Cherokee County water rights
113 rights recorded with the state of Kansas
- Groundwater
- 66
- Surface water
- 47
Streams and named sources
Each source page lists its rights in priority order, which is the order water is shared out in a shortage.
- Spring River (Spring River)11 · 1945
- Lightning Creek (Neosho)5 · 1970
- Fly Creek (Neosho)4 · 2012
- Cow Creek (Spring)3 · 1983
- Cow Creek Trib 3 (Spring)3 · 2008
- Neosho River (Neosho River)3 · 2021
- Shawnee Creek (Trib 1) Spring River3 · 2007
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 CK 1Groundwater · MunicipalCity of West Mineral · 200 gpm, 18.41 AF
- #2Jun 28, 1945File CK 2Groundwater · MunicipalCity of Columbus · 650 gpm, 368.3 AF
- #3Jun 28, 1945File CK 4Groundwater · MunicipalCity of Weir · 300 gpm, 61.4 AF
- #4Jun 28, 1945File CK 5Groundwater · MunicipalCity of Scammon · 250 gpm, 33.76 AF
- #5Jun 28, 1945File CK 6Groundwater · MunicipalCity of Baxter Springs · 900 gpm, 491 AF
- #6Jun 28, 1945File CK 7Groundwater · MunicipalCity of Galena · 350 gpm, 454.2 AF
- #7Jun 28, 1945File CK 8Groundwater · Fire protection, IndustrialEmpire Dist Electric Co · 80 gpm, 61.38 AF
- #8Jun 28, 1945File CK 10Groundwater · IndustrialEvonik Jayhawk Fine Chemicals Corp · 600 gpm, 138 AF
- #9Jun 28, 1945File CK 11Spring River (Spring River) · Fire protection, MunicipalEvonik Jayhawk Fine Chemicals Corp · 39,100 gpm, 43,196.9 AF
- #10Jun 28, 1945File CK 13Spring River (Spring River) · IndustrialEmpire Dist Electric Co · 100,000 gpm, 105,775.3 AF
- #11May 23, 1950File 657Spring River (Spring River) · IndustrialEmpire Dist Electric Co · 32,000 gpm, 49,296 AF
- #12Nov 15, 1951File 881Spring River (Spring River) · IndustrialEmpire Dist Electric Co · 45,745 gpm, 68,272 AF
- #13Mar 31, 1955File 3804Groundwater · IndustrialEvonik Jayhawk Fine Chemicals Corp · 410 gpm, 194.4 AF
- #14Jan 27, 1956File 5072Groundwater · MunicipalCity of Columbus · 500 gpm, 125.5 AF
- #15Aug 20, 1963File 9464Groundwater · MunicipalCherokee Rwd 01 · 50 gpm, 22.09 AF
- #16Jun 15, 1965File 11152Groundwater · MunicipalCherokee Rwd 02 · 60 gpm, 19.94 AF
- #17Oct 20, 1966File 12320Groundwater · MunicipalCherokee Rwd 03 · 80 gpm, 50.94 AF
- #18Nov 8, 1966File 12358Groundwater · MunicipalCherokee Rwd 04 · 80 gpm, 61.38 AF
- #19Apr 20, 1970File 17202Lightning Creek (Neosho) · IrrigationMarvin P & Sara L Johnston · 630 gpm, 31 AF
- #20Oct 29, 1970File 17567Spring River (Spring River) · MunicipalCity of Baxter Springs · 1,645 gpm, 900.9 AF
- #21Oct 29, 1970File 17568Groundwater · MunicipalCity of Baxter Springs · 500 gpm, 436.7 AF
- #22Aug 1, 1973File 21125Groundwater · MunicipalCity of Columbus · 500 gpm, 613.8 AF
- #23Nov 8, 1974File 23155Groundwater · Fire protection, IndustrialEmpire Dist Electric Co · 150 gpm, 98.41 AF
- #24Nov 8, 1974File 23156Groundwater · MunicipalCity of Weir · 160 gpm, 33.25 AF
- #25Nov 22, 1974File 23199Groundwater · MunicipalCherokee Rwd 02 · 125 gpm, 57.75 AF
- #26Dec 3, 1974File 23230Groundwater · MunicipalCherokee Rwd 04 · 170 gpm, 102.5 AF
- #27Dec 31, 1977File 31148-07Spring River Trib 3 (Spring River) · DomesticPaul Lunderman III · 1.93 AF
- #28Aug 8, 1978File 32041Groundwater · MunicipalCity of Galena · 415 gpm, 580.3 AF
- #29Nov 17, 1978File 32376Groundwater · MunicipalCherokee Rwd 01 · 65 gpm, 11.02 AF
- #30Nov 17, 1978File 32377Groundwater · MunicipalCherokee Rwd 01 · 65 gpm, 29.25 AF
- #31Oct 29, 1979File 33539Groundwater · MunicipalCherokee Rwd 02 · 180 gpm, 27.86 AF
- #32Aug 13, 1980File 34458Groundwater · IrrigationUnified School District #404 · 28 gpm, 1.7 AF
- #33May 11, 1981File 35365Spring River (Spring River) · IrrigationGary Alford & Son · 1,000 gpm, 53 AF
- #34Jul 20, 1981File 35536Spring River (Spring River) · IrrigationJessee Grain · 500 gpm, 46 AF
- #35Mar 29, 1983File 36565Cow Creek (Spring) · IrrigationMeyer Legacy Farms LLC · 250 gpm, 1.8 AF
- #36Jun 21, 1984File 37232Groundwater · MunicipalCherokee Rwd 03 · 315 gpm, 169.4 AF
- #37May 26, 1989File 39452Groundwater · MunicipalCherokee Rwd 08 · 480 gpm, 91.27 AF
- #38May 26, 1989File 39453Groundwater · MunicipalCherokee Rwd 08 · 550 gpm, 104.4 AF
- #39May 26, 1989File 39454Groundwater · Fire protection, IndustrialEmpire Dist Electric Co · 185 gpm, 58.31 AF
- #40May 26, 1989File 39455Groundwater · Fire protection, IndustrialEmpire Dist Electric Co · 185 gpm, 42.16 AF
- #41Mar 8, 1991File 40245Groundwater · MunicipalUnified School District #404 · 670 gpm, 37.78 AF
- #42Nov 13, 1991File 40479Groundwater · IndustrialTodd & Michelle Bottorff · 30 gpm, 8.99 AF
- #43Dec 5, 1991File 40521Groundwater · IndustrialBennie W & Holly J Capron · 35 gpm, 4.54 AF
- #44Jun 29, 1992File 40748Groundwater · MunicipalCity of Scammon · 220 gpm, 46.38 AF
- #45Jul 2, 1992File 40754Groundwater · MunicipalCherokee Rwd 04 · 350 gpm, 51.25 AF
- #46Jul 2, 1992File 40755Groundwater · MunicipalCherokee Rwd 04 · 350 gpm, 94.21 AF
- #47Sep 24, 1992File 40812Groundwater · MunicipalCherokee Rwd 03 · 395 gpm, 115.4 AF
- #48Sep 16, 1993File 41149Groundwater · IrrigationColumbus Country Club · 79 gpm, 5.7 AF
- #49Jan 2, 1996File 41976Groundwater · IndustrialCarroll W Soper · 50 gpm, 3.36 AF
- #50Jun 24, 1996File 42334Groundwater · IndustrialThaddeus Lapp · 32 gpm, 4.32 AF
- #51Feb 10, 2000File 44052Groundwater · MunicipalCrawford Rwd 05 · 400 gpm, 491.0 AF
- #52Mar 3, 2000File 44100Cow Creek (Spring) · IrrigationGreg Mowdy · 1,165 gpm, 5.5 AF
- #53Sep 17, 2003File 45663Cherry Creek Trib 1 (Neosho) · RecreationChemex I Corp
- #54Jan 22, 2004File 45825Neosho River Trib 19 (Neosho) · RecreationUsda Natural Resources Cons Ser
- #55Mar 4, 2004File 45883Spring River (Spring River) · IrrigationJessee Grain · 680 gpm, 68 AF
- #56Jul 13, 2005File 46254Groundwater · MunicipalCity of Baxter Springs · 760 gpm, 436.7 AF
- #57Jul 18, 2005File 46257Groundwater · MunicipalCherokee Rwd 02 · 280 gpm, 105.5 AF
- #58Dec 14, 2005File 46351-BGroundwater · MunicipalCherokee Rwd 03 · 395 gpm, 98.92 AF
- #59Oct 31, 2006File 46608Neosho River Trib 24 (Neosho) · RecreationUsda Natural Resources Cons Ser
- #60Oct 31, 2006File 46609Little Fly Creek (Neosho) · RecreationUsda Natural Resources Cons Ser
- #61Nov 9, 2006File 46626-AGroundwater · MunicipalCherokee Rwd 02 · 325 gpm, 190 AF
- #62Nov 5, 2007File 46896Shawnee Creek (Trib 1) Spring River · RecreationJessee Grain
- #63Jun 23, 2008File 47093Shawnee Creek (Trib 1) Spring River · IrrigationJessee Grain · 750 gpm, 98 AF
- #64Jul 14, 2008File 47107Spring River (Spring River) · IrrigationJessee Grain · 895 gpm, 173 AF
- #65Oct 23, 2008File 47188Cow Creek Trib 3 (Spring) · Irrigation, RecreationJessee Grain · 1,200 gpm, 123 AF
- #66May 5, 2010File 47524-AGroundwater · MunicipalUnified School District #404 · 750 gpm, 16.57 AF
- #67Sep 16, 2010File 47598-AGroundwater · MunicipalCity of Baxter Springs · 760 gpm, 320.0 AF
- #68Feb 24, 2011File 47722Groundwater · RecreationKim Shira · 70 gpm, 16 AF
- #69Apr 19, 2011File 47765Groundwater · MunicipalCherokee Rwd 01 · 200 gpm, 100 AF
- #70Apr 19, 2011File 47766Groundwater · MunicipalCherokee Rwd 01 · 200 gpm, 100 AF
- #71Oct 17, 2011File 47961Neosho River Trib 24A1 (Neosho) · RecreationUsda Natural Resources Cons Ser
- #72Jan 9, 2012File 48035Groundwater · IrrigationUnified School District #404 · 99 gpm, 23.4 AF
- #73Feb 22, 2012File 48079Fly Creek (Neosho) · RecreationUsda Natural Resources Cons Ser
- #74Aug 29, 2012File 48259Shawnee Creek Trib 3 (Spring River) · IrrigationPoverty Farms LLC · 785 gpm, 47 AF
- #75Aug 29, 2012File 48260Cow Creek Trib 3 (Spring) · IrrigationJessee Grain · 1,200 gpm, 40 AF
- #76Mar 6, 2013File 48520Cow Creek Trib 3 (Spring) · IrrigationJessee Grain · 1,200 gpm, 36 AF
- #77May 2, 2013File 48628Groundwater · IndustrialObrien Ready Mix · 40 gpm, 6.14 AF
- #78Jan 21, 2014File 48938Groundwater · IrrigationJessee Living Trust · 750 gpm, 122 AF
- #79Nov 4, 2014File 49204Groundwater · IndustrialObrien Ready Mix · 46 gpm, 6.14 AF
- #80Dec 23, 2014File 49239Groundwater · IndustrialCarroll W Soper · 8 gpm, 5.51 AF
- #81Mar 2, 2015File 49327Shawnee Creek (Trib 1) Spring River · IrrigationJessee Grain · 1,400 gpm, 100 AF
- #82Jun 19, 2015File 49413Groundwater · IrrigationJohn C & Kenna S Hutto · 2,400 gpm, 396 AF
- #83Jun 19, 2015File 49414Groundwater · IrrigationJohn C & Kenna S Hutto · 2,400 gpm, 396 AF
- #84Oct 5, 2015File 49472Cow Creek (Spring) · IrrigationGreg Mowdy · 1,300 gpm, 174 AF
- #85Nov 4, 2015File 49497Groundwater · IrrigationPoverty Farms LLC · 910 gpm, 319 AF
- #86Oct 24, 2016File 49720Groundwater · MunicipalCherokee Rwd 08 · 600 gpm, 153.4 AF
- #87Dec 15, 2016File 49744Groundwater · IndustrialMonty Cudney · 300 gpm, 240.8 AF
- #88Apr 21, 2017File 49827Groundwater · MunicipalCherokee Rwd 09 · 800 gpm, 162.7 AF
- #89Mar 5, 2018File 50002Groundwater · IndustrialObrien Ready Mix · 100 gpm, 18.41 AF
- #90Oct 9, 2018File 50143Groundwater · IrrigationJohn C & Kenna S Hutto · 2,000 gpm, 580 AF
- #91Dec 23, 2020File 50494Groundwater · IndustrialEmpire Dist Electric Co · 600 gpm, 100.5 AF
- #92Mar 16, 2021File 50538Neosho River (Neosho River) · RecreationKktgc Holding Trust · 6,500 gpm, 150 AF
- #93Dec 6, 2023File 51150Lightning Creek (Neosho) · RecreationJoseph Smith · 5,000 gpm, 52 AF
- #94Dec 6, 2023File 51151Lightning Creek Trib 9 (Neosho) · RecreationJoseph Smith
- #95May 8, 2024File 51237Neosho River (Neosho River) · RecreationKkr Holdings Chetopa LLC
- #96Sep 25, 2024File 51322Cherry Creek (Neosho) · RecreationMartin Family Revocable Living Trust · 5,000 gpm, 37 AF
- #97Nov 25, 2024File 20240228Cherry Creek (Neosho) · RecreationMartin Family Revocable Living Trust · 5,000 gpm, 12.28 AF
- #98Dec 11, 2024File 51374Little Cherry Creek (Neosho) · RecreationDax Weindorf · 5,000 gpm, 32.4 AF
- #99Dec 13, 2024File 51378Little Fly Creek (Neosho) · RecreationMyers Farms INC · 5,000 gpm, 79 AF
- #100Dec 13, 2024File 51377Fly Creek Trib 1 (Neosho) · RecreationFive Wise Investments LLC
- #101Apr 14, 2025File 51472Spring River (Spring River) · IrrigationJessee Grain · 1,200 gpm, 178.3 AF
- #102Apr 14, 2025File 51473Groundwater · IrrigationJessee Living Trust · 3,000 gpm, 662 AF
- #103May 20, 2025File 51499Lightning Creek (Neosho) · RecreationJusten Moore · 4,000 gpm, 150 AF
- #104Jul 25, 2025File 51539Spring River (Spring River) · RecreationMarsh Farms LLC · 5,000 gpm, 56.4 AF
- #105Aug 18, 2025File 51556Fly Creek (Neosho) · RecreationMartin Family Revocable Living Trust · 5,000 gpm, 180 AF
- #106Aug 18, 2025File 51557Fly Creek (Neosho) · RecreationMartin Family Revocable Living Trust · 44.32 AF
- #107Aug 28, 2025File 51565Wolf Creek 1 Trib 1 (Neosho) · RecreationRowpop LLC · 5,000 gpm, 68.1 AF
- #108Aug 28, 2025File 51566Wolf Creek (Neosho) · RecreationRowpop LLC · 27 AF
- #109Sep 15, 2025File 51576Groundwater · IrrigationColumbus Country Club · 85 gpm, 30 AF
- #110Oct 20, 2025File 20250239Lightning Creek (Neosho) · RecreationDamon R Johnson · 250 gpm, 12.28 AF
- #111Jul 30, 2026File 51718Fly Creek (Neosho) · RecreationRyan Caballero · 1,000 gpm, 34.13 AF
- #112Aug 6, 2026File 51724Lightning Creek (Neosho) · RecreationJoseph Smith · 5,000 gpm, 59.1 AF
- #113Aug 21, 2026File 51734Neosho River (Neosho River) · RecreationBen Fuller · 1,000 gpm, 1.91 AF