 10, 2018

Zone Meeting Information Post - 1st update

I have begun coordinating the fall 2018 zone meetings.  I arrived at a firm date for the lower Teton River meeting in Fort Benton for Thursday, November 1st.  Still working on the location, but likely it will be the same as last year.

I am working to schedule the upper river meetings and will be reaching out to water users and venues in the next few days.  I will inform the Acantha of the dates when they are finalized, post them here, and will coordinate with Lisa on a possible post card mailing.

The plan at this point is for Aaron Fiaschetti to attend the Zone 2 - Upper Teton River zone meeting and present all of his flow data for the 2018 season.  Aaron will also attend the Zone 1 meeting in Fort Benton, but not the tributary meetings at this point.

As a result, a portion of the upper river meeting will be open to all zone water users, the Acantha, and the public at large.  Jim Bouma was kind enough to provide the Stagecoach for the venue. 

Likely, the smaller zone meetings will be held in the back room of John Henry's and not open to the public.  A private zone 2 meeting will occur too - either before or after the public meeting at the Stagecoach.

Please contact me if you have any concerns about the details above or suggestions about meeting dates and times.  With the exception of the Lower Teton River meeting, nothing is set in stone as of yet.


September 2018 Records of Distribution

Zone 1 ROD

Zone 2 ROD

Zone 3 ROD

Zone 4 ROD

Zone 5 ROD