Wilson County water rights
82 rights recorded with the state of Kansas
- Surface water
- 76
- 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.
- Verdigris River (Verdigris River)23 · 1945
- Fall River (Fall River)20 · 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 WL 1Fall River (Fall River) · MunicipalPublic Wholesale Water Supply Dist #23 · 1,200 gpm, 306.9 AF
- #2Jun 28, 1945File WL 2Verdigris River (Verdigris River) · MunicipalCity of Altoona · 750 gpm, 36.8 AF
- #3Jun 28, 1945File WL 3Fall River (Fall River) · MunicipalCity of Neodesha · 1,198.3 gpm, 524.8 AF
- #4Jun 28, 1945File WL 5Verdigris River (Verdigris River) · IrrigationTimmons Brothers · 1,200 gpm, 68.5 AF
- #5Jun 28, 1945File WL 6Fall River (Fall River) · IndustrialLafarge Midwest INC · 350 gpm, 429.6 AF
- #6Jun 28, 1945File WL 11Fall River (Fall River) · MunicipalCity of Neodesha · 6,013.9 gpm, 3,068.9 AF
- #7Dec 11, 1952File 1119Verdigris River (Verdigris River) · IrrigationDee Ann L Voth · 930 gpm, 90 AF
- #8May 20, 1955File 4090Woodruff Branch (Verdigris) · RecreationKansas Dept of Wildlife & Parks · 29,172 gpm, 400 AF
- #9May 26, 1956File 5627Verdigris River (Verdigris River) · IrrigationJeffery & Jill Pierpoint · 1,460 gpm, 86.9 AF
- #10May 26, 1956File 5627-BVerdigris River (Verdigris River) · IrrigationJeffery & Jill Pierpoint · 1,465 gpm, 91 AF
- #11May 26, 1956File 5627-AVerdigris River (Verdigris River) · IrrigationJeffery & Jill Pierpoint · 1,465 gpm, 100.2 AF
- #12Feb 21, 1957File 6953Fall River (Fall River) · IrrigationTimmons Brothers · 270 gpm, 14 AF
- #13Jun 12, 1957File 7454Woodruff Branch (Verdigris) · RecreationKansas Dept of Wildlife & Parks
- #14Nov 3, 1960File 8497Fall River (Fall River) · MunicipalPublic Wholesale Water Supply Dist #23 · 1,475 gpm, 690.5 AF
- #15Jun 14, 1968File 15363Big Cedar Creek (Verdigris) · IrrigationMichael Nunnenkamp · 500 gpm, 50 AF
- #16Oct 27, 1972File 19744Verdigris River (Verdigris River) · IrrigationMichael Nunnenkamp · 615 gpm, 95 AF
- #17Mar 27, 1973File 20419Verdigris River (Verdigris River) · IrrigationMichael Nunnenkamp · 660 gpm, 26.2 AF
- #18Apr 30, 1974File 22309Fall River (Fall River) · IrrigationWilliam M & Sharon L Frankenbery Trust · 675 gpm, 102 AF
- #19May 3, 1974File 22356Verdigris River (Verdigris River) · IrrigationBillie Porter Trust · 550 gpm, 61.4 AF
- #20Sep 24, 1974File 22984Verdigris River (Verdigris River) · IrrigationSteven E & Jeanette Miller · 1,385 gpm, 85 AF
- #21Sep 25, 1974File 22992Verdigris River (Verdigris River) · IrrigationJeffery & Jill Pierpoint · 1,175 gpm, 154 AF
- #22Sep 17, 1975File 24559Verdigris River (Verdigris River) · IrrigationJeffrey L Streets Irr Trust · 700 gpm, 72 AF
- #23Dec 5, 1975File 25062Verdigris River (Verdigris River) · IrrigationBillie Porter Trust · 645 gpm, 43.6 AF
- #24Feb 6, 1976File 25734Verdigris River (Verdigris River) · IrrigationWilliam M & Sharon L Frankenbery Trust · 645 gpm, 71 AF
- #25Mar 9, 1976File 26145Fall River (Fall River) · IrrigationMark R & Kathleen J Baker · 1,180 gpm, 150 AF
- #26May 4, 1976File 26696Verdigris River (Verdigris River) · IrrigationEvan Porter · 400 gpm, 14 AF
- #27Jun 3, 1976File 26883Fall River (Fall River) · IrrigationTimmons Brothers · 965 gpm, 146 AF
- #28Oct 20, 1977File 30489Fall River (Fall River) · MunicipalPublic Wholesale Water Supply Dist #23 · 1,265 gpm, 297.0 AF
- #29Mar 16, 1978File 31526Verdigris River (Verdigris River) · MunicipalCity of Altoona · 550 gpm, 61.4 AF
- #30Sep 19, 1978File 32197Verdigris River (Verdigris River) · IrrigationRod Vorhees · 390 gpm, 11 AF
- #31Dec 6, 1978File 32422Fall River (Fall River) · IrrigationFredonia Golf Club INC · 500 gpm, 8 AF
- #32Oct 3, 1979File 33486Fall River (Fall River) · IrrigationMark R & Kathleen J Baker · 870 gpm, 44 AF
- #33Dec 19, 1979File 33721Verdigris River (Verdigris River) · IrrigationEvan Porter · 700 gpm, 11 AF
- #34Mar 18, 1981File 35149Verdigris River (Verdigris River) · MunicipalCity of Altoona · 235 gpm, 39.9 AF
- #35Apr 16, 1981File 35267Fall River (Fall River) · IrrigationMark R & Kathleen J Baker · 2,900 gpm, 270 AF
- #36Oct 19, 1981File 35711Fall River (Fall River) · IndustrialLafarge Midwest INC · 250 gpm, 153.5 AF
- #37Aug 18, 1982File 36217Fall River (Fall River) · RecreationCity of Neodesha · 235 gpm, 5.3 AF
- #38Jul 29, 1983File 36702Verdigris River (Verdigris River) · IrrigationTimmons Brothers · 820 gpm, 95 AF
- #39Dec 9, 1983File 36917Fall River (Fall River) · IrrigationLee a & Dorothy M Springer · 1,150 gpm, 85 AF
- #40Jan 16, 1985File 37591Village Creek Trib 1 (Neosho) · RecreationTulakes Home Development INC · 17 AF
- #41Jun 29, 1988File 38897Sandy Creek (Verdigris River) · IrrigationKenton G & Kathryn S Claiborne Living Trust · 750 gpm, 4.5 AF
- #42Jun 1, 1992File 40721Drum Creek (Verdigris) · RecreationMichael S & John T Mitchell · 97 AF
- #43Sep 17, 1996File 42466Fall River (Fall River) · IrrigationFredonia Golf Club INC · 31 gpm, 19 AF
- #44Apr 29, 1998File 43332Snake Creek Trib 1 (Verdigris) · IrrigationSteven E & Jeanette Miller · 595 gpm, 23 AF
- #45Jul 2, 1999File 43835-01Fall River Trib 4 (Fall River) · DomesticJames C Bickford · 0.1 AF
- #46Aug 24, 1999File 43865Fall River Trib 4 (Fall River) · RecreationJon S Jenkins · 1 AF
- #47Feb 16, 2001File 44546Dry Creek Trib 1 (Verdigris) · Sediment controlLabette-Hackberry Creek Watershed Joint Dist #96
- #48Aug 2, 2004File 46006Fall River (Fall River) · MunicipalPublic Wholesale Water Supply Dist #23 · 1,500 gpm, 1,927.9 AF
- #49Jul 11, 2005File 46253Chetopa Creek Trib 2 (Verdigris) · Sediment controlLabette-Hackberry Creek Watershed Joint Dist #96
- #50Feb 7, 2008File 46975Middle Duck Creek (Elk) · Sediment controlDuck Creek Watershed Joint Dist #59
- #51Jun 18, 2008File 47089Big Cedar Creek Trib 1 (Verdigris) · Sediment controlCedar Creek Watershed Joint Dist #56
- #52Jan 21, 2009File 47223Chetopa Creek Trib 2 a (Verdigris) · Sediment controlLabette-Hackberry Creek Watershed Joint Dist #96
- #53Apr 29, 2013File 48620Buffalo Creek Trib 2 (Verdigris) · IrrigationJeffery & Jill Pierpoint · 1,300 gpm, 121.8 AF
- #54Apr 29, 2013File 48621Buffalo Creek Trib 2 (Verdigris) · IrrigationJeffery & Jill Pierpoint · 1,300 gpm, 56.7 AF
- #55Jun 6, 2013File 48661Crooked Creek Trib 1 (Verdigris) · IrrigationSteven E & Jeanette Miller · 1,500 gpm, 132.5 AF
- #56Jun 6, 2013File 48662Crooked Creek (Verdigris) · IrrigationSteven E & Jeanette Miller · 2,500 gpm, 269.5 AF
- #57Jun 6, 2013File 48663Suttons Branch Creek Trib 1 (Verdigris) · IrrigationSteven E & Jeanette Miller · 1,500 gpm, 131 AF
- #58Jun 6, 2013File 48664Suttons Branch Creek (Verdigris) · IrrigationSteven E & Jeanette Miller · 1,500 gpm, 300 AF
- #59Nov 21, 2013File 48875Duck Creek Trib 4A 1 (Elk River) · IrrigationRoger Huser · 138 AF
- #60Dec 31, 2013File 48906Plum Branch Trib 1 (Fall River) · IrrigationMark a & Paula J Mayeske · 1,000 gpm, 69 AF
- #61Apr 18, 2014File 49050Drum Creek Trib 2 (Verdigris) · IrrigationFriess Farms Land & Cattle LLC · 1,515 gpm, 156 AF
- #62Apr 10, 2015File 49367Fall River (Fall River) · MunicipalPublic Wholesale Water Supply Dist #23 · 15,000 gpm, 2,915.4 AF
- #63Feb 1, 2016File 49550Verdigris River (Verdigris River) · IrrigationJeffery & Jill Pierpoint · 6,000 gpm, 53 AF
- #64Feb 1, 2016File 49551Snake Creek (Verdigris) · IrrigationJeffery & Jill Pierpoint · 6,000 gpm, 100 AF
- #65Sep 22, 2017File 49911Duck Creek Trib 4A 1 (Elk River) · IrrigationRoger Huser · 1,400 gpm, 416 AF
- #66Jan 29, 2018File 49982Verdigris River (Verdigris River) · IrrigationJeffery & Jill Pierpoint · 1,500 gpm, 20 AF
- #67Oct 31, 2019File 50309Groundwater · IrrigationSteven L & Mindy L Jantz · 3,500 gpm, 1,354.7 AF
- #68Mar 16, 2021File 50537Drum Creek Trib 2 (Verdigris) · IrrigationFriess Farms Land & Cattle LLC · 2,500 gpm, 184 AF
- #69May 13, 2021File 50579Salt Creek 1 (Fall River) · IrrigationMichael Lee & Caitlin Jantz · 1,500 gpm, 320 AF
- #70Sep 9, 2021File 50644Salt Creek 1 Trib 3 (Fall River) · IrrigationMichael Lee & Caitlin Jantz · 1,500 gpm, 170 AF
- #71Oct 28, 2021File 50672East Rainbow Creek Trib 1 (Fall River) · IrrigationMacheers Family Rev Trust · 2,000 gpm, 500 AF
- #72May 12, 2023File 51037Fall River Trib 11 (Fall River) · StockwaterMichael Springer · 60 gpm, 16.85 AF
- #73May 12, 2023File 51039Ross Branch (Verdigris) · RecreationBlayne Puckett & Kailey Fitzmorris · 6,500 gpm, 62.4 AF
- #74Dec 14, 2023File 20239087Groundwater · Contamination remediationKansas Dept Health & Environment · 15 gpm, 24.21 AF
- #75Mar 4, 2024File 51195Buffalo Creek Trib 1 (Verd) · IrrigationJeffery & Jill Pierpoint · 4,000 gpm, 500 AF
- #76Jun 21, 2024File 51253Fall River (Fall River) · StockwaterMichael Springer · 400 gpm, 55.24 AF
- #77Jul 23, 2024File 20240143Groundwater · DewateringEnbridge Energy · 650 gpm, 6.14 AF
- #78Oct 7, 2024File 20240198Groundwater · DewateringEnbridge Energy · 650 gpm, 6.14 AF
- #79Apr 16, 2025File 20250097Groundwater · DewateringEnbridge Energy · 650 gpm, 6.14 AF
- #80May 5, 2025File 51486Salt Creek (Fall River) · IrrigationSteven L & Mindy L Jantz · 4,500 gpm, 1,354.7 AF
- #81Jul 16, 2025File 51535Verdigris River (Verdigris River) · IrrigationTimmons Brothers · 1,200 gpm, 186 AF
- #82Mar 18, 2026File 20269032Groundwater · Contamination remediationBp Products North America INC · 200 gpm, 100.0 AF