Greenwood County water rights
52 rights recorded with the state of Kansas
- Surface water
- 48
- Groundwater
- 4
Streams and named sources
Each source page lists its rights in priority order, which is the order water is shared out in a shortage.
- Otis Creek (Fall)5 · 1945
- Verdigris River (Verdigris River)4 · 1960
- Holderman Creek (Verdigris)3 · 1969
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 GW 1Bachelor Creek (Verdigris) · MunicipalCity of Eureka · 600 gpm, 352.9 AF
- #2Jun 28, 1945File GW 24-5Otis Creek (Fall) · DomesticDale & Debra Dunning · 1.01 AF
- #3Jun 28, 1945File GW 25-5West Branch Fall River (Fall River) · DomesticDale & Debra Dunning · 1.01 AF
- #4Jan 5, 1950File 589Swing Creek (Fall) · IndustrialWarhorse Petroleum INC · 291.7 gpm, 470.5 AF
- #5Oct 4, 1954File 3009Bachelor Creek (Verdigris) · MunicipalCity of Eureka · 781 gpm, 287 AF
- #6Aug 2, 1960File 8443Verdigris River (Verdigris River) · IrrigationDrew E Huber · 1,500 gpm, 84 AF
- #7Feb 2, 1967File 12663Otis Creek (Fall) · MunicipalCity of Eureka · 1,050 gpm, 641.0 AF
- #8Sep 6, 1968File 15666Groundwater · MunicipalScout Ranch LLC · 25 gpm, 5.52 AF
- #9Oct 14, 1968File 15763-02Coon Creek (Fall) · DomesticDalebanks Angus INC
- #10Oct 14, 1968File 15764-09East Branch Fall River (Fall River) · DomesticLinda Teter Hendrickson
- #11Oct 14, 1968File 15764-08East Branch Fall River Trib 2 (Fall River) · DomesticLinda Teter Hendrickson
- #12Oct 14, 1968File 15764-07East Branch Fall River Trib 1 (Fall River) · DomesticLinda Teter Hendrickson
- #13Oct 14, 1968File 15764-06Middle Creek Trib 1A (Cotton) · DomesticBeverly J Tipton
- #14Oct 14, 1968File 15764-03West Branch Fall River (Fall River) · DomesticChris A & Kristina A Martinsen
- #15Oct 14, 1968File 15764-02West Branch Fall River Trib 1 (Fall River) · DomesticMary L Young
- #16Oct 14, 1968File 15764-01Battle Creek Trib 1 (Fall) · DomesticShadow Valley Ranch LLC
- #17Oct 14, 1968File 15764Coon Creek (Fall) · Domestic, RecreationDalebanks LLC
- #18Feb 14, 1969File 16213Holderman Creek (Verdigris) · Municipal, RecreationCity of Madison · 168 AF
- #19Jun 22, 1973File 20829Spring Creek (Fall) · IrrigationClinton Huntington · 1,090 gpm, 61 AF
- #20Jan 20, 1976File 25592Verdigris River (Verdigris River) · IrrigationDrew E Huber · 1,600 gpm, 127 AF
- #21Feb 12, 1976File 25816Verdigris River (Verdigris River) · IrrigationHarold Engle Jr · 350 gpm, 24 AF
- #22Nov 28, 1977File 30671Fall River Trib 2 (Fall River) · RecreationKansas Dept of Wildlife & Parks · 36 AF
- #23Jan 30, 1978File 31349Groundwater · MunicipalKansas Dept of Wildlife & Parks · 14 gpm, 0.58 AF
- #24Sep 22, 1980File 34550Verdigris River (Verdigris River) · IrrigationShell Rock Enterprises INC · 320 gpm, 42 AF
- #25Apr 14, 1981File 35242Groundwater · MunicipalCity of Virgil · 20 gpm, 9.21 AF
- #26Oct 20, 1989File 39742Holderman Creek (Verdigris) · MunicipalCity of Madison · 500 gpm, 61.99 AF
- #27Oct 5, 1990File 40082West Branch Fall River Trib 2 (Fall River) · IrrigationRd Farr · 165 gpm, 31 AF
- #28Jan 14, 1991File 40178Otis Creek (Fall) · IrrigationRd Farr · 72 gpm, 5.8 AF
- #29Nov 9, 1992File 40857Walnut Creek (Verdigris) · RecreationKansas Dept of Wildlife & Parks · 1,155 gpm, 8.5 AF
- #30Nov 9, 1992File 40858Fall River (Fall River) · RecreationKansas Dept of Wildlife & Parks · 1,005 gpm, 4 AF
- #31Mar 8, 1993File 40965Salt Creek Trib 1 (Fall River) · MunicipalCity of Severy · 93 gpm, 64.14 AF
- #32Sep 23, 1997File 42976Otis Creek (Fall) · MunicipalCity of Eureka · 1,500 gpm, 178 AF
- #33Jan 23, 1998File 43155South Branch Otter Creek Trib 1 (Fall) · RecreationGary L & Darlene F Whitcraft · 2.8 AF
- #34Jun 29, 1999File 43833Salt Creek (Salt Creek) · MunicipalCity of Severy · 200 gpm, 64.14 AF
- #35Dec 7, 2000File 44463North Branch Otter Creek Trib 2 (Fall) · Sediment controlOtter Creek Watershed Joint Dist #83
- #36Jan 19, 2001File 44498West Creek Trib 1 (Verdigris) · Sediment controlWalnut West Watershed Dist #72
- #37May 17, 2001File 44653Holderman Creek Trib 3 (Verdigris River) · IrrigationMadison Golf Course · 120 gpm, 10 AF
- #38Mar 6, 2003File 45464Watson Branch Trib 1 (Fall) · Sediment controlOtter Creek Watershed Joint Dist #83
- #39Mar 6, 2003File 45465Walnut Creek Trib 1 (Verdigris) · Sediment controlWalnut West Watershed Dist #72
- #40Mar 6, 2003File 45466East Branch Fall River (Fall River) · Sediment controlFall River Watershed Joint Dist #21
- #41Apr 13, 2004File 45920Holderman Creek (Verdigris) · Sediment controlUpper Verdigris Watershed Joint Dist #24
- #42May 14, 2004File 45945Willow Creek Trib 2 (Verdigris) · Sediment controlWalnut West Watershed Dist #72
- #43Jun 21, 2004File 45971Groundwater · IrrigationHarold Engle Jr · 275 gpm, 15 AF
- #44Oct 5, 2005File 46311Tadpole Creek Trib 1 (Fall River) · Sediment controlOtter Creek Watershed Joint Dist #83
- #45Jan 12, 2006File 46383West Branch Fall River Trib 3 (Fall River) · Sediment controlFall River Watershed Joint Dist #21
- #46Jan 12, 2006File 46384Fall River Trib 6A (Fall River) · Sediment controlFall River Watershed Joint Dist #21
- #47Mar 8, 2006File 46426Spring Creek Trib 2 (Fall) · RecreationScout Ranch LLC
- #48Feb 5, 2009File 47233Otis Creek (Fall) · IrrigationRd Farr · 100 gpm, 18.9 AF
- #49Aug 27, 2009File 47386Fall River Trib 7A (Fall) · RecreationKs Dept of Transportation
- #50Jul 19, 2011File 47868-ASouth Branch Otter Creek Trib 2 (Fall) · Sediment controlOtter Creek Watershed Joint Dist #83
- #51Mar 4, 2014File 48991Spring Creek Trib 3 (Fall River) · RecreationFlint Hills Land & Cattle Company LLC
- #52Mar 25, 2016File 49599Verdigris River Trib 15 (Verdigris) · RecreationKansas Dept of Wildlife & Parks