Water Use

The Rattlesnake Creek subbasin has a total of 1,377 water rights with an authorized quantity of 266,726 acre-feet.  The subbasin has very few vested rights compared to appropriation rights.  Water use includes irrigation, municipal, domestic, stock, recreation and industrial water rights.

Type Source Number of Rights  Authorized Quantity 
Vested Groundwater            12            1,181
Vested Surface             2             222
Appropriated  Groundwater           1,360          250,643
Appropriated Surface             3           14,680

Rattlesnake Creek Water Use 1989-2009

The Points of Diversion map includes some surface water rights that are used for watershed dams and account for evaporation.

Kansas Department of Agriculture