Kansas Administrative Regulations
Agency 5 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE-DIVISION OF WATER RESOURCES
Article 5 - CHANGE IN THE PLACE OF USE, THE POINT OF DIVERSION OR THE USE MADE OF WATER UNDER AN EXISTING WATER RIGHT
Section 5-5-12 - Net irrigation requirements (NIR)

Universal Citation: KS Admin Regs 5-5-12
Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 12, March 20, 2024

The following amounts shall be used as the net irrigation requirements (NIR).

County 50% Chance Rainfall 80% Chance Rainfall

Allen 7.1" = 0.59' 9.9" = 0.83'

Anderson 6.1" = 0.51' 9.4" = 0.78'

Atchison 7.2" = 0.60' 10.3" = 0.86'

Barber 12.6" = 1.05' 14.6" = 1.22'

Barton 12.0" = 1.00' 14.4" = 1.20'

Bourbon 6.8" = 0.57' 9.6" = 0.80'

Brown 7.1" = 0.59' 10.6" = 0.88'

Butler 9.2" = 0.77' 12.0" = 1.00'

Chase 8.7" = 0.73' 11.4" = 0.95'

Chautauqua 8.6" = 0.72' 11.4" = 0.95'

Cherokee 7.0" = 0.58' 9.9" = 0.83'

Cheyenne 13.7" = 1.14' 15.4" = 1.28'

Clark 13.7" = 1.14' 15.7" = 1.31'

Clay 9.2" = 0.77' 12.2" = 1.02'

Cloud 10.3" = 0.86' 12.7" = 1.06'

Coffey 6.8" = 0.57' 9.9" = 0.83'

Comanche 13.0" = 1.08' 15.1" = 1.26'

Cowley 9.7" = 0.81' 12.3" = 1.03'

Crawford 7.0" = 0.58' 9.8" = 0.82'

Decatur 12.7" = 1.06' 14.8" = 1.23'

Dickinson 9.4" = 0.78' 12.3" = 1.03'

Doniphan 7.3" = 0.61' 10.3" = 0.86'

Douglas 6.8" = 0.57' 9.8" = 0.82'

Edwards 13.0" = 1.08' 15.1" = 1.26'

Elk 8.7" = 0.73' 11.3" = 0.94'

Ellis 12.2" = 1.02' 14.6" = 1.22'

Ellsworth 11.5" = 0.96' 13.7" = 1.14'

Finney 14.5" = 1.21' 16.3" = 1.36'

Ford 13.7" = 1.14' 15.7" = 1.31'

Franklin 5.8" = 0.48' 9.1" = 0.76'

Geary 8.4" = 0.70' 11.5" = 0.96'

Gove 13.1" = 1.09' 15.3" = 1.28'

Graham 12.4" = 1.03' 14.7" = 1.23'

Grant 14.9" = 1.24' 16.7" = 1.39'

Gray 13.8" = 1.15' 16.1" = 1.34'

Greeley 14.7" = 1.23' 16.5" = 1.38'

Greenwood 8.1" = 0.68' 11.1" = 0.93'

Hamilton 15.2" = 1.27' 16.9" = 1.41'

Harper 11.7" = 0.98' 14.0" = 1.17'

Harvey 10.2" = 0.85' 12.9" = 1.08'

Haskell 14.5" = 1.21' 16.4" = 1.37'

Hodgeman 13.4" = 1.12' 15.5" = 1.29'

Jackson 7.4" = 0.62 10.5" = 0.88'

Jefferson 7.0" = 0.58' 10.1" = 0.84'

Jewell 10.6" = 0.88' 13.1" = 1.09'

Johnson 6.6" = 0.55' 9.5" = 0.79'

Kearny 14.9" = 1.24' 16.6" = 1.38'

Kingman 11.7" = 0.98' 14.0" = 1.17'

Kiowa 13.2" = 1.10' 15.1" = 1.26'

Labette 7.3" = 0.61' 10.3" = 0.86'

Lane 13.7" = 1.14' 15.7" = 1.31'

Leavenworth 7.0" = 0.58' 9.9" = 0.83'

Lincoln 11.3" = 0.94' 13.6" = 1.13'

Linn 5.6" = 0.47' 9.0" = 0.75'

Logan 13.9" = 1.16' 15.8" = 1.32'

Lyon 7.5" = 0.63' 10.5" = 0.88'

Marion 9.6" = 0.80' 12.2" = 1.02'

Marshall 8.7" = 0.73' 11.4" = 0.95'

McPherson 10.8" = 0.90' 13.1" = 1.09'

Meade 14.3" = 1.19' 16.1" = 1.34'

Miami 5.0" = 0.42' 9.0" = 0.75'

Mitchell 10.8" = 0.90' 13.3" = 1.11'

Montgomery 8.1" = 0.68' 10.9" = 0.91'

Morris 8.5" = 0.71' 11.4" = 0.95'

Morton 15.4" = 1.28' 17.1" = 1.43'

Nemaha 7.8" = 0.65' 10.9" = 0.91'

Neosho 7.1" = 0.59' 10.2" = 0.85'

Ness 13.3" = 1.11' 15.3" = 1.28'

Norton 12.3" = 1.03' 14.4" = 1.20'

Osage 7.0" = 0.58' 9.9" = 0.83'

Osborne 11.7" = 0.98' 13.8" = 1.15'

Ottawa 10.5" = 0.88' 12.9" = 1.08'

Pawnee 12.7" = 1.06' 14.9" = 1.24'

Phillips 11.7" = 0.98' 14.0" = 1.17'

Pottawatomie 8.1" = 0.68' 11.1" = 0.93'

Pratt 12.6" = 1.05' 14.6" = 1.22'

Rawlins 13.2" = 1.10' 15.1" = 1.26'

Reno 11.4" = 0.95' 13.8" = 1.15'

Republic 10.0" = 0.83' 12.6" = 1.05'

Rice 11.5" = 0.96' 13.8" = 1.15'

Riley 8.5" = 0.71' 11.4" = 0.95'

Rooks 12.0" = 1.00' 14.3" = 1.19'

Rush 12.6" = 1.05' 14.8" = 1.23'

Russell 11.3" = 0.94' 14.1" = 1.18'

Saline 10.8" = 0.90' 13.1" = 1.09'

Scott 14.0" = 1.17' 15.9" = 1.33'

Sedgwick 10.7" = 0.89' 13.1" = 1.09'

Seward 14.5" = 1.21' 16.4" = 1.37'

Shawnee 7.4" = 0.62' 10.2" = 0.85'

Sheridan 12.9" = 1.08' 15.0" = 1.25'

Sherman 14.1" = 1.18' 15.7" = 1.31'

Smith 11.4" = 0.95' 13.6" = 1.13'

Stafford 12.3" = 1.03' 14.5" = 1.21'

Stanton 15.6" = 1.30' 17.2" = 1.43'

Stevens 14.8" = 1.23' 16.8" = 1.40'

Sumner 10.3" = 0.86' 13.2" = 1.10'

Thomas 13.5" = 1.13' 15.4" = 1.28'

Trego 12.9" = 1.08' 15.0" = 1.25'

Wabaunsee 7.8" = 0.65' 10.7" = 0.89'

Wallace 14.3" = 1.19' 16.1" = 1.34'

Washington 9.2" = 0.77' 12.0" = 1.00'

Wichita 14.4" = 1.20' 16.3" = 1.36'

Wilson 8.0" = 0.67' 10.7" = 0.89'

Woodson 7.4" = 0.62' 10.4" = 0.87'

Wyandotte 7.0" = 0.58' 9.8" = 0.82'

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