IRRIGATION WELLS AND ACREAGE BY DISTRICT AND COUNTY
Nebraska - Selected Years
	Irrigation Wells
District	Registered		Acres Irrigated
& County	2000	2011	1970	1975	1980	1985	1990	1995	2000	2011
NORTHWEST	5,448	7,042	514,600	626,000	695,000	764,000	796,000	795,000	760,000	1,091,333
Banner	377	431	13,200	18,000	22,000	28,000	22,000	24,000	25,000	75,202
Box Butte	1,132	1,510	60,300	78,000	96,000	130,000	134,000	149,000	149,000	248,531
Cheyenne	530	648	21,000	33,000	40,000	45,000	52,000	54,000	56,000	90,649
Dawes	79	100	16,200	17,000	20,000	22,000	20,000	21,000	17,000	15,083
Deuel	294	381	21,300	27,000	28,000	28,000	26,000	22,000	20,000	59,597
Garden	344	416	20,700	30,000	36,000	40,000	40,000	39,000	37,000	52,380
Kimball	331	441	17,200	24,000	29,000	30,000	33,000	33,000	37,000	68,673
Morrill	816	1,060	86,400	108,000	117,000	121,000	130,000	129,000	125,000	166,420
Scotts Bluff	676	956	190,000	206,000	205,000	206,000	220,000	212,000	190,000	134,348
Sheridan	575	718	26,700	39,000	55,000	67,000	68,000	68,000	62,000	111,619
Sioux	294	381	41,600	46,000	47,000	47,000	49,000	44,000	42,000	68,831
NORTH	5,767	7,338	188,500	369,000	578,500	647,500	574,500	574,000	555,000	973,950
Arthur	93	99	2,500	4,000	10,000	12,000	10,000	11,500	10,000	13,949
Blaine	112	125	4,600	10,000	14,000	14,000	10,000	8,500	9,500	16,169
Boyd	62	77	1,500	3,500	10,000	10,000	7,500	7,000	8,500	9,438
Brown	452	521	37,600	52,000	71,000	74,000	62,000	62,000	57,000	61,198
Cherry	412	578	7,500	27,000	45,000	48,000	33,000	38,000	37,000	78,317
Garfield	203	269	8,900	12,500	22,000	33,000	23,000	21,000	18,000	35,593
Grant	25	27	600	2,000	2,500	2,500	2,500	2,500	2,000	3,081
Holt	2,579	3,380	86,000	165,000	235,000	260,000	249,000	255,000	252,000	433,423
Hooker	32	35	900	2,000	4,000	4,000	4,000	4,500	3,500	5,582
Keya Paha	181	277	4,600	11,000	18,000	18,000	14,000	14,000	16,000	35,032
Logan	179	238	6,500	10,000	17,000	22,000	21,000	20,000	19,500	34,257
Loup	113	138	7,700	13,000	15,000	16,000	13,500	14,000	13,000	19,340
McPherson	103	117	1,900	4,000	9,000	9,000	10,500	10,000	8,000	18,424
Rock	638	738	10,500	32,000	58,000	62,000	56,000	49,000	45,000	103,890
Thomas	37	46	1,500	3,000	4,000	5,500	3,500	4,000	3,000	4,445
Wheeler	546	673	5,700	18,000	44,000	56,000	55,000	53,000	53,000	101,812
NORTHEAST	7,805	11,219	171,900	350,000	690,000	820,000	831,000	889,000	945,000	1,613,385
Antelope	1,794	2,645	44,900	93,000	169,000	190,000	189,000	199,000	219,000	373,754
Boone	1,341	1,862	41,900	71,000	101,000	127,000	140,000	152,000	160,000	297,339
Burt	453	550	13,500	22,000	49,000	49,000	53,000	58,000	56,000	74,241
Cedar	613	1,043	7,400	19,000	50,000	73,000	67,000	71,000	78,000	155,131
Cuming	397	565	5,000	11,000	32,000	34,000	39,000	41,000	43,000	73,846
Dakota	123	152	3,400	6,500	11,000	12,000	16,000	18,500	18,000	26,669
Dixon	159	241	1,700	4,500	19,000	20,000	18,500	20,000	20,000	36,471
Knox	409	568	6,900	15,000	41,000	48,000	48,000	52,000	50,000	79,278
Madison	826	1,180	17,700	41,000	73,000	84,000	85,000	96,000	103,000	163,060
Pierce	1,027	1,434	15,600	43,000	92,000	116,000	108,000	117,000	119,000	200,874
Stanton	335	479	9,300	15,000	28,000	33,000	32,000	30,000	30,000	57,602
Thurston	103	139	3,000	5,000	10,000	12,000	10,500	6,500	13,000	20,068
Wayne	225	361	1,600	4,000	15,000	22,000	25,000	28,000	36,000	55,052
CENTRAL	14,896	20,498	801,600	980,000	1,216,000	1,311,000	1,317,000	1,324,000	1,315,000	2,227,192
Buffalo	3,309	4,680	163,600	196,000	240,000	250,000	254,000	249,000	240,000	425,984
Custer	1,877	2,430	104,700	149,000	178,000	204,000	218,000	221,000	222,000	390,113
Dawson	3,364	4,793	213,600	255,000	282,000	290,000	280,000	270,000	268,000	507,632
Greeley	663	957	24,300	40,000	65,000	78,000	74,000	77,000	76,000	142,819
Hall	3,682	5,018	160,200	174,000	207,000	222,000	222,000	227,000	227,000	390,525
Howard	919	1,230	59,500	71,000	108,000	116,000	117,000	122,000	117,000	153,021
Sherman	564	763	28,100	35,000	60,000	71,000	71,000	71,000	75,000	123,819
Valley	518	627	47,600	60,000	76,000	80,000	81,000	87,000	90,000	93,279
EAST	20,975	28,946	863,000	1,119,000	1,478,000	1,577,000	1,647,000	1,691,000	1,690,000	3,156,670
Butler	1,155	1,869	48,500	70,000	110,000	116,000	117,000	120,000	115,000	231,696
Cass	45	56	3,200	3,500	7,000	7,000	5,500	3,000	3,000	5,825
Colfax	875	1,280	28,700	37,000	64,000	79,000	69,000	70,000	65,000	135,809
Dodge	1,472	1,982	43,000	65,000	99,000	104,000	105,000	104,000	105,000	189,086
Douglas	307	400	5,200	7,500	14,000	16,000	16,500	16,500	13,000	162,583
Hamilton	2,865	3,734	170,800	211,000	245,000	258,000	268,000	272,000	271,000	427,633
Lancaster	298	423	9,600	15,000	20,000	19,000	20,000	15,000	15,000	43,634
Merrick	4,527	5,922	146,800	161,000	183,000	198,000	204,000	202,000	192,000	413,279
Nance	904	1,373	21,600	35,000	56,000	60,000	63,000	65,000	66,000	140,991
Platte	1,695	2,355	56,200	91,000	135,000	144,000	154,000	179,000	187,000	298,127
Polk	1,689	2,401	89,200	113,000	133,000	136,000	148,000	148,000	153,000	279,134
Sarpy	124	160	5,400	6,000	9,000	6,000	11,500	7,500	7,000	17,247
Saunders	820	1,180	18,700	30,000	66,000	70,000	77,000	90,000	98,000	155,273
Seward	1,260	1,810	61,000	81,000	103,000	110,000	116,000	121,000	125,000	207,443
Washington	116	138	3,000	7,000	20,000	22,000	18,500	20,000	17,000	18,999
York	2,823	3,863	152,100	186,000	214,000	232,000	254,000	258,000	258,000	429,911
SOUTHWEST	9,093	11,024	428,000	681,000	916,000	1,013,000	1,002,000	975,000	975,000	1,485,726
Chase	1,436	1,573	76,000	128,000	163,000	179,000	184,000	190,000	191,000	246,965
Dundy	1,026	1,120	31,600	63,000	98,000	109,000	114,000	110,000	97,000	162,583
Frontier	700	784	27,100	58,000	74,000	80,000	78,000	71,000	70,000	121,942
Hayes	454	594	15,700	26,000	41,000	50,000	41,000	42,000	46,000	87,485
Hitchcock	535	697	45,900	56,000	64,000	62,000	58,000	36,000	36,000	75,787
Keith	1,058	1,424	57,300	80,000	99,000	103,000	105,000	95,000	94,000	170,427
Lincoln	1,953	2,610	101,800	136,000	179,000	201,000	210,000	221,000	228,000	348,627
Perkins	945	1,009	21,400	66,000	115,000	148,000	130,000	142,000	149,000	159,692
Red Willow	986	1,213	51,200	68,000	83,000	81,000	82,000	68,000	64,000	112,218
SOUTH	10,056	13,618	554,900	700,000	873,000	954,000	994,000	1,010,000	1,060,000	1,690,195
Adams	2,077	2,872	95,500	122,000	165,000	181,000	187,000	199,000	207,000	347,820
Franklin	1,047	1,292	41,300	56,000	74,000	89,000	89,000	92,000	99,000	157,246
Furnas	829	1,059	37,100	46,000	54,000	57,000	62,000	55,000	64,000	135,812
Gosper	659	835	40,000	55,000	70,000	73,000	77,000	78,000	85,000	117,623
Harlan	1,044	1,271	46,100	58,000	73,000	79,000	79,000	76,000	85,000	150,242
Kearney	1,901	2,768	117,500	146,000	180,000	195,000	204,000	207,000	211,000	340,841
Phelps	1,908	2,688	153,600	187,000	215,000	236,000	248,000	253,000	254,000	339,704
Webster	591	833	23,800	30,000	42,000	44,000	48,000	50,000	55,000	100,907
SOUTHEAST	8,438	12,064	475,500	575,000	753,500	813,500	838,500	842,000	850,000	1,495,336
Clay	2,063	2,823	126,400	155,000	180,000	202,000	210,000	207,000	200,000	348,920
Fillmore	1,918	2,931	117,200	139,000	175,000	189,000	195,000	202,000	209,000	374,810
Gage	530	762	27,700	35,000	61,000	62,000	58,000	58,000	56,000	93,442
Jefferson	629	876	29,200	37,000	61,000	64,000	59,000	65,000	67,000	117,389
Johnson	138	211	3,900	5,000	10,000	14,000	14,000	12,000	13,000	26,007
Nemaha	42	142	800	2,000	7,000	6,000	7,500	4,500	4,000	20,904
Nuckolls	681	984	41,600	46,000	57,000	63,000	60,000	61,000	66,000	110,592
Otoe	38	66	1,700	4,000	11,000	11,000	10,500	3,500	4,000	9,372
Pawnee	2	4	500	1,000	5,000	4,000	4,000	4,000	4,500	355
Richardson	18	56	600	1,000	3,500	3,500	1,500	3,000	2,500	8,460
Saline	1,038	1,406	52,300	67,000	76,000	81,000	91,000	90,000	91,000	152,772
Thayer	1,341	1,803	73,600	83,000	107,000	114,000	128,000	132,000	133,000	232,313
NEBRASKA	82,478	111,749	3,998,000	5,400,000	7,200,000	7,900,000	8,000,000	8,100,000	8,150,000	13,733,787
Source: Nebraska Agricultural Statistics Service, Nebraska Agricultural Statistics, annual; and Department of Natural Resources, 2011
Last Updated:	03-Jan-11
by Nebraska Databook
email:	michael.lundeen@nebraska.gov