Russell County water rights
33 rights recorded with the state of Kansas
- Groundwater
- 22
- Surface water
- 11
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)6 · 1956
- Big Creek (Big Creek)3 · 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 RS 1Groundwater · MunicipalCity of Lucas · 450 gpm, 49.1 AF
- #2Jun 28, 1945File RS 8Big Creek (Big Creek) · MunicipalCity of Russell · 1,400 gpm, 767.2 AF
- #3Apr 29, 1947File 206Big Creek (Big Creek) · MunicipalCity of Russell · 1,725 gpm, 1,000 AF
- #4Jan 20, 1956File 5035Saline River (Saline River) · IrrigationEric M Haberer · 800 gpm, 18 AF
- #5Jun 16, 1959File 8152Groundwater · MunicipalCity of Gorham · 38 gpm, 7.15 AF
- #6Feb 2, 1960File 8329Saline River (Saline River) · IrrigationJoseph A & Kimberly D Keating · 1,025 gpm, 7 AF
- #7Feb 7, 1962File 8882Groundwater · IndustrialNRD Rein Resources · 40 gpm, 61.38 AF
- #8Apr 17, 1964File 9953Saline River (Saline River) · IrrigationJohn P Stahl & Ernestine J Sly · 660 gpm, 50 AF
- #9Dec 7, 1967File 14163Groundwater · MunicipalRussell Rwd 01 · 5 gpm, 5.95 AF
- #10Feb 21, 1969File 16251Groundwater · MunicipalRussell Rwd 02 · 8 gpm, 8.59 AF
- #11Dec 31, 1970File 17708-03Groundwater · DomesticWallace N Weber · 30 gpm, 0.84 AF
- #12Jan 22, 1975File 23481Groundwater · MunicipalCity of Bunker Hill · 50 gpm, 30.69 AF
- #13Aug 31, 1976File 27308-05Smoky Hill River (Smoky Hill River) · DomesticMai Oil Operations INC · 100 gpm, 0.74 AF
- #14Feb 24, 1977File 29070Big Creek (Big Creek) · IrrigationStephen J & Raeleen Reinhardt · 400 gpm, 54 AF
- #15Mar 10, 1977File 29268Groundwater · MunicipalRussell Rwd 01 · 26 gpm, 11.45 AF
- #16May 24, 1977File 29905Groundwater · MunicipalRussell Rwd 04 · 24 gpm, 12.83 AF
- #17Apr 17, 1979File 32991Groundwater · MunicipalCity of Lucas · 105 gpm, 45.59 AF
- #18Jun 29, 1981File 35498Groundwater · MunicipalCity of Dorrance · 100 gpm, 12.28 AF
- #19Jun 29, 1981File 35499Groundwater · MunicipalCity of Dorrance · 100 gpm, 12.28 AF
- #20Oct 5, 1981File 35688Groundwater · MunicipalCity of Gorham · 40 gpm, 26.15 AF
- #21Mar 31, 1983File 36566Groundwater · MunicipalRussell Rwd 02 · 10 gpm, 0.33 AF
- #22Jul 11, 1983File 36680Fossil Creek (Smoky Hill) · RecreationCity of Russell
- #23Aug 22, 1991File 40407Saline River (Saline River) · MunicipalCity of Hays · 8,000 gpm, 8,000 AF
- #24Nov 8, 1994File 41560Groundwater · IrrigationQuentin Maupin · 150 gpm, 11 AF
- #25Jul 10, 2007File 46828Groundwater · IrrigationUnified School District #407 · 25 gpm, 5.2 AF
- #26Dec 21, 2010File 47663Saline River (Saline River) · IrrigationNelson Land & Cattle LP · 1,500 gpm, 182.7 AF
- #27Oct 28, 2015File 49494Groundwater · MunicipalCity of Luray · 800 gpm, 319.9 AF
- #28Nov 16, 2015File 49503Groundwater · MunicipalCity of Luray · 800 gpm, 319.9 AF
- #29Apr 11, 2016File 49616Saline River (Saline River) · IrrigationNelson Land & Cattle LP · 1,000 gpm, 143.5 AF
- #30Apr 11, 2016File 49617Groundwater · IrrigationNelson Land & Cattle LP · 800 gpm, 143.5 AF
- #31Feb 26, 2021File 20219012Groundwater · IndustrialBerexco LLC · 45 gpm, 71.01 AF
- #32Jan 2, 2025File 20249064Groundwater · MunicipalRussell Rwd 04 · 24 gpm, 10.96 AF
- #33Feb 13, 2026File 20269019Groundwater · IndustrialBerexco LLC · 45 gpm, 71.01 AF