Mellette County water rights
36 rights recorded with the state of South Dakota
- Surface water
- 34
- Groundwater
- 2
Streams and named sources
Each source page lists its rights in priority order, which is the order water is shared out in a shortage.
- White River15 · 1950
- Little White River10 · 1937
- Dry Draws3 · 1962
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
- #1Nov 15, 19292213-2Little White River, Hydroelectric Dam · IndustrialKen Hayes · 240 cfs
- #2Feb 1, 1937US25-2Little White River · IrrigationBia
- #3Feb 1, 1937US26-2Black Ride Creek · IrrigationBia
- #4May 31, 1938US53-2Big White River · IrrigationBia
- #5Feb 3, 1940US511-2Little White River · IrrigationBia
- #6May 28, 1940US543-2Little Corn Creek · IrrigationUsda
- #7Nov 8, 1949340-2Little White River · IrrigationDonald Bret & Kathleen J Strain · 1.21 cfs
- #8Nov 8, 1949341-2Little White River · IrrigationDonald Bret & Kathleen J Strain · 1.14 cfs
- #9Nov 8, 1949342-2Little White River · IrrigationDonald Bret & Kathleen J Strain · 0.71 cfs
- #10Dec 21, 1950371-2White River · IrrigationLarry Labrier · 1.3 cfs
- #11Jul 1, 1960612-2Little White River · IrrigationBobby L & Carol J Hutchinson · 2.55 cfs
- #12Jul 24, 1961720-2Little White River · IrrigationBuffalo Wallow LLC · 0.6 cfs
- #13Dec 3, 1962787-2Dry Draws · IrrigationZack R Word · 4.62 cfs
- #14Jun 4, 1964832-2Little White River · IrrigationC+N Land LLP · 0.83 cfs
- #15Jan 28, 1965857-2White River · IrrigationEugene F Thomas · 1.59 cfs
- #16Nov 19, 1965875-2White River · IrrigationJim Bennett · 2.1 cfs
- #17Feb 8, 1966881-2White River · IrrigationRyan Edwards · 2.19 cfs
- #18Mar 1, 1966884-2Little White River · IrrigationTheresa Didier Benda · 0.86 cfs
- #19Nov 7, 1966895-2Dry Draws · IrrigationRobert Adrian · 0.35 cfs
- #20Sep 21, 1967932-2White River · IrrigationTerry W & Alice Kay Sanderson · 1.53 cfs
- #21Dec 11, 1968980-2White River · IrrigationRobert Brost · 6 cfs
- #22Dec 4, 19691010-2White River · IrrigationDouglas J Perry · 0.85 cfs
- #23May 12, 19711082-2White River · IrrigationCharles Strait · 0.29 cfs
- #24May 12, 19711557-2White River · IrrigationCharles Strait · 0.7 cfs
- #25Feb 15, 19721100-2Dry Draws · IrrigationW R Osborn · 0.94 cfs
- #26Sep 3, 19761469-2White River · IrrigationMichael Perault · 0.44 cfs
- #27Dec 8, 19761494-2Runoff · Fish and Wildlife PropagationFred R Egleston
- #28Dec 17, 19761504-2White River · IrrigationRobert Brost · 2.06 cfs
- #29Jan 5, 19771514-2Groundwater · IrrigationRueben Ring · 2.67 cfs
- #30Feb 15, 19771529-2White River · IrrigationMichael D Rykhus · 5.1 cfs
- #31Apr 16, 19801707-2Black Pipe Creek, Groundwater · IrrigationDaniel Taft · 1 cfs
- #32Nov 14, 1994FC2-2Little White River · Flood Control PermitEdward E. Krogman
- #33Jun 19, 20002441-2Runoff · DomesticBen Krogman
- #34Feb 27, 20122681-2White River · IrrigationJustin Edwards · 14.4 cfs
- #35Feb 27, 20122681A-2White River · IrrigationCorwin & Barry Harthoorn · 6.24 cfs
- #36Feb 27, 20122681B-2White River · IrrigationCorwin & Barry Harthoorn · 1.48 cfs