# Kansas water use in 2022 — 6,087,338 acre-feet reported

> What Kansas reported using in 2022: 6,087,338 acre-feet across 26,487 points of diversion, and how that compares with the thirty-four year average.

## Kansas water use in 2022

**6,087,338** acre-feet reported across **26,487** points — 17% above the 1990–2023 average.

### What 2022 was

Kansas reported **6,087,338** acre-feet in 2022, 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 **26,487**. That
number moves far less than the volume does, in 2022 as in every other year.

### Which counties used the most in 2022

| County | Acre-feet | Share |
|---|---|---|
| [Douglas](/county/douglas.md) | 1,597,324 | 26.2% |
| [Finney](/county/finney.md) | 315,711 | 5.2% |
| [Stevens](/county/stevens.md) | 269,025 | 4.4% |
| [Meade](/county/meade.md) | 213,848 | 3.5% |
| [Seward](/county/seward.md) | 206,331 | 3.4% |
| [Gray](/county/gray.md) | 205,253 | 3.4% |
| [Haskell](/county/haskell.md) | 196,681 | 3.2% |
| [Kearny](/county/kearny.md) | 150,910 | 2.5% |
| [Sherman](/county/sherman.md) | 148,833 | 2.4% |
| [Edwards](/county/edwards.md) | 140,715 | 2.3% |
| [Pratt](/county/pratt.md) | 133,316 | 2.2% |
| [Grant](/county/grant.md) | 131,296 | 2.2% |
| [Stafford](/county/stafford.md) | 125,353 | 2.1% |
| [Thomas](/county/thomas.md) | 125,047 | 2.1% |
| [Ford](/county/ford.md) | 125,012 | 2.1% |
| [Sedgwick](/county/sedgwick.md) | 116,172 | 1.9% |
| [Wyandotte](/county/wyandotte.md) | 103,650 | 1.7% |
| [Stanton](/county/stanton.md) | 101,810 | 1.7% |
| [Reno](/county/reno.md) | 98,410 | 1.6% |
| [Pawnee](/county/pawnee.md) | 94,476 | 1.6% |
| [Sheridan](/county/sheridan.md) | 93,003 | 1.5% |
| [Kiowa](/county/kiowa.md) | 80,073 | 1.3% |
| [Cheyenne](/county/cheyenne.md) | 66,765 | 1.1% |
| [Harvey](/county/harvey.md) | 63,958 | 1.1% |
| [Morton](/county/morton.md) | 54,790 | 0.9% |

### By management district in 2022

| District | Acre-feet | Share |
|---|---|---|
| [Outside any district](/district/outside-any-district.md) | 2,530,666 | 41.6% |
| [Southwest Kansas GMD 3](/district/southwest-kansas-gmd-3.md) | 1,989,455 | 32.7% |
| [Big Bend GMD 5](/district/big-bend-gmd-5.md) | 662,858 | 10.9% |
| [Northwest Kansas GMD 4](/district/northwest-kansas-gmd-4.md) | 491,535 | 8.1% |
| [Equus Beds GMD 2](/district/equus-beds-gmd-2.md) | 239,598 | 3.9% |
| [Western Kansas GMD 1](/district/western-kansas-gmd-1.md) | 173,227 | 2.8% |

### Other years

- [2012](/year/2012.md) 5,736,318 AF
- [2013](/year/2013.md) 5,083,268 AF
- [2014](/year/2014.md) 4,979,459 AF
- [2015](/year/2015.md) 4,768,277 AF
- [2016](/year/2016.md) 5,539,658 AF
- [2017](/year/2017.md) 5,468,202 AF
- [2018](/year/2018.md) 5,183,645 AF
- [2019](/year/2019.md) 4,714,914 AF
- [2020](/year/2020.md) 6,187,504 AF
- [2021](/year/2021.md) 5,793,607 AF
- [2023](/year/2023.md) 4,482,689 AF

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Página: https://ks-water-use.pages.dev/year/2022/
Fonte: Kansas water use — Kansas Geological Survey, from the annual reports collected by the Division of Water Resources
Recolha: 2026-08-22