Northwest Kansas GMD No. 4

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  • Northwest Kansas GMD No. 4 website includes district overview, GMD meetings, GMD rules, enhanced management plan, newsletters and water level data.
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    Northwest Kansas GMD 4
    • Formed: March 1, 1976
    • Office location: Colby, KS
    • Counties/partial counties: Cheyenne, Rawlins, Decatur, Sherman, Thomas, Sheridan, Graham, Wallace, Logan, Gove
    • Boundary changes: none
    • Square miles: 4,874 (2017 GIS data)
    • Acres: 3,119,094 (2017 GIS data)
    • Irrigated acres: 388,894 (WRIS 2011-2015 average)
    • Authorized acres: 602,395 (WRIS 2017)
    • Wells: 4,140 groundwater points of diversion (WRIS 2017)
    • Average precipitation: 17 to 25 inches/year (1981-2012 normals)
    • Reported water use: 451,314 AFY total (441,624 AFY irrigation, 98% of total) (WRIS 2011-2015 average)