Blue River, Big
9 water rights in Butler County, Nebraska, with priority dates from October 13, 1941 to March 2, 1984.
Listed in priority order. When Blue River, Big runs short, the rights near the top of this list are filled first and the ones at the bottom are the first asked to stop. Rights on the same stream in a neighbouring county, or on connected groundwater, can sit in the same line; the state's water commissioner or district office has the full picture. Sources are matched by name within the county, so two different streams with the same name would share this page.
Priority date · senior to junior
- Before 1880
- 1880–1899
- 1900–1919
- 1920–1949
- 1950–1972
- 1973–1999
- 2000 and later
- No priority date
- #1Oct 13, 1941A-3519Blue River, Big · StorageVillage of Surprise · 21 AF
- #2Feb 26, 1951A-4809Blue River, Big · IrrigationRobert E & Marilyn R Schmitt · 0.29 cfs, 117.6 AF
- #3Jan 4, 1960A-9787Blue River, Big · IrrigationO-X Farms LLC · 1.57 cfs, 330 AF
- #4Aug 29, 1974A-13180Blue River, Big · IrrigationO-X Farms LLC · 0.91 cfs, 192 AF
- #5Jan 29, 1975A-13374Blue River, Big · IrrigationRobert E & Marilyn R Schmitt · 2 cfs, 420 AF
- #6Mar 19, 1975A-13483Blue River, Big · IrrigationDouglas D & Joan J Matulka · 0.39 cfs, 81 AF
- #7Mar 31, 1976A-14129Blue River, Big · IrrigationDouglas D & Joan J Matulka · 0.79 cfs, 165.6 AF
- #8Jul 12, 1976A-14313Blue River, Big · IrrigationLoretta A Rathjen · 0.96 cfs, 201 AF
- #9Mar 2, 1984A-16277Blue River, Big · IrrigationErnie & Doris A Shonka Trust · 0.86 cfs, 180 AF