Hand County water rights
68 rights recorded with the state of South Dakota
- Groundwater
- 45
- Surface water
- 23
Streams and named sources
Each source page lists its rights in priority order, which is the order water is shared out in a shortage.
- Runoff4 · 1950
- Sloughs3 · 1969
- Wolf Creek3 · 1963
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
- #1Jan 1, 1889797-3Cottonwood Lake, Dry Draw · RecreationDept of Game Fish & Parks
- #2Jan 1, 19321638-3Runoff, Wolf Creek, Lake Louise · RecreationDept of Game Fish & Parks
- #3Jan 1, 19361637-3Turtle Creek, Jones Lake · RecreationDept of Game Fish & Parks
- #4Jan 1, 1945785-3Groundwater · MunicipalTown of St Lawrence · 0.3 cfs
- #5Jan 1, 19501101-3Dry Draw · IrrigationP Spear Ranch INC · 21.82 cfs
- #6Jan 1, 19506173-3Runoff · Fish and Wildlife Propagation, Recreation, DomesticPaul Meyers
- #7Jan 11, 1957386-3Groundwater · IrrigationH & J Partnership · 2.22 cfs
- #8Jan 11, 1957386A-3Groundwater · IrrigationKraig Jackson · 0.58 cfs
- #9Jan 11, 19574167-3Groundwater · IrrigationKraig Jackson · 1.78 cfs
- #10May 27, 19631038-3Wolf Creek · IrrigationT J Poindexter · 1.3 cfs
- #11May 27, 19631038A-3Wolf Creek · IrrigationP Spear Ranch · 1.05 cfs
- #12May 27, 19631038B-3Wolf Creek · IrrigationSandra Poindexter Revocable Trust · 0.28 cfs
- #13May 27, 19631039-3Dry Draw · IrrigationSandra Poindexter Revocable Trust · 3.3 cfs
- #14Feb 15, 19651161-3Runoff · IrrigationLeland Taylor · 1.7 cfs
- #15Dec 24, 19651244-3Dry Draw Runoff · IrrigationLeonard Fawcett · 0.2 cfs
- #16Aug 29, 19681614-3Runoff, Trib to Turtle Creek · IrrigationDuane Aymar · 0.32 cfs
- #17Nov 4, 19691706-3Sloughs · IrrigationShirley R Cook · 0.49 cfs
- #18Nov 4, 19691707-3Sloughs · IrrigationShirley R Cook · 0.39 cfs
- #19Feb 5, 19701720-3Sloughs · IrrigationShirley R Cook · 1.65 cfs
- #20Oct 3, 19732022-3Lake Louise · IrrigationDept of Game Fish & Parks · 0.05 cfs
- #21Feb 10, 19762537-3Spring · IrrigationJerry Poindexter · 2.14 cfs
- #22Apr 19, 19762679-3Groundwater · IrrigationM a Nelson · 4 cfs
- #23Jun 22, 19762786-3Groundwater · IrrigationRoy Mehling · 2.11 cfs
- #24Aug 31, 19762986-3Groundwater · IrrigationRoy Lee Bultman · 2.22 cfs
- #25Aug 31, 19765240-3Groundwater · IrrigationMax & Betty Patridge · 3.78 cfs
- #26Sep 1, 19762982-3Groundwater · IrrigationDavid Simons · 2.2 cfs
- #27Sep 3, 19763110-3Groundwater · IrrigationDaelyn R Sanger · 2.1 cfs
- #28Dec 16, 19763421-3Groundwater · IrrigationJune Bottum · 1.55 cfs
- #29Dec 20, 19764355-3Groundwater · IrrigationKraig Jackson · 1.67 cfs
- #30Jan 14, 19773553-3Groundwater · IrrigationWilliam Oligmueller · 2 cfs
- #31Jan 14, 19775288-3Groundwater · IrrigationMax & Betty Patridge · 1.67 cfs
- #32Jan 19, 19773558-3Groundwater · IrrigationMaxon Conkey · 6 cfs
- #33Jan 19, 19773558A-3Groundwater · IrrigationMaxon Conkey · 4.78 cfs
- #34Dec 5, 19784352-3Groundwater · IrrigationRoy Lee Bultman · 2 cfs
- #35Mar 5, 19814688-3Groundwater · IrrigationDelmar Fawcett · 1.5 cfs
- #36Jul 20, 19814816-3Groundwater · MunicipalTown of Ree Heights · 0.09 cfs
- #37Oct 5, 19814824-3Groundwater · IrrigationJerry Mehling · 1.55 cfs
- #38Oct 15, 19814825-3Groundwater · IrrigationRoy Mehling · 1.85 cfs
- #39Oct 19, 19814826-3Groundwater · IrrigationRoy Mehling · 1.17 cfs
- #40Oct 29, 19814815-3Groundwater · Municipal, DomesticSt Liborius Church · 0.22 cfs
- #41Feb 3, 19865085-3Groundwater · IrrigationEd Watkins · 1.85 cfs
- #42Feb 3, 19866282-3Groundwater · IrrigationEd Watkins · 2.44 cfs
- #43Oct 31, 19865111-3Groundwater · InstitutionalSunshine Bible Academy · 0.05 cfs
- #44Oct 31, 19865111A-3Groundwater · InstitutionalSunshine Bible Academy · 0.04 cfs
- #45Aug 5, 19885228-3Groundwater · IrrigationRoy Mehling · 1.78 cfs
- #46Dec 5, 19895368-3Dugout · IrrigationMiller Golf Club · 0.44 cfs
- #47Mar 22, 19945813-3Groundwater · IrrigationEd Watkins · 1.85 cfs
- #48Jan 27, 19996123-3Little Wolf Creek · Fish and Wildlife Propagation, DomesticRichard Joy
- #49Jul 24, 20016273-3Runoff · Fish and Wildlife Propagation, DomesticTodd Bushong
- #50Jan 25, 20056581-3Groundwater · CommercialFremark Feedlot · 0.12 cfs
- #51Jan 26, 20056585-3Groundwater · CommercialJoe Poindexter · 0.04 cfs
- #52Jan 26, 20056586-3Groundwater · CommercialJoe Poindexter · 0.04 cfs
- #53Mar 14, 20056619-3Groundwater · CommercialP J Werdel & Sons · 0.08 cfs
- #54Aug 24, 20056633-3Sand Creek, Runoff · IrrigationP J Werdell & Sons INC · 0.67 cfs
- #55Aug 24, 20056634-3Runoff · Irrigation, DomesticP J Werdell & Sons INC · 1.67 cfs
- #56Nov 6, 20087080-3Groundwater · CommercialBottum Brothers Partnership · 0.15 cfs
- #57Feb 10, 20097133-3Groundwater · Industrial, CommercialSouth Dakota Soybean Processors · 0.04 cfs
- #58Jul 30, 20127387-3Groundwater · Domestic, GeothermalTom Nuhsbaumer · 0.07 cfs
- #59Mar 18, 20137794-3Groundwater · IrrigationJerry Mehling · 1.78 cfs
- #60Jan 8, 20198390-3Groundwater, Gravel Pit · IrrigationMike Rogers · 3.86 cfs
- #61Oct 30, 20198413-3Groundwater · CommercialRatio LLC · 0.13 cfs
- #62Feb 8, 20218450-3Groundwater · IrrigationTom Nuhsbaumer · 1.78 cfs
- #63Dec 1, 20218572-3Matter Creek, Runoff · Recreation, DomesticRay Martinmaas
- #64Jan 13, 20258919-3Groundwater · IrrigationTom Nuhsbaumer · 2.28 cfs
- #65Apr 16, 20258949-3Groundwater · IrrigationTom Nuhsbaumer · 1.78 cfs
- #66Apr 16, 20258950-3Groundwater · IrrigationTom Nuhsbaumer · 1.78 cfs
- #67Apr 16, 20258951-3Groundwater · IrrigationTyson Nuhsbaumer · 1.78 cfs
- #68Feb 5, 20269023-3Groundwater, Runoff, Dam · IrrigationChris Howard Ranch LLC · 0.03 cfs