Lincoln County water rights
61 rights recorded with the state of Kansas
- Groundwater
- 38
- Surface water
- 23
Streams and named sources
Each source page lists its rights in priority order, which is the order water is shared out in a shortage.
- Saline River (Saline River)12 · 1945
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 LC 2Groundwater · MunicipalCity of Lincoln Center · 350 gpm, 107.4 AF
- #2Jun 28, 1945File LC 3Groundwater · MunicipalCity of Sylvan Grove · 350 gpm, 61.38 AF
- #3Jun 28, 1945File LC 5Saline River (Saline River) · IrrigationDouglas Wilson · 1,975 gpm, 45 AF
- #4Jun 28, 1945File LC 15Saline River (Saline River) · IrrigationChris M & Timothy D Meyer · 1,975 gpm, 120 AF
- #5Jun 28, 1945File LC 17Wolf Creek (Saline) · IrrigationRichard Schoen Trust · 1,975 gpm, 27 AF
- #6Jun 28, 1945File LC 18Saline River (Saline River) · IrrigationMeyer Land & Cattle Co · 1,975 gpm, 45 AF
- #7Jun 28, 1945File LC 19Saline River (Saline River) · IrrigationJohn C & Shelley L Thaemert · 1,975 gpm, 48 AF
- #8Sep 24, 1956File 6063Groundwater · IrrigationJeffrey M & Andrea K Walters Tr · 385 gpm, 85 AF
- #9Jul 26, 1957File 7529Groundwater · MunicipalCity of Lincoln Center · 485 gpm, 39.9 AF
- #10May 16, 1961File 8714Saline River (Saline River) · IrrigationMeyer Land & Cattle Co · 2,000 gpm, 338 AF
- #11May 16, 1961File 8715Saline River (Saline River) · IrrigationMeyer Land & Cattle Co · 2,000 gpm, 112.5 AF
- #12Feb 13, 1967File 12733Groundwater · MunicipalCity of Sylvan Grove · 500 gpm, 15.34 AF
- #13Mar 16, 1967File 12962Groundwater · IrrigationRonald P & Jo Ann Buttenhoff · 250 gpm, 52.5 AF
- #14Jul 21, 1967File 13708Groundwater · IrrigationFrank Wallace · 350 gpm, 75 AF
- #15Jan 10, 1968File 14336Groundwater · IrrigationMarylyn Bell · 650 gpm, 237 AF
- #16Jan 10, 1968File 14337Groundwater · IrrigationDavid A & Rachel L Bell · 930 gpm, 129 AF
- #17Apr 11, 1969File 16412West Elkhorn Creek(Salt Creek) · IrrigationKevin D & Katie J Good · 175 gpm, 40 AF
- #18Nov 30, 1970File 17633Groundwater · MunicipalCity of Lincoln Center · 175 gpm, 89 AF
- #19Mar 15, 1973File 20354Groundwater · IndustrialCrop Service Center INC · 140 gpm, 12.92 AF
- #20Oct 24, 1975File 24748Groundwater · IrrigationChad Walter · 545 gpm, 169 AF
- #21Jul 21, 1976File 27086Saline River (Saline River) · IrrigationLoren Becker Life Estate Etal · 600 gpm, 150 AF
- #22Aug 15, 1977File 30262Saline River (Saline River) · IrrigationSylvan Farms · 685 gpm, 71 AF
- #23Nov 30, 1978File 32410-01Groundwater · StockwaterMeyer Land & Cattle Co · 11 gpm, 17.92 AF
- #24Oct 14, 1982File 36278Groundwater · MunicipalCity of Beverly · 115 gpm, 4.02 AF
- #25Nov 30, 1982File 36316-01Groundwater · StockwaterMeyer Land & Cattle Co · 50 gpm, 44.81 AF
- #26Feb 21, 1983File 36501Groundwater · IrrigationKevin D & Katie J Good · 350 gpm, 68 AF
- #27May 4, 1983File 36608Groundwater · MunicipalCity of Lincoln Center · 250 gpm, 35.18 AF
- #28May 4, 1983File 36609Groundwater · MunicipalCity of Lincoln Center · 200 gpm, 34.89 AF
- #29Mar 26, 1984File 37133Saline River (Saline River) · IrrigationJohn C & Shelley L Thaemert · 980 gpm, 30 AF
- #30Nov 30, 1984File 37503-01Groundwater · StockwaterMeyer Land & Cattle Co · 60 gpm, 56.01 AF
- #31Jul 23, 1985File 37932-07Groundwater · DomesticPaul & Phyllis Winckler Living Trust · 15 gpm, 4.8 AF
- #32Jul 23, 1985File 37932-06Groundwater · DomesticPaul & Phyllis Winckler Living Trust · 5 gpm, 1.01 AF
- #33Jul 23, 1985File 37932-05Groundwater · DomesticPaul & Phyllis Winckler Living Trust · 14 gpm, 3.96 AF
- #34Jul 9, 1990File 40032Groundwater · IrrigationMeyer Land & Cattle Co · 800 gpm, 879 AF
- #35Jan 1, 1991File 40164-01Saline River Trib 10 (Saline River) [Err] · DomesticRonald H & Jane M Hlad Rev Trusts · 3.21 AF
- #36Apr 22, 1991File 40283Groundwater · StockwaterChris M Meyer · 20 gpm, 4.38 AF
- #37Apr 22, 1991File 40284Groundwater · StockwaterChris M Meyer · 92 gpm, 13.49 AF
- #38Dec 9, 1994File 41586Groundwater · IrrigationC Lazy V Ranch LLC · 370 gpm, 118 AF
- #39Dec 27, 1994File 41602Groundwater · IrrigationDavid A & Rachel L Bell · 870 gpm, 151 AF
- #40Aug 26, 2002File 45228Bacon Creek Trib 1 (Saline) · RecreationSpillman Creek Watershed Jt Dist #43
- #41Sep 5, 2002File 45236Groundwater · IrrigationWesley & Nancy Jensen · 770 gpm, 162 AF
- #42Jan 16, 2004File 45821Saline River Trib 10A (Saline River) · Sediment controlSpillman Creek Watershed Jt Dist #43
- #43Aug 26, 2005File 46286West Elkhorn Creek Trib 1 (Salt Creek) · Sediment controlSalt Creek Watershed #46
- #44Jun 6, 2008File 47079Lost Creek Trib 1 (Saline) · Sediment controlSpillman Creek Watershed Jt Dist #43
- #45May 5, 2011File 47784Groundwater · StockwaterMeyer Land & Cattle Co · 170 gpm, 23.56 AF
- #46May 23, 2011File 47796Groundwater · IrrigationMhw Enterprises INC · 410 gpm, 47 AF
- #47Sep 12, 2011File 47935Groundwater · RecreationRichard Plinsky Living Trust · 99 gpm, 6.5 AF
- #48Sep 4, 2012File 48266Groundwater · MunicipalCity of Beverly · 200 gpm, 61.38 AF
- #49Jan 9, 2014File 48923Owl Creek (Saline River) · RecreationToby Herbel
- #50Mar 24, 2016File 49595West Elkhorn Creek (Saline) · RecreationRichard Plinsky Living Trust · 240 gpm, 156 AF
- #51Aug 21, 2019File 50288Groundwater · StockwaterChris M Meyer · 99 gpm, 13.49 AF
- #52Feb 18, 2020File 50349Owl Creek (Saline River) · RecreationJeffrey George Toth Etal
- #53Jun 8, 2020File 50400Saline River (Saline River) · RecreationMeyer Land & Cattle Co · 1,500 gpm, 24.85 AF
- #54Nov 9, 2020File 20209080Groundwater · IndustrialApac Kansas INC · 35 gpm, 10 AF
- #55Aug 25, 2021File 20219061Saline River (Saline River) · IndustrialApac Kansas INC · 350 gpm, 100.0 AF
- #56Apr 8, 2022File 20227095-MFGroundwater · IrrigationC Lazy V Ranch LLC · 370 gpm, 590 AF
- #57Sep 29, 2022File 20229105Groundwater · IndustrialApac Kansas INC · 350 gpm, 100 AF
- #58Apr 29, 2024File 20249027Bull Foot Creek (Saline) · IndustrialApac Kansas INC · 1,000 gpm, 49.99 AF
- #59Sep 16, 2024File 51317Groundwater · IrrigationClay Haring · 800 gpm, 206 AF
- #60Nov 10, 2025File 20259048Groundwater · IndustrialApac Kansas INC · 35 gpm, 10 AF
- #61Sep 9, 2026File 20269063Saline River (Saline River) · IndustrialApac Kansas INC · 350 gpm, 100.0 AF