# Kansas water use in 2003 — 5,319,435 acre-feet reported

> What Kansas reported using in 2003: 5,319,435 acre-feet across 27,151 points of diversion, and how that compares with the thirty-four year average.

## Kansas water use in 2003

**5,319,435** acre-feet reported across **27,151** points — 2% above the 1990–2023 average.

### What 2003 was

Kansas reported **5,319,435** acre-feet in 2003, 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 **27,151**. That
number moves far less than the volume does, in 2003 as in every other year.

### Which counties used the most in 2003

| County | Acre-feet | Share |
|---|---|---|
| [Douglas](/county/douglas.md) | 794,750 | 14.9% |
| [Finney](/county/finney.md) | 350,888 | 6.6% |
| [Haskell](/county/haskell.md) | 257,956 | 4.8% |
| [Gray](/county/gray.md) | 242,771 | 4.6% |
| [Stevens](/county/stevens.md) | 209,568 | 3.9% |
| [Seward](/county/seward.md) | 166,634 | 3.1% |
| [Kearny](/county/kearny.md) | 161,724 | 3.0% |
| [Meade](/county/meade.md) | 160,923 | 3.0% |
| [Grant](/county/grant.md) | 153,062 | 2.9% |
| [Sherman](/county/sherman.md) | 147,839 | 2.8% |
| [Stanton](/county/stanton.md) | 143,779 | 2.7% |
| [Wyandotte](/county/wyandotte.md) | 131,670 | 2.5% |
| [Edwards](/county/edwards.md) | 129,226 | 2.4% |
| [Thomas](/county/thomas.md) | 125,112 | 2.4% |
| [Sedgwick](/county/sedgwick.md) | 117,430 | 2.2% |
| [Ford](/county/ford.md) | 115,844 | 2.2% |
| [Pratt](/county/pratt.md) | 114,568 | 2.2% |
| [Stafford](/county/stafford.md) | 109,349 | 2.1% |
| [Sheridan](/county/sheridan.md) | 100,785 | 1.9% |
| [Pawnee](/county/pawnee.md) | 88,662 | 1.7% |
| [Reno](/county/reno.md) | 81,256 | 1.5% |
| [Wallace](/county/wallace.md) | 69,149 | 1.3% |
| [Kiowa](/county/kiowa.md) | 68,330 | 1.3% |
| [Wichita](/county/wichita.md) | 67,373 | 1.3% |
| [Scott](/county/scott.md) | 66,549 | 1.3% |

### By management district in 2003

| District | Acre-feet | Share |
|---|---|---|
| [Southwest Kansas GMD 3](/district/southwest-kansas-gmd-3.md) | 2,022,731 | 38.0% |
| [Outside any district](/district/outside-any-district.md) | 1,742,735 | 32.8% |
| [Big Bend GMD 5](/district/big-bend-gmd-5.md) | 609,426 | 11.5% |
| [Northwest Kansas GMD 4](/district/northwest-kansas-gmd-4.md) | 486,495 | 9.1% |
| [Western Kansas GMD 1](/district/western-kansas-gmd-1.md) | 245,643 | 4.6% |
| [Equus Beds GMD 2](/district/equus-beds-gmd-2.md) | 212,404 | 4.0% |

### Other years

- [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
- [2002](/year/2002.md) 5,985,182 AF
- [2004](/year/2004.md) 4,811,662 AF
- [2005](/year/2005.md) 4,580,074 AF
- [2006](/year/2006.md) 4,985,462 AF
- [2007](/year/2007.md) 4,703,046 AF
- [2008](/year/2008.md) 4,877,746 AF

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Página: https://ks-water-use.pages.dev/year/2003/
Fonte: Kansas water use — Kansas Geological Survey, from the annual reports collected by the Division of Water Resources
Recolha: 2026-08-22