Chautauqua County water rights
22 rights recorded with the state of Kansas
- Surface water
- 17
- Groundwater
- 5
Every right in the county, most senior first
Priority date · senior to junior
- Before 1880
- 1880–1899
- 1900–1919
- 1920–1949
- 1950–1972
- 1973–1999
- 2000 and later
- No priority date
- #1Jun 28, 1945File CQ 2Groundwater · MunicipalCity of Elgin · 50 gpm, 7.67 AF
- #2Nov 4, 1952File 1053Caney River (Caney River) · IrrigationDavid Bohannon & Velma L Kare · 350 gpm, 96 AF
- #3Oct 3, 1963File 9541Harper Creek (Caney) · RecreationDon Selter
- #4Jan 9, 1964File 9680Lake Creek (Caney) · RecreationJamie Dawn King
- #5Feb 18, 1964File 9782Deer Creek (Caney) · Irrigation, RecreationSedan Municipal Golf Course · 470 gpm, 91.5 AF
- #6Nov 5, 1964File 10445Otter Creek 2 (Caney) · MunicipalCity of Caney · 600 AF
- #7Jan 24, 1966File 11580West Branch Grant Creek(Caney) · Domestic, RecreationRecreational File
- #8Dec 6, 1966File 12440North Caney Creek (Caney River) · RecreationQuivira Scout Ranch
- #9Apr 9, 1971File 18033Spring Creek Trib 1 (Caney) · RecreationH W Allen Co LLC
- #10Jan 5, 1972File 18705Groundwater · MunicipalQuivira Scout Ranch · 14 gpm, 4.08 AF
- #11Mar 14, 1991File 40252Caney River (Caney River) · IrrigationLong Time Coming LLC · 470 gpm, 42 AF
- #12Apr 19, 1993File 41021Middle Caney Creek Trib 1(Caney) · IndustrialSedan Floral INC · 250 gpm, 24.55 AF
- #13Aug 23, 1993File 41127Groundwater · MunicipalCity of Cedar Vale · 50 gpm, 34.9 AF
- #14Aug 23, 1993File 41128Groundwater · MunicipalCity of Cedar Vale · 45 gpm, 29.37 AF
- #15Nov 3, 1995File 41880Groundwater · MunicipalCity of Elgin · 40 gpm, 11.14 AF
- #16Feb 3, 2000File 44034Middle Caney Creek Trib 1(Caney) · IndustrialSedan Floral INC · 250 gpm, 140.8 AF
- #17Mar 27, 2001File 44597-ANorth Caney Creek (Caney River) · MunicipalPublic Wholesale Water Supply Dist #20 · 560 AF
- #18Sep 25, 2007File 46873West Branch Grant Creek(Caney) · Sediment controlGrant-Shanghai Watershed Dist #14
- #19May 22, 2008File 47066Harper Creek (Caney) · Sediment controlTwin Caney Watershed Joint Dist #34
- #20Jun 20, 2008File 47092Bee Creek (Caney River) · Sediment controlBee Creek Watershed Joint Dist #15
- #21Aug 4, 2022File 50841Middle Caney River (Caney River) · RecreationKeeling Land & Cattle-Ks/Co LLC · 6,500 gpm, 190 AF
- #22Mar 19, 2024File 51209Middle Caney Creek Trib 5 (Caney) · RecreationKeeling Land & Cattle-Ks/Co LLC · 106 AF