Osage County water rights
65 rights recorded with the state of Kansas
- Surface water
- 59
- Groundwater
- 6
Streams and named sources
Each source page lists its rights in priority order, which is the order water is shared out in a shortage.
- Marais Des Cygnes River (Marais Des Cygnes River)8 · 1966
- Salt Creek Trib 2(Mar Des Cyg)6 · 1945
- Dragoon Creek (Mar Des Cyg)5 · 1945
- 110 Mile Creek (Mar Des Cyg)3 · 1968
- Coal Creek (Mar Des Cyg)3 · 1978
- Strowbridge Creek (Wakarusa)3 · 1962
- Towhead Creek (Wakarusa)3 · 2002
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 OS 1Dragoon Creek (Mar Des Cyg) · MunicipalCity of Burlingame · 500 gpm, 89 AF
- #2Jun 28, 1945File OS 2Salt Creek Trib 2(Mar Des Cyg) · MunicipalCity of Osage City · 700 gpm, 122.8 AF
- #3Jun 28, 1945File OS 3Salt Creek (Salt Creek) · MunicipalCity of Lyndon · 600 gpm, 61 AF
- #4Jul 20, 1954File 2755Dragoon Creek (Mar Des Cyg) · IrrigationNeil H Johnson · 280 gpm, 9.3 AF
- #5Jul 20, 1954File 2756Switzler Creek (Mar Des Cyg) · IrrigationNeil H Johnson · 280 gpm, 6.63 AF
- #6May 20, 1955File 4089110 Mile Creek Trib 2(M D Cyg) · RecreationKansas Dept of Wildlife & Parks · 628 gpm, 390 AF
- #7Oct 18, 1956File 6200Dragoon Creek (Mar Des Cyg) · MunicipalCity of Burlingame · 165 gpm, 168 AF
- #8Jun 12, 1957File 7457110 Mile Creek Trib 2(M D Cyg) · RecreationKansas Dept of Wildlife & Parks
- #9Oct 8, 1962File 9047Strowbridge Creek (Wakarusa) · MunicipalCity of Carbondale · 210 gpm, 204 AF
- #10Mar 16, 1964File 9872Salt Creek (Salt Creek) · MunicipalCity of Lyndon · 145 gpm, 88.7 AF
- #11Oct 6, 1966File 12288Groundwater · MunicipalOsage Rwd 04 · 27.1 gpm, 18.41 AF
- #12Dec 15, 1966File 12469Marais Des Cygnes River (Marais Des Cygnes River) · MunicipalCity of Osage City · 700 gpm, 500.0 AF
- #13Dec 22, 1966File 12495Salt Creek Trib 1(Mar Des Cyg) · RecreationSunshine Enterprises LLC
- #14Feb 1, 1968File 14471110 Mile Creek (Mar Des Cyg) · IrrigationHoward H Woodbury · 600 gpm, 65 AF
- #15Feb 9, 1973File 20149Groundwater · MunicipalCity of Melvern · 17 gpm, 9.21 AF
- #16May 22, 1973File 20663Groundwater · MunicipalCity of Melvern · 26 gpm, 12.27 AF
- #17Feb 23, 1977File 29045Frog Creek (Mar Des Cyg) · IrrigationWesley B & Ruby J Garand Trust · 2,390 gpm, 167 AF
- #18May 19, 1978File 31785Rock Creek Trib 1(Marais Des Cygnes) · RecreationCharles T & Margaret a Kreiser · 34.4 AF
- #19Jun 30, 1978File 31897110 Mile Creek (Mar Des Cyg) · Irrigation, MunicipalLamont Hill Resort INC · 248 gpm, 71.82 AF
- #20Aug 1, 1978File 32014Strowbridge Creek (Wakarusa) · MunicipalCity of Carbondale · 600 gpm, 86.58 AF
- #21Nov 14, 1978File 32359Coal Creek (Mar Des Cyg) · RecreationKansas Dept of Wildlife & Parks · 675 gpm, 7.1 AF
- #22Nov 6, 1979File 33563Marais Des Cygnes River (Marais Des Cygnes River) · MunicipalCity of Melvern · 175 gpm, 61.38 AF
- #23Feb 13, 1980File 33931Switzler Creek (Mar Des Cyg) · IrrigationNeil H Johnson · 510 gpm, 20 AF
- #24Feb 13, 1980File 33932Dragoon Creek (Mar Des Cyg) · IrrigationNeil H Johnson · 510 gpm, 21 AF
- #25Jul 30, 1980File 34422Marais Des Cygnes River (Marais Des Cygnes River) · IrrigationRaylen & Karen Phelon · 445 gpm, 7.5 AF
- #26Sep 17, 1984File 37387Marais Des Cygnes River (Marais Des Cygnes River) · MunicipalCity of Osage City · 2,000 gpm, 675.2 AF
- #27Sep 17, 1984File 37388Salt Creek Trib 2(Mar Des Cyg) · MunicipalCity of Osage City · 1,400 gpm, 460.3 AF
- #28Oct 9, 1984File 37429Salt Creek Trib 2(Mar Des Cyg) · MunicipalCity of Osage City
- #29Oct 31, 1984File 37463Salt Creek Trib 2(Mar Des Cyg) · IrrigationOsage City Country Club · 170 gpm, 32 AF
- #30Oct 16, 1987File 38660110 Mile Creek (Mar Des Cyg) · Irrigation, MunicipalLamont Hill Resort INC · 250 gpm, 64.45 AF
- #31Oct 22, 1987File 38665Dragoon Creek (Mar Des Cyg) · Irrigation, RecreationKansas Dept of Wildlife & Parks · 75 gpm, 0.03 AF
- #32Mar 2, 1990File 39904Groundwater · MunicipalOsage Rwd 04 · 10 gpm, 8.55 AF
- #33May 13, 1991File 40307Marais Des Cygnes Trib 11 (Marais Des Cygnes River) · RecreationUS Army Corps of Engineers(Melvern) · 26 AF
- #34Nov 14, 1996File 42526Towhead Cr Trib 1 (Wakarusa) · RecreationPatricia D Kemble · 11.76 AF
- #35Mar 18, 1997File 42712Armstrong Branch (Wakarusa) · IrrigationMad Investments LLC · 690 gpm, 69 AF
- #36Oct 6, 1999File 43889Elk Creek (Wakarusa) · RecreationCity of Overbrook · 11.77 AF
- #37Oct 26, 2001File 44828Marais Des Cygnes River (Marais Des Cygnes River) · RecreationKansas Dept of Wildlife & Parks · 4,500 gpm, 67 AF
- #38Oct 26, 2001File 44829Coal Creek (Mar Des Cyg) · RecreationKansas Dept of Wildlife & Parks · 5,000 gpm, 50 AF
- #39Mar 25, 2002File 45040Marais Des Cygnes River (Marais Des Cygnes River) · RecreationKansas Dept of Wildlife & Parks · 2,585 gpm, 100 AF
- #40Sep 30, 2002File 45262Towhead Creek (Wakarusa) · IrrigationJacob Urish · 825 gpm, 74 AF
- #41Oct 16, 2002File 45275South Branch Tequa Creek Trib 1 (Marais Des Cygnes) · RecreationTequa Creek Enterprises LLC
- #42Apr 28, 2003File 45518Salt Creek Trib 4(Marais Des Cygnes) · Sediment controlSalt Creek Watershed Joint Dist #104
- #43Sep 12, 2005File 46296Long Creek Trib 2 (Marais Des Cygnes) · RecreationSteve Criqui
- #44Sep 14, 2005File 46297Strowbridge Creek (Wakarusa) · Municipal, RecreationCity of Carbondale · 600 gpm, 500.2 AF
- #45Jan 12, 2006File 46382Armstrong Branch (Wakarusa) · Sediment controlWakarusa Watershed Joint Dist #35
- #46Dec 29, 2006File 46668Kibbe Creek (Marais De Cygnes) · Sediment controlSalt Creek Watershed Joint Dist #104
- #47Apr 15, 2008File 47042Switzler Creek Trib 1 (Marais Des Cygne) · Sediment controlSwitzler Creek Watershed Dist #63
- #48Apr 22, 2008File 47048Frog Creek Trib 2 (Marais Des Cygnes) · Sediment controlFrog Creek Watershed Joint Dist #19
- #49Oct 17, 2008File 47187Swede Creek Trib 1 (Marais Des Cygnes River) · Sediment controlSalt Creek Watershed Joint Dist #104
- #50Nov 14, 2008File 47200Coal Creek (Mar Des Cyg) · RecreationKansas Dept of Wildlife & Parks · 5,500 gpm, 90 AF
- #51Jun 16, 2009File 47330Dragoon Creek Trib 2 (Marais Des Cygnes) · RecreationUsda Natural Resources Cons Ser
- #52May 19, 2010File 47531Wakarusa River Trib 17 (Wakarusa River) · RecreationMike Garrett
- #53Feb 1, 2013File 48462Groundwater · IrrigationBryan D & Carolyn Kemble · 1,200 gpm, 160 AF
- #54Aug 21, 2013File 48764110 Mile Creek Trib 3 (Marais Des Cygnes) · IrrigationDale Urish · 1,000 gpm, 96 AF
- #55Dec 11, 2013File 48886Frog Creek Trib 2 (Marais Des Cygnes) · IrrigationDavid Webb · 247.5 AF
- #56Aug 20, 2014File 49137Groundwater · IrrigationBryan D & Carolyn Kemble · 1,200 gpm, 100 AF
- #57Aug 14, 2015File 49440Wakarusa River Trib 17A (Wakarusa) · RecreationOshawno Lake Association INC
- #58Oct 31, 2016File 49723-BMarais Des Cygnes River (Marais Des Cygnes River) · RecreationKansas Dept of Wildlife & Parks · 12,000 gpm, 320 AF
- #59Apr 30, 2019File 50248Marais Des Cygnes River (Marais Des Cygnes River) · RecreationKansas Dept of Wildlife & Parks · 12,000 gpm, 486 AF
- #60Jan 22, 2021File 50511Marias Des Cynges Trib 22 (Marias Des Cynges) · IrrigationDustin Edwards · 1,200 gpm, 160 AF
- #61Apr 30, 2021File 20219035Rock Creek (Marais Des Cygnes) · IndustrialHarshman Construction LLC · 200 gpm, 52.17 AF
- #62Feb 14, 2022File 50722Towhead Creek (Wakarusa) · RecreationJonathan Klima · 500 gpm, 12.2 AF
- #63May 19, 2022File 50790-ATowhead Creek (Wakarusa) · RecreationJonathan Klima · 5,000 gpm, 21.75 AF
- #64Dec 18, 2023File 20239089Salt Creek Trib 2(Mar Des Cyg) · IrrigationOsage City Country Club · 170 gpm, 32 AF
- #65Feb 14, 2024File 51186Salt Creek Trib 2(Mar Des Cyg) · IrrigationOsage City Country Club · 200 gpm, 64 AF