# Kansas water use in 1992 — 3,989,212 acre-feet reported

> What Kansas reported using in 1992: 3,989,212 acre-feet across 24,921 points of diversion, and how that compares with the thirty-four year average.

## Kansas water use in 1992

**3,989,212** acre-feet reported across **24,921** points — 23% below the 1990–2023 average.

### What 1992 was

Kansas reported **3,989,212** acre-feet in 1992, against a
1990–2023 average of 5,214,505. Reported use follows the weather far
more than anything else, so a single year says more about rainfall than
about policy — which is why every page on this site shows the whole
series rather than a comparison between two years.

The count of points reporting any use was **24,921**. That
number moves far less than the volume does, in 1992 as in every other year.

### Which counties used the most in 1992

| County | Acre-feet | Share |
|---|---|---|
| [Haskell](/county/haskell.md) | 334,412 | 8.4% |
| [Finney](/county/finney.md) | 308,544 | 7.7% |
| [Gray](/county/gray.md) | 236,918 | 5.9% |
| [Stevens](/county/stevens.md) | 228,311 | 5.7% |
| [Stanton](/county/stanton.md) | 221,610 | 5.6% |
| [Grant](/county/grant.md) | 218,337 | 5.5% |
| [Seward](/county/seward.md) | 184,149 | 4.6% |
| [Kearny](/county/kearny.md) | 177,644 | 4.5% |
| [Meade](/county/meade.md) | 171,227 | 4.3% |
| [Ford](/county/ford.md) | 104,519 | 2.6% |
| [Sherman](/county/sherman.md) | 92,218 | 2.3% |
| [Wichita](/county/wichita.md) | 91,340 | 2.3% |
| [Wyandotte](/county/wyandotte.md) | 90,095 | 2.3% |
| [Sedgwick](/county/sedgwick.md) | 87,903 | 2.2% |
| [Edwards](/county/edwards.md) | 80,738 | 2.0% |
| [Morton](/county/morton.md) | 75,184 | 1.9% |
| [Scott](/county/scott.md) | 72,229 | 1.8% |
| [Stafford](/county/stafford.md) | 69,515 | 1.7% |
| [Wallace](/county/wallace.md) | 68,130 | 1.7% |
| [Pratt](/county/pratt.md) | 66,928 | 1.7% |
| [Thomas](/county/thomas.md) | 65,104 | 1.6% |
| [Sheridan](/county/sheridan.md) | 53,312 | 1.3% |
| [Reno](/county/reno.md) | 51,334 | 1.3% |
| [Harvey](/county/harvey.md) | 49,004 | 1.2% |
| [Kiowa](/county/kiowa.md) | 48,069 | 1.2% |

### By management district in 1992

| District | Acre-feet | Share |
|---|---|---|
| [Southwest Kansas GMD 3](/district/southwest-kansas-gmd-3.md) | 2,280,783 | 57.2% |
| [Outside any district](/district/outside-any-district.md) | 654,103 | 16.4% |
| [Big Bend GMD 5](/district/big-bend-gmd-5.md) | 357,393 | 9.0% |
| [Western Kansas GMD 1](/district/western-kansas-gmd-1.md) | 276,546 | 6.9% |
| [Northwest Kansas GMD 4](/district/northwest-kansas-gmd-4.md) | 275,179 | 6.9% |
| [Equus Beds GMD 2](/district/equus-beds-gmd-2.md) | 145,209 | 3.6% |

### Other years

- [1990](/year/1990.md) 5,352,005 AF
- [1991](/year/1991.md) 5,433,882 AF
- [1993](/year/1993.md) 3,525,238 AF
- [1994](/year/1994.md) 4,696,430 AF
- [1995](/year/1995.md) 4,418,233 AF
- [1996](/year/1996.md) 5,605,153 AF
- [1997](/year/1997.md) 5,493,787 AF
- [1998](/year/1998.md) 5,755,680 AF
- [1999](/year/1999.md) 5,578,425 AF
- [2000](/year/2000.md) 6,374,054 AF
- [2001](/year/2001.md) 5,617,732 AF

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Página: https://ks-water-use.pages.dev/year/1992/
Fonte: Kansas water use — Kansas Geological Survey, from the annual reports collected by the Division of Water Resources
Recolha: 2026-08-22