**AWARDS ISSUED PRIOR TO JANUARY 20, 2025, WERE FUNDED UNDER PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATIONS AND MAY NOT REFLECT THE PRIORITIES AND POLICIES OF THE CURRENT ADMINISTRATION.** IN THE COLORADO RIVER BASIN (CRB), IRRIGATION IS ESSENTIAL FOR AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION BUT IS THREATENED BY INCREASINGLY COMMON DROUGHT EVENTS. IRRIGATION IS FURTHER COMPLICATED BY THE WATER RIGHTS SYSTEM IN WESTERN US STATES, WHERE, DURING WATER-LIMITED YEARS, SENIOR WATER RIGHTS HOLDERS CAN EXTRACT THEIR FULL WATER ALLOWANCE WHILE JUNIOR WATER RIGHTS HOLDERS GET THE REMAINDER. UNFORTUNATELY, THE WATER RIGHTS SYSTEM IN THE CRB MAY AGGRAVATE SOCIAL INEQUITIES, ESPECIALLY TOWARDS MARGINALIZED GROUPS LIKE NATIVE AMERICAN AND HISPANIC/LATINX FARMERS. IN THIS STUDY, WE AIM TO UNCOVER THE SOCIAL DIMENSIONS BEHIND CLIMATE VULNERABILITY FOR FARMERS IN THE CRB AND THE STATE OF COLORADO. IN OUR FIRST ANALYSIS, WE WILL ANALYZE COUNTY-LEVEL RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN IRRIGATION EXTENT, CROP PRODUCTION, SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS, AND CLIMATE TRENDS IN THE CRB BETWEEN 1986-2018. FOR OUR SECOND ANALYSIS, WE WILL FOCUS ON THE STATE OF COLORADO AND CONDUCT ANALYSES AT THE CENSUS TRACT AND FIELD LEVELS USING THE DETAILED AND HISTORICAL WATER RIGHTS AND DIVERSION DATA AVAILABLE FOR THIS STATE. WE WILL ASSESS THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN WATER RIGHTS AND DEMOGRAPHICS AND THE IMPACTS OF WATER RIGHTS ON IRRIGATION EXTENT AND CROP PRODUCTION. FINALLY, WE WILL CREATE A USER-FRIENDLY AND INTERACTIVE ONLINE MAP RESOURCE DEMONSTRATING SPATIAL VULNERABILITY OF PRODUCERS TO DROUGHT. THIS RESOURCE WILL BE USEFUL FOR A RANGE OF AUDIENCES, INCLUDING RESEARCHERS, NGOS, POLICY MAKERS, AND LAND MANAGERS, WHO ARE INTERESTED IN THE SPATIAL RELATIONSHIPS AND OVERLAP AMONG SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS, WATER AVAILABILITY, IRRIGATION, AND CROP PRODUCTION. OUR STUDY WILL DEMONSTRATE TO WHAT EXTENT CLIMATE CHANGE DISPROPORTIONATELY AFFECTS MARGINALIZED AGRICULTURAL COMMUNITIES IN THE CRB AND COLORADO, AND WE HOPE OUR RESULTS WILL INFORM CLIMATE ADAPTATION PLANS (SUCH AS FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE OR WATER INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS).