North Dakota Water Rights
~3,569 water rights records
Points of Diversion & Use by County
Mapped diversion and place-of-use sites filed with the state engineer, via WaDE.
McKenzie County238 sites
Ransom County186 sites
Williams County180 sites
Grand Forks County156 sites
Kidder County150 sites
Cass County122 sites
McLean County112 sites
Dickey County107 sites
Sargent County96 sites
Burleigh County96 sites
Bowman County93 sites
Morton County82 sites
Ward County77 sites
LaMoure County77 sites
Stutsman County75 sites
Mercer County74 sites
Emmons County67 sites
McHenry County67 sites
Oliver County65 sites
Richland County63 sites
Showing top 20 of 54 counties
Top Water Right Holders
By permitted flow across the state's 500 largest rights.
Us Bureau Of Reclamation4,092,352 CFS
Minnkota Power Cooperative1,024,750 CFS
Basin Electric Power Coop639,800 CFS
Bufordtrenton Irrigation District234,000 CFS
Barnes County Water Resource Dist224,400 CFS
Us Fish And Wildlife Service198,449 CFS
Garrison Diversion Conservancy Dist148,114 CFS
Nd Game And Fish Dept110,857 CFS
Elkcharbon Irrigation District99,000 CFS
Fargo City Of91,555 CFS
Bismarck City Of78,709 CFS
Nd State Water Commission78,601 CFS
Grand Forks City Of72,260 CFS
Minot City Of58,489 CFS
Paulson Weston54,305 CFS
Full North Dakota Water Rights Map
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