
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 |

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