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Western Kansas GMD No. 1
- Formed: 1973
- Office location: Scott City
- Counties/partial Counties: Wallace, Greeley, Wichita, Scott, Lane
- Square miles: 1,828 (2017 GIS data)
- Acres: 1,169,895 (2017 GIS data)
- Irrigated acres: 196,267 authorized (WRIS 2011-2015 average)
- Authorized acres: 465,567 (WRIS 2017)
- Wells: 3,206 authorized groundwater points of diversion (WRIS 2017)
- Average precipitation: 17 to 22 inches/year (1981-2012 normals)
- Reported water use: 197,844 AFY total (189,048 AFY irrigation, 96% of total) (WRIS 2011-2015 average)