Seniority, absolute versus conditional water, and decreed uses for all 273 water rights on record in Kiowa County, taken from the state's own records. Priority dates run from 1896-08-01 to 2012-02-29.
CFS on record: 17,422.8 absolute · 0.0 conditional. Flow (CFS) and volume (AF) are never added together.
Worth knowing: 0 rights in Kiowa County carry a conditional portion, water that is decreed but not yet perfected. Absolute and conditional are not the same asset.
In a dry year the oldest rights are served first. This is how Kiowa County's rights are distributed.
| Era | Rights | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|
| pre-1900 | 4 | 1.5% | |
| 1900-1949 | 135 | 49.5% | |
| 1950-1969 | 99 | 36.3% | |
| 1970-1999 | 34 | 12.5% | |
| 2000+ | 1 | 0.4% |
| Decreed use | Rights |
|---|---|
| Stock | 176 |
| Domestic | 115 |
| Irrigation | 108 |
| Fire | 15 |
| Commercial | 12 |
| Municipal | 12 |
Ranked by the state's own priority administration number, the figure DWR uses to order rights by seniority.
| Priority | Structure | Source | Amount | Uses | Verify |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1901-12-31 | REHM WELL NO 2 | GROUNDWATER: ARKANSAS RIVER | 0.03 CFS | Stock | state record |
| 1896-08-01 | NEESOPAH RESERVOIR | ARKANSAS RIVER | 36388.0 AF | Storage, Irrigation, Commercial, Industrial, Fire, Domestic, Augmentation, Power generation, Recharge | state record |
| 1896-08-01 | NEE GRONDA RESERVOIR | ARKANSAS RIVER | 98660.0 AF | Storage, Irrigation, Commercial, Industrial, Fire, Domestic, Augmentation, Power generation, Recharge | state record |
| 1896-08-01 | NEENOSHE RESERVOIR | ARKANSAS RIVER | 94847.0 AF | Storage, Irrigation, Commercial, Industrial, Fire, Domestic, Augmentation, Power generation, Recharge | state record |
| 1896-08-01 | NEESKAH RESERVOIR | ARKANSAS RIVER | 35657.0 AF | Storage, Irrigation, Commercial, Industrial, Fire, Domestic, Augmentation, Power generation, Recharge | state record |
| 1904-04-01 | BEST DITCH HEADGATE 1 | MUSTANG CREEK | 50.0 CFS | Storage | state record |
| 1904-04-01 | BEST RESERVOIR | MUSTANG CREEK | 778.3316 AF | Irrigation | state record |
| 1906-01-25 | ADOBE CREEK FEEDER | ADOBE CREEK | 8631.0 CFS | Storage | state record |
| 1905-05-05 | PRIMROSE RESERVOIR | RUSH CREEK | 63.0 AF | Irrigation | state record |
| 1906-12-31 | PEARCEY WELL NO 1 | GROUNDWATER: ARKANSAS RIVER | 0.1 CFS | Domestic, Stock | state record |
This page is the summary. The full file for Kiowa County covers every one of the 273 rights, with its priority date, seniority number, absolute and conditional amounts, decreed uses and a link to each official record, as a spreadsheet.
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Records last updated 10 September 2026.