# Kansas water use in 2004 — 4,811,662 acre-feet reported

> What Kansas reported using in 2004: 4,811,662 acre-feet across 26,634 points of diversion, and how that compares with the thirty-four year average.

## Kansas water use in 2004

**4,811,662** acre-feet reported across **26,634** points — 8% below the 1990–2023 average.

### What 2004 was

Kansas reported **4,811,662** acre-feet in 2004, 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 **26,634**. That
number moves far less than the volume does, in 2004 as in every other year.

### Which counties used the most in 2004

| County | Acre-feet | Share |
|---|---|---|
| [Douglas](/county/douglas.md) | 897,633 | 18.7% |
| [Finney](/county/finney.md) | 297,696 | 6.2% |
| [Gray](/county/gray.md) | 220,491 | 4.6% |
| [Haskell](/county/haskell.md) | 210,701 | 4.4% |
| [Stevens](/county/stevens.md) | 198,976 | 4.1% |
| [Kearny](/county/kearny.md) | 161,197 | 3.4% |
| [Seward](/county/seward.md) | 147,291 | 3.1% |
| [Sherman](/county/sherman.md) | 144,266 | 3.0% |
| [Meade](/county/meade.md) | 137,916 | 2.9% |
| [Stanton](/county/stanton.md) | 131,525 | 2.7% |
| [Thomas](/county/thomas.md) | 131,139 | 2.7% |
| [Grant](/county/grant.md) | 131,106 | 2.7% |
| [Wyandotte](/county/wyandotte.md) | 121,952 | 2.5% |
| [Ford](/county/ford.md) | 105,296 | 2.2% |
| [Sedgwick](/county/sedgwick.md) | 104,303 | 2.2% |
| [Edwards](/county/edwards.md) | 99,617 | 2.1% |
| [Sheridan](/county/sheridan.md) | 98,203 | 2.0% |
| [Stafford](/county/stafford.md) | 79,170 | 1.6% |
| [Pratt](/county/pratt.md) | 74,886 | 1.6% |
| [Wichita](/county/wichita.md) | 65,163 | 1.4% |
| [Pawnee](/county/pawnee.md) | 64,727 | 1.3% |
| [Kiowa](/county/kiowa.md) | 61,464 | 1.3% |
| [Reno](/county/reno.md) | 59,995 | 1.2% |
| [Scott](/county/scott.md) | 57,771 | 1.2% |
| [Wallace](/county/wallace.md) | 56,759 | 1.2% |

### By management district in 2004

| District | Acre-feet | Share |
|---|---|---|
| [Southwest Kansas GMD 3](/district/southwest-kansas-gmd-3.md) | 1,800,005 | 37.4% |
| [Outside any district](/district/outside-any-district.md) | 1,702,662 | 35.4% |
| [Northwest Kansas GMD 4](/district/northwest-kansas-gmd-4.md) | 482,678 | 10.0% |
| [Big Bend GMD 5](/district/big-bend-gmd-5.md) | 451,685 | 9.4% |
| [Western Kansas GMD 1](/district/western-kansas-gmd-1.md) | 215,802 | 4.5% |
| [Equus Beds GMD 2](/district/equus-beds-gmd-2.md) | 158,829 | 3.3% |

### Other years

- [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
- [2003](/year/2003.md) 5,319,435 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
- [2009](/year/2009.md) 4,772,103 AF

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Página: https://ks-water-use.pages.dev/year/2004/
Fonte: Kansas water use — Kansas Geological Survey, from the annual reports collected by the Division of Water Resources
Recolha: 2026-08-22