Seniority, absolute versus conditional water, and decreed uses for all 1,678 water rights on record in Logan County, taken from the state's own records. Priority dates run from 1873-04-10 to 2021-11-30.
CFS on record: 6,644.8 absolute · 1,565.8 conditional. Flow (CFS) and volume (AF) are never added together.
Worth knowing: 280 rights in Logan 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 Logan County's rights are distributed.
| Era | Rights | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|
| pre-1900 | 147 | 8.8% | |
| 1900-1949 | 387 | 23.1% | |
| 1950-1969 | 605 | 36.1% | |
| 1970-1999 | 221 | 13.2% | |
| 2000+ | 318 | 19.0% |
| Decreed use | Rights |
|---|---|
| Irrigation | 1,024 |
| Stock | 368 |
| Domestic | 303 |
| Augmentation | 222 |
| Commercial | 182 |
| Recharge | 181 |
Ranked by the state's own priority administration number, the figure DWR uses to order rights by seniority.
| Priority | Structure | Source | Amount | Uses | Verify |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1873-04-10 | SCHNEIDER DITCH | SOUTH PLATTE RIVER | 11.0 CFS | Irrigation, Augmentation, Recharge | state record |
| 1873-07-15 | STERLING IRR CO DITCH 1 | SOUTH PLATTE RIVER | 113.9 CFS | Irrigation, Municipal, Augmentation | state record |
| 1873-09-17 | PAWNEE DITCH | SOUTH PLATTE RIVER | 14.4 CFS | Irrigation, Municipal, Augmentation, Recharge | state record |
| 1874-04-10 | DAVIS BROS DITCH | SOUTH PLATTE RIVER | 2.0 CFS | Irrigation | state record |
| 1875-07-15 | SCHNEIDER DITCH | SOUTH PLATTE RIVER | 20.1 CFS | Irrigation, Augmentation, Recharge | state record |
| 1875-07-15 | DAVIS BROS DITCH | SOUTH PLATTE RIVER | 4.9 CFS | Irrigation | state record |
| 1880-10-20 | SCHNEIDER DITCH | SOUTH PLATTE RIVER | 17.688 CFS | Irrigation, Augmentation, Recharge | state record |
| 1880-10-20 | DAVIS BROS DITCH | SOUTH PLATTE RIVER | 5.312 CFS | Irrigation | state record |
| 1880-11-30 | HENDERSON SMITH DITCH | SOUTH PLATTE RIVER | 12.5 CFS | Irrigation, Municipal | state record |
| 1882-06-22 | PAWNEE DITCH | SOUTH PLATTE RIVER | 126.0 CFS | Irrigation, Municipal, Augmentation, Recharge, Wildlife | state record |
This page is the summary. The full file for Logan County covers every one of the 1,678 rights, with its priority date, seniority number, absolute and conditional amounts, decreed uses and a link to each official record, as a spreadsheet.
Buying, lending on, or listing irrigated ground here? Ask for the county file, or for a single property's water summary. The first one is on me.
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Records last updated 10 September 2026.