Seniority, absolute versus conditional water, and decreed uses for all 856 water rights on record in Prowers County, taken from the state's own records. Priority dates run from 1875-11-30 to 2013-04-30.
CFS on record: 5,253.2 absolute · 2,643.3 conditional. Flow (CFS) and volume (AF) are never added together.
Worth knowing: 23 rights in Prowers 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 Prowers County's rights are distributed.
| Era | Rights | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|
| pre-1900 | 61 | 7.1% | |
| 1900-1949 | 138 | 16.1% | |
| 1950-1969 | 555 | 64.8% | |
| 1970-1999 | 77 | 9.0% | |
| 2000+ | 25 | 2.9% |
| Decreed use | Rights |
|---|---|
| Irrigation | 653 |
| Domestic | 181 |
| Stock | 135 |
| Commercial | 70 |
| Municipal | 62 |
| Fire | 39 |
Ranked by the state's own priority administration number, the figure DWR uses to order rights by seniority.
| Priority | Structure | Source | Amount | Uses | Verify |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1875-11-30 | LAMAR CANAL | ARKANSAS RIVER | 15.75 CFS | Irrigation, Augmentation | state record |
| 1885-01-29 | BUFFALO CANAL (ARKANSAS) | ARKANSAS RIVER | 67.5 CFS | Irrigation | state record |
| 1886-11-04 | LAMAR CANAL | ARKANSAS RIVER | 72.09 CFS | Irrigation, Augmentation | state record |
| 1887-04-16 | LAMAR CANAL | ARKANSAS RIVER | 13.64 CFS | Irrigation, Augmentation | state record |
| 1887-05-10 | HYDE DITCH | ARKANSAS RIVER | 23.44 CFS | Irrigation | state record |
| 1889-07-22 | X-Y IRRIGATING DITCH | ARKANSAS RIVER | 69.0 CFS | Irrigation, Augmentation | state record |
| 1889-08-12 | THURSTON RESERVOIR | ARKANSAS RIVER | 1515.1515 AF | Irrigation, Commercial, Stock | state record |
| 1890-07-16 | LAMAR CANAL | ARKANSAS RIVER | 184.27 CFS | Irrigation, Augmentation | state record |
| 1890-10-14 | MANVEL CANAL | ARKANSAS RIVER | 54.0 CFS | Irrigation, Augmentation | state record |
| 1891-08-24 | GRAHAM DITCH | ARKANSAS RIVER | 61.0 CFS | Irrigation | state record |
This page is the summary. The full file for Prowers County covers every one of the 856 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.