Niobrara River
26 water rights in Sioux County, Nebraska, with priority dates from October 1, 1883 to June 20, 1966.
Listed in priority order. When Niobrara River 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 1, 1883D-554Niobrara River · Irrigation33 Ranch LLC · 5.76 cfs, 1,213.5 AF
- #2May 1, 1885D-514ANiobrara River · IrrigationSix Bar Ranch Inc et al · 2.71 cfs, 568.2 AF
- #3May 1, 1887D-513ARNiobrara River · IrrigationAgate Springs Ranch Inc · 5.06 cfs, 1,062 AF
- #4May 1, 1887D-513ARNiobrara River · IrrigationAgate Springs Ranch Inc · 1.48 cfs, 310.2 AF
- #5May 1, 1890D-513BRNiobrara River · IrrigationAgate Springs Ranch Inc · 1.34 cfs, 282 AF
- #6May 15, 1891D-514BNiobrara River · IrrigationSix Bar Ranch Inc et al · 2.14 cfs, 449.9 AF
- #7May 31, 1891D-980BNiobrara River · IrrigationAgate Springs Ranch Inc · 0.16 cfs, 32.7 AF
- #8May 31, 1891D-980ANiobrara River · IrrigationAgate Springs Ranch Inc · 2.31 cfs, 486.3 AF
- #9May 31, 1891D-980RNiobrara River · IrrigationAgate Springs Ranch Inc · 0.52 cfs, 108.3 AF
- #10Jun 8, 1891D-510RNiobrara River · IrrigationRay T Dout Ranch & Cattle · 0.96 cfs, 202.8 AF
- #11Jul 1, 1892D-517ANiobrara River · IrrigationSkavdahl Bros Inc · 2.89 cfs, 606 AF
- #12Jul 1, 1892D-517BNiobrara River · IrrigationCharles Skavdahl · 4.24 cfs, 891 AF
- #13May 1, 1894D-511RNiobrara River · IrrigationPrairie Plains Resource Institute · 2.09 cfs, 438 AF
- #14Mar 12, 1895D-518Niobrara River · IrrigationJoseph Buck Morava · 1.4 cfs, 294 AF
- #15Jul 3, 1895A-60Niobrara River · IrrigationJoseph Buck Morava · 2.27 cfs, 477 AF
- #16Jul 22, 1895A-88RNiobrara River · IrrigationJohn & Patricia B Manning · 5.71 cfs, 1,200 AF
- #17Apr 27, 1896A-292Niobrara River · IrrigationJoshua T Skavdahl · 2.94 cfs, 615.6 AF
- #18Dec 18, 1912A-1248Niobrara River · IrrigationJames L Skavdahl · 0.5 cfs, 106.5 AF
- #19Dec 18, 1912A-1249RNiobrara River · IrrigationJames L Skavdahl · 3.45 cfs, 723 AF
- #20Mar 24, 1914A-1362RNiobrara River · IrrigationSix Bar Ranch Inc et al · 1.46 cfs, 307.1 AF
- #21Oct 13, 1931A-2244Niobrara River · IrrigationJames L Skavdahl · 0.93 cfs, 195 AF
- #22Jul 11, 1932A-2275ANiobrara River · IrrigationSkavdahl Bros Inc · 0.95 cfs, 198 AF
- #23Jul 11, 1932A-2275BNiobrara River · IrrigationWilliam T Skavdahl · 1.06 cfs, 222 AF
- #24Jul 11, 1932A-2275CNiobrara River · IrrigationCharles Skavdahl · 0.53 cfs, 111 AF
- #25Jun 20, 1966A-10870Niobrara River · IrrigationJames Carlson · 0.39 cfs, 81 AF
- No priority dateCSW-1676Niobrara River · Conduct Surface Water33 Ranch LLC · 3.9 cfs