# Kansas water use in 1996 — 5,605,153 acre-feet reported

> What Kansas reported using in 1996: 5,605,153 acre-feet across 26,073 points of diversion, and how that compares with the thirty-four year average.

## Kansas water use in 1996

**5,605,153** acre-feet reported across **26,073** points — 7% above the 1990–2023 average.

### What 1996 was

Kansas reported **5,605,153** acre-feet in 1996, 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 **26,073**. That
number moves far less than the volume does, in 1996 as in every other year.

### Which counties used the most in 1996

| County | Acre-feet | Share |
|---|---|---|
| [Douglas](/county/douglas.md) | 1,388,852 | 24.8% |
| [Finney](/county/finney.md) | 317,933 | 5.7% |
| [Haskell](/county/haskell.md) | 286,923 | 5.1% |
| [Kearny](/county/kearny.md) | 223,086 | 4.0% |
| [Gray](/county/gray.md) | 220,625 | 3.9% |
| [Stevens](/county/stevens.md) | 214,740 | 3.8% |
| [Grant](/county/grant.md) | 179,010 | 3.2% |
| [Seward](/county/seward.md) | 176,235 | 3.1% |
| [Meade](/county/meade.md) | 168,431 | 3.0% |
| [Stanton](/county/stanton.md) | 158,850 | 2.8% |
| [Sherman](/county/sherman.md) | 118,937 | 2.1% |
| [Wyandotte](/county/wyandotte.md) | 104,739 | 1.9% |
| [Sedgwick](/county/sedgwick.md) | 104,116 | 1.9% |
| [Thomas](/county/thomas.md) | 100,826 | 1.8% |
| [Ford](/county/ford.md) | 96,948 | 1.7% |
| [Stafford](/county/stafford.md) | 83,271 | 1.5% |
| [Wallace](/county/wallace.md) | 81,011 | 1.4% |
| [Wichita](/county/wichita.md) | 80,050 | 1.4% |
| [Jewell](/county/jewell.md) | 77,517 | 1.4% |
| [Edwards](/county/edwards.md) | 76,354 | 1.4% |
| [Pratt](/county/pratt.md) | 73,951 | 1.3% |
| [Sheridan](/county/sheridan.md) | 73,081 | 1.3% |
| [Reno](/county/reno.md) | 60,734 | 1.1% |
| [Morton](/county/morton.md) | 57,733 | 1.0% |
| [Scott](/county/scott.md) | 56,586 | 1.0% |

### By management district in 1996

| District | Acre-feet | Share |
|---|---|---|
| [Outside any district](/district/outside-any-district.md) | 2,273,099 | 40.6% |
| [Southwest Kansas GMD 3](/district/southwest-kansas-gmd-3.md) | 2,116,947 | 37.8% |
| [Big Bend GMD 5](/district/big-bend-gmd-5.md) | 412,996 | 7.4% |
| [Northwest Kansas GMD 4](/district/northwest-kansas-gmd-4.md) | 376,756 | 6.7% |
| [Western Kansas GMD 1](/district/western-kansas-gmd-1.md) | 259,354 | 4.6% |
| [Equus Beds GMD 2](/district/equus-beds-gmd-2.md) | 166,001 | 3.0% |

### Other years

- [1990](/year/1990.md) 5,352,005 AF
- [1991](/year/1991.md) 5,433,882 AF
- [1992](/year/1992.md) 3,989,212 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
- [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/1996/
Fonte: Kansas water use — Kansas Geological Survey, from the annual reports collected by the Division of Water Resources
Recolha: 2026-08-22