G.M.D. No. 3

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GMD No. 3 Management Program Revisions

Document Document Date
KDA response to GMD No. 3 Management Program revisions:
Barfield formal response to proposed GMD No. 3 Management Program modifications
11/13/2019
KDA response to GMD No. 3 Management Program revisions:
Additional handout on GMD Act
11/12/2019
KDA response to GMD No. 3 Management Program revisions:
Additional handouts on water conservation
11/12/2019
KDA response to GMD No. 3 Management Program revisions:
Email transmittal of response
11/19/2019
GMD No. 3 draft revised Management Program 11/01/2019
GMD No. 3 draft revised Management Program 01/16/2019
GMD No. 3 transmittal letter requesting review of revised plan 01/17/2019
KDA markup of GMD No. 3 August 2017 draft Management Program revisions 02/06/2018
KDA input to GMD No. 3 on draft revisions of Management Program 02/06/2018
Barfield to GMD No. 3 with RAC recommendations 05/09/2017
Barfield to GMD No. 3 with markup of 03/31/2017 draft Management Program revisions 05/05/2017
Email from Barfield to GMD No. 3 policy committee on draft revisions of Management Program 05/01/2017
Letter from Barfield to GMDs on Management Program revisions 03/06/2017
2004 draft GMD No. 3 Management Program update 06/09/2004
1991 GMD No. 3 revised Management Program 08/02/1991

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Closed and Restricted Areas

Average Annual Groundwater Use by Section

Historic Change in Groundwater Levels

20-Year Change in Groundwater Levels

Average Saturated Thickness by Section

Southwest Kansas GMD 3

  • Formed: 1976
  • Office location: Garden City
  • Counties/partial counties: Hamilton, Kearny, Finney, Gray, Ford, Stanton, Grant, Haskell, Morton, Stevens, Seward, Meade
  • Boundary changes: District reduced December 20, 1988 removing Hodgeman County areas
  • Square miles: 8,342 (2017 GIS data)
  • Acres: 5,722,260 (1976 management program); 5,338,626 (2017 GIS data)
  • Irrigated acres: 1,437,682 (WRIS 2011-2015 average)
  • Authorized acres: 1,632,840 (1976 management program); 2,238,478 authorized (WRIS 2017)
  • Wells: 7,600 (1976 management program); 12,763 authorized groundwater points of diversion (WRIS 2017)
  • Average precipitation: 15 to 20 inches/year (1976 management program); 15 to 22 inches/year (1981-2012 normals)
  • Reported water use: 2,971,000 AFY (1976 management program); 2,007,490 AFY total (1,927,467 AFY irrigation, 96% of total) (WRIS 2011-2015 average)

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