# Kansas water use in 2005 — 4,580,074 acre-feet reported

> What Kansas reported using in 2005: 4,580,074 acre-feet across 26,654 points of diversion, and how that compares with the thirty-four year average.

## Kansas water use in 2005

**4,580,074** acre-feet reported across **26,654** points — 12% below the 1990–2023 average.

### What 2005 was

Kansas reported **4,580,074** acre-feet in 2005, 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 **26,654**. That
number moves far less than the volume does, in 2005 as in every other year.

### Which counties used the most in 2005

| County | Acre-feet | Share |
|---|---|---|
| [Douglas](/county/douglas.md) | 849,124 | 18.5% |
| [Finney](/county/finney.md) | 277,584 | 6.1% |
| [Gray](/county/gray.md) | 199,903 | 4.4% |
| [Stevens](/county/stevens.md) | 183,521 | 4.0% |
| [Haskell](/county/haskell.md) | 181,975 | 4.0% |
| [Kearny](/county/kearny.md) | 176,216 | 3.8% |
| [Seward](/county/seward.md) | 147,783 | 3.2% |
| [Meade](/county/meade.md) | 138,813 | 3.0% |
| [Wyandotte](/county/wyandotte.md) | 125,680 | 2.7% |
| [Sherman](/county/sherman.md) | 119,203 | 2.6% |
| [Sedgwick](/county/sedgwick.md) | 113,956 | 2.5% |
| [Thomas](/county/thomas.md) | 106,969 | 2.3% |
| [Edwards](/county/edwards.md) | 106,646 | 2.3% |
| [Grant](/county/grant.md) | 102,093 | 2.2% |
| [Ford](/county/ford.md) | 100,900 | 2.2% |
| [Stanton](/county/stanton.md) | 91,773 | 2.0% |
| [Stafford](/county/stafford.md) | 89,743 | 2.0% |
| [Pratt](/county/pratt.md) | 86,791 | 1.9% |
| [Sheridan](/county/sheridan.md) | 81,226 | 1.8% |
| [Pawnee](/county/pawnee.md) | 76,921 | 1.7% |
| [Reno](/county/reno.md) | 69,663 | 1.5% |
| [Wallace](/county/wallace.md) | 56,525 | 1.2% |
| [Kiowa](/county/kiowa.md) | 56,352 | 1.2% |
| [Wichita](/county/wichita.md) | 55,144 | 1.2% |
| [Barton](/county/barton.md) | 54,929 | 1.2% |

### By management district in 2005

| District | Acre-feet | Share |
|---|---|---|
| [Outside any district](/district/outside-any-district.md) | 1,653,029 | 36.1% |
| [Southwest Kansas GMD 3](/district/southwest-kansas-gmd-3.md) | 1,647,474 | 36.0% |
| [Big Bend GMD 5](/district/big-bend-gmd-5.md) | 502,842 | 11.0% |
| [Northwest Kansas GMD 4](/district/northwest-kansas-gmd-4.md) | 400,790 | 8.8% |
| [Western Kansas GMD 1](/district/western-kansas-gmd-1.md) | 196,123 | 4.3% |
| [Equus Beds GMD 2](/district/equus-beds-gmd-2.md) | 179,815 | 3.9% |

### Other years

- [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
- [2004](/year/2004.md) 4,811,662 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
- [2010](/year/2010.md) 5,225,571 AF

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Página: https://ks-water-use.pages.dev/year/2005/
Fonte: Kansas water use — Kansas Geological Survey, from the annual reports collected by the Division of Water Resources
Recolha: 2026-08-22