Lockwood Irrigation District

Lockwood Irrigation District A Yellowstone County irrigation district established in 1907. Providing irrigation water to the Lockwood community since its first season in 1914.

To provide updated information to property owners/irrigation users within the boundaries of the Lockwood Irrigation District. Since 1913, water is pumped 60' (for the lower canal) and 100' (for the upper canal) above the pump station on the Yellowstone River. All property owners within the District are responsible for the maintenance of the distribution system- the lateral ditches as they run thro

ugh various properties. The District maintains the two main canals and property owners adjacent to the canal must provide for a 15' maintenance easement on either side of the canals. Board meetings are held the third Wednesday of the month at 7:00 PM at the LWSD Office, 1644 Old Hardin Road and are always open to the public. Past Board meeting minutes are available to the public and are posted on the Yellowstone County website.

2026 Pumping Season is scheduled to start the day after Memorial Day, May 26th. The new Pump Station will be tested and ...
03/22/2026

2026 Pumping Season is scheduled to start the day after Memorial Day, May 26th. The new Pump Station will be tested and commissioned the week prior-May 18th-22nd. A few items remain to be completed-two sections of safety railing on the original lower intake deck, final coating on the lift pipe as it leaves the new pump station and electrical connections in the main power breaker to the new station, and 60' canl actuator valve. Photos show the new Pump Station to the south of the original Pump House with the three 200 HP motors attached to submersible pumps below in the wet well. Electronics including the varible frequency drives are located in the metal cabnet to the east. A steel canopy & ventilated sides will be installed later this summer. The intake headgates will be opened soon to allow the intake to flush out before closing the south discharge gate to bring the intake water level at the pump station to about 8 feet.

Yesterday morning the District's new Watertronics Pump Station arrived by truck from the Wisconsin plant for installatio...
10/10/2025

Yesterday morning the District's new Watertronics Pump Station arrived by truck from the Wisconsin plant for installation on the recently constructed wet well. A Watertronics representative was on site to work with contractor Askin Construction to install the skid, pumps and motors. Photos show the unloaded motors and pumps at the East Bridge boat ramp parking area, transporting the main skid unit from the truck to the mounting pad and wet well, and installing the pumps and motors on the skid.

08/05/2025

UPDATE: Pumps were started this morning, August 5th at 5:45 AM to both canals. As of 2:00 PM today, water in the 100' canal is between Mitzi and Noblewood and in the 60' canal between Greenwood and Rykken.

Reminder that canals will be shut down from August 1st-4th for moss control depending on results. Photos show moss build...
07/30/2025

Reminder that canals will be shut down from August 1st-4th for moss control depending on results. Photos show moss buildup after just two days on 100' canal trash racks at Noblewood and Marie last Monday. July 25th, Yellowstone County News ad.

07/20/2025

A reminder that this pumping season will be shortened by two weeks to allow for additional construction time for the installation of our new submersible pumps, electrical controls and discharge pipe connections. Shutdown date for the 2025 pumping season is September 1st.
Shutdown for Moss Control is to start August 1st. The restart date is tentatively scheduled for August 5th.

Address

P. O. Box 3292
Billings, MT
59103

Telephone

671-4633

Website

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