# Kansas water use in 2009 — 4,772,103 acre-feet reported

> What Kansas reported using in 2009: 4,772,103 acre-feet across 26,135 points of diversion, and how that compares with the thirty-four year average.

## Kansas water use in 2009

**4,772,103** acre-feet reported across **26,135** points — 8% below the 1990–2023 average.

### What 2009 was

Kansas reported **4,772,103** acre-feet in 2009, 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 **26,135**. That
number moves far less than the volume does, in 2009 as in every other year.

### Which counties used the most in 2009

| County | Acre-feet | Share |
|---|---|---|
| [Douglas](/county/douglas.md) | 1,017,385 | 21.3% |
| [Finney](/county/finney.md) | 277,890 | 5.8% |
| [Stevens](/county/stevens.md) | 231,148 | 4.8% |
| [Haskell](/county/haskell.md) | 199,763 | 4.2% |
| [Gray](/county/gray.md) | 199,493 | 4.2% |
| [Kearny](/county/kearny.md) | 180,519 | 3.8% |
| [Meade](/county/meade.md) | 173,000 | 3.6% |
| [Seward](/county/seward.md) | 172,535 | 3.6% |
| [Grant](/county/grant.md) | 126,220 | 2.6% |
| [Stanton](/county/stanton.md) | 124,999 | 2.6% |
| [Ford](/county/ford.md) | 106,858 | 2.2% |
| [Wyandotte](/county/wyandotte.md) | 106,789 | 2.2% |
| [Sedgwick](/county/sedgwick.md) | 102,296 | 2.1% |
| [Edwards](/county/edwards.md) | 101,912 | 2.1% |
| [Sherman](/county/sherman.md) | 100,441 | 2.1% |
| [Pratt](/county/pratt.md) | 97,144 | 2.0% |
| [Stafford](/county/stafford.md) | 80,717 | 1.7% |
| [Reno](/county/reno.md) | 72,740 | 1.5% |
| [Thomas](/county/thomas.md) | 69,641 | 1.5% |
| [Pawnee](/county/pawnee.md) | 64,241 | 1.3% |
| [Jewell](/county/jewell.md) | 60,654 | 1.3% |
| [Sheridan](/county/sheridan.md) | 60,499 | 1.3% |
| [Kiowa](/county/kiowa.md) | 59,291 | 1.2% |
| [Wichita](/county/wichita.md) | 56,736 | 1.2% |
| [Morton](/county/morton.md) | 50,032 | 1.0% |

### By management district in 2009

| District | Acre-feet | Share |
|---|---|---|
| [Southwest Kansas GMD 3](/district/southwest-kansas-gmd-3.md) | 1,858,512 | 38.9% |
| [Outside any district](/district/outside-any-district.md) | 1,779,915 | 37.3% |
| [Big Bend GMD 5](/district/big-bend-gmd-5.md) | 475,339 | 10.0% |
| [Northwest Kansas GMD 4](/district/northwest-kansas-gmd-4.md) | 302,856 | 6.3% |
| [Western Kansas GMD 1](/district/western-kansas-gmd-1.md) | 185,719 | 3.9% |
| [Equus Beds GMD 2](/district/equus-beds-gmd-2.md) | 169,762 | 3.6% |

### Other years

- [2003](/year/2003.md) 5,319,435 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
- [2010](/year/2010.md) 5,225,571 AF
- [2011](/year/2011.md) 6,168,180 AF
- [2012](/year/2012.md) 5,736,318 AF
- [2013](/year/2013.md) 5,083,268 AF
- [2014](/year/2014.md) 4,979,459 AF

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Página: https://ks-water-use.pages.dev/year/2009/
Fonte: Kansas water use — Kansas Geological Survey, from the annual reports collected by the Division of Water Resources
Recolha: 2026-08-22