Water Use

Ogallala Fringe water use data was derived from irrigation, municipal, recreation, stock, industrial and domestic water rights. Water rights are broken into vested rights and appropriation rights.  The average water use is 91,650 acre-feet.

Type Source  Number of Rights   Authorized Quantity
Vested Surface                 25              12,415
Appropriated    Surface              61              16.955
Vested Ground              98              10,306
Appropriated Ground            1,177             144,455
Total            1,361             184,230

Ogallala Fringe Water Use

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

Kansas Department of Agriculture