Ellsworth County water rights
61 rights recorded with the state of Kansas
- Groundwater
- 47
- Surface water
- 14
Streams and named sources
Each source page lists its rights in priority order, which is the order water is shared out in a shortage.
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 EW 1Groundwater · MunicipalCity of Kanopolis · 450 gpm, 122.8 AF
- #2Jun 28, 1945File EW 2Groundwater · MunicipalCity of Ellsworth · 800 gpm, 184.1 AF
- #3Jun 28, 1945File EW 3Groundwater · MunicipalCity of Geneseo · 150 gpm, 76.72 AF
- #4Jun 28, 1945File EW 4Groundwater · MunicipalCity of Lorraine · 200 gpm, 36.83 AF
- #5Jun 28, 1945File EW 6Groundwater · MunicipalCity of Holyrood · 250 gpm, 42.96 AF
- #6Jun 28, 1945File EW 10Smoky Hill River (Smoky Hill River) · IrrigationJohn L & Danielle Jo Kasper · 340 gpm, 12 AF
- #7Jun 28, 1945File EW 17-5Smoky Hill River Trib 18 (Smoky Hill) · DomesticEdward Schneider · 0.84 AF
- #8May 23, 1955File 4098Smoky Hill River (Smoky Hill River) · IrrigationTom Buffington · 700 gpm, 104 AF
- #9Aug 16, 1955File 4392Smoky Hill River (Smoky Hill River) · IrrigationJohnson 4K Farms LLC · 1,000 gpm, 80 AF
- #10Feb 14, 1961File 8589Groundwater · IndustrialOneok Hydrocarbon LP · 800 gpm, 524.8 AF
- #11Jul 27, 1964File 10207Smoky Hill River (Smoky Hill River) · IrrigationDarrel & Mari Loder · 1,100 gpm, 120 AF
- #12Aug 18, 1965File 11294Groundwater · IndustrialOneok Hydrocarbon LP · 398 gpm, 710.4 AF
- #13Mar 8, 1967File 12885Groundwater · MunicipalCity of Ellsworth · 233 gpm, 356.0 AF
- #14Nov 3, 1967File 14014Groundwater · IrrigationFarmers National Co · 750 gpm, 180 AF
- #15Jul 22, 1968File 15479Groundwater · IrrigationFarmers National Co · 700 gpm, 135 AF
- #16Jan 2, 1970File 16879-01Smoky Hill River Trib 18 (Smoky Hill) · DomesticGary Donley · 1.39 AF
- #17Feb 11, 1976File 25803Smoky Hill River (Smoky Hill River) · IrrigationRobert D Jr & Julie a Nienke · 1,000 gpm, 90 AF
- #18Dec 16, 1976File 28072Groundwater · IrrigationJanet Splitter · 650 gpm, 165 AF
- #19Nov 25, 1979File 33643-01Groundwater · StockwaterKenneth J Penner · 30 gpm, 19.06 AF
- #20Dec 28, 1979File 33739Groundwater · IrrigationJanet Splitter · 650 gpm, 165 AF
- #21May 7, 1980File 34155Groundwater · IrrigationRobert D Jr & Julie a Nienke · 600 gpm, 60 AF
- #22May 5, 1982File 36072Mulberry Creek (Saline) · IrrigationHenry & Elizabeth M Diehl · 235 gpm, 5 AF
- #23Dec 17, 1982File 36363Groundwater · MunicipalCity of Wilson · 200 gpm, 149.9 AF
- #24Jan 22, 1987File 38445Groundwater · MunicipalCity of Holyrood · 140 gpm, 34.06 AF
- #25Jan 22, 1987File 38446Groundwater · MunicipalCity of Holyrood · 210 gpm, 59.05 AF
- #26Jan 22, 1987File 38447Groundwater · MunicipalCity of Holyrood · 21 gpm, 6.81 AF
- #27Mar 11, 1988File 38775Groundwater · MunicipalCity of Ellsworth · 185 gpm, 139.9 AF
- #28Mar 11, 1988File 38776Groundwater · MunicipalCity of Ellsworth · 225 gpm, 141.2 AF
- #29Jun 14, 1989File 39498Groundwater · MunicipalKanopolanes Trailer Court · 16 gpm, 5.82 AF
- #30Dec 31, 1989File 39817-05Groundwater · DomesticMattas Farms LLC · 12 gpm, 2.7 AF
- #31Aug 15, 1990File 40057Groundwater · MunicipalCity of Wilson · 190 gpm, 125.5 AF
- #32Nov 18, 1993File 41204Groundwater · MunicipalCity of Holyrood · 195 gpm, 39.73 AF
- #33Sep 27, 1994File 949148Groundwater · Contamination remediationOneok Hydrocarbon LP · 531 gpm, 850 AF
- #34Dec 16, 1998File 43618Groundwater · IrrigationMatthew Toll · 415 gpm, 144 AF
- #35Aug 2, 2000File 44291Groundwater · DewateringKci Incorporated · 5 gpm, 5.12 AF
- #36Aug 7, 2000File 44296Groundwater · DewateringKci Incorporated · 5 gpm, 5.21 AF
- #37Jun 15, 2001File 44685Mud Creek 2 Trib 1 (Smoky Hill) · RecreationDavid & Patricia Ruetz
- #38Aug 5, 2004File 46010Groundwater · Stockwater4 S Feeders · 50 gpm, 22.63 AF
- #39Jul 15, 2005File 46255Wolf Creek Trib 2 (Smoky Hill) · RecreationCity of Holyrood
- #40Aug 10, 2006File 46537-01Groundwater · DomesticDon Svaty · 1.5 gpm, 0.31 AF
- #41Sep 25, 2009File 20099080Groundwater · Contamination remediationCashco INC · 10 gpm, 16 AF
- #42Dec 23, 2010File 47666Groundwater · IrrigationMichael D Homeier · 715 gpm, 100 AF
- #43Dec 23, 2010File 47667Groundwater · IrrigationGordon L Homeier Rev Trust · 800 gpm, 126 AF
- #44Dec 23, 2010File 47669Groundwater · IrrigationGordon L Homeier Rev Trust · 635 gpm, 120 AF
- #45Jun 14, 2013File 48675Groundwater · IrrigationGordon L Homeier Rev Trust · 800 gpm, 128 AF
- #46Aug 19, 2013File 48761Wiley Creek (Smoky Hill) · RecreationWilliam C Hoffman Gste Share Etal
- #47Aug 19, 2013File 48762Wiley Creek (Smoky Hill) · RecreationWilliam C Hoffman Gste Share Etal
- #48Oct 7, 2015File 49476-05Groundwater · DomesticGlenn Walker · 10 gpm, 1.41 AF
- #49Oct 7, 2015File 49477-05Groundwater · DomesticGlenn Walker · 3 gpm, 4.31 AF
- #50Aug 11, 2017File 49889Groundwater · MunicipalCity of Kanopolis · 800 gpm, 122.8 AF
- #51Aug 9, 2018File 50099Groundwater · IndustrialOneok Hydrocarbon LP · 350 gpm, 282.3 AF
- #52Aug 9, 2018File 50100Groundwater · IndustrialOneok Hydrocarbon LP · 650 gpm, 524.8 AF
- #53Aug 9, 2018File 50101Groundwater · IndustrialOneok Hydrocarbon LP · 350 gpm, 282.3 AF
- #54Jan 15, 2020File 50334Smoky Hill River (Smoky Hill River) · RecreationKansas Dept of Wildlife & Parks
- #55Jan 28, 2022File 50710Groundwater · IrrigationMaxx LLC - Series 1 · 800 gpm, 208 AF
- #56Feb 9, 2022File 20229011Groundwater · IndustrialMai Oil Operations INC · 15 gpm, 21.21 AF
- #57Mar 4, 2022File 50733Groundwater · IrrigationColten Deutsch · 1,600 gpm, 390 AF
- #58Mar 28, 2022File 50756Groundwater · IrrigationDustin L & Christi Schubert (Jt) · 800 gpm, 195 AF
- #59Mar 11, 2024File 51198Groundwater · IrrigationMichael D Homeier · 800 gpm, 208 AF
- #60Mar 11, 2024File 51200Groundwater · IndustrialGalen D & Stacey Deutsch · 300 gpm, 1.02 AF
- #61Dec 26, 2024File 51387Smoky Hill River (Smoky Hill River) · RecreationKansas Dept of Wildlife & Parks · 10,000 gpm, 1,407 AF