Kansas Statistical Abstract 2018

Institute for Policy & Social Research

ipsr.ku.edu/ksdata/ksah/

September 2019

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Cheyenne Rawlins JewellSmithDecatur Phillips Republic WashingtonNorton Marshall Nemaha Brown

Cloud JacksonAtchison

Sherman Thomas Sheridan Rooks Osborne MitchellGraham Clay Riley PottawatomieJefferson

Ottawa

GearyLincoln ShawneeWabaunsee

LoganWallace Russell

Dickinson

EllisGove TregoDouglas JohnsonSaline

Morris OsageLyon Franklin Miami

Wichita

Scott LaneGreeley Ness

Rush Barton

Marion

RiceChase Coffey

AndersonLinn

PawneeFinneyKearnyHamilton Hodgeman

Stafford

HarveyRenoGreenwood

EdwardsButler Woodson

Allen Bourbon

GrayFord Sedgwick

PrattStanton HaskellGrant Kiowa Wilson NeoshoKingman CrawfordElk

Sumner CowleyMeade Clark BarberMorton Stevens Seward MontgomeryHarper LabetteComanche Cherokee

Chautauqua

ArikareeBreaks

Castle Rock

Cheyenne BottomsWildlife Area

CimarronNationalGrassland

Flint HillsNationalWildlife Refuge

Four-StateLookout

GeographicCenter of the

contiguous U.S.

Gypsum Hills

HorsethiefCanyon

Marais desCygnes National

Wildlife Refuge

MaxwellWildlifeRefuge

Monument RocksNat'l Landmark

MountSunflower

(highest pt. in Kansas;

elev. 4,039 ft.) Mushroom RockState Park

PillsburyCrossing

PioneerBluffs

Quivira NationalWildlife Refuge

Rock City

Salt Mines

Tallgrass Prairie

National Preserve

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Byways and Natural Attractions in Kansas

! AttractionHistoric BywayScenic BywayInterstate HighwayKansas County

Source: Institute for Policy & Social Research, The University of Kansas; data from Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks, and Tourism.

Land & SkyScenic Byway

Western VistasHistoric Byway

Smoky ValleyScenic Byway

Gypsum HillsScenic Byway

Wetlands & WildlifeNat'l Scenic Byway

Post RockScenic Byway

Prairie TrailScenic Byway

Flint HillsScenic Byway

Native StoneScenic Byway

Glacial HillsScenic Byway

Frontier MilitaryHistoric Byway

Kansas HistoricRoute 66 Byway

Cheyenne Rawlins

JewellSmith

Decatur Phillips Republic WashingtonNortonMarshall

Nemaha

BrownDoniphan

Cloud

Jackson

Atchison

Sherman Thomas Sheridan

RooksOsborne MitchellGraham

Clay Riley Pottawatomie

Jefferson LeavenworthOttawa

GearyLincoln Shawnee

Wabaunsee

Wyandotte

LoganWallace RussellDickinsonEllisGove Trego

Douglas Johnson

SalineEllsworth

MorrisOsage

Lyon

Franklin

Miami

Wichita ScottLane

Greeley NessRush

Barton

McPherson MarionRice

Chase

Coffey

Anderson

Linn

Pawnee

FinneyKearnyHamilton

HodgemanStafford

Harvey

Reno GreenwoodEdwards Butler Woodson Allen

Bourbon

GrayFord

SedgwickPrattStanton

HaskellGrant

KiowaWilson

NeoshoKingman

CrawfordElk

SumnerCowley

MeadeClark Barber

Morton

Stevens Seward MontgomeryHarper

LabetteComanche

Cherokee

Chautauqua

FlintHills

LegendNational Grasslands

National Preserve

National Wildlife Refuge

USFWS Natural Area

rrr rState Prairie Preserve

State Wildlife Area

State Fishing Lake

State Fishing Lake and Wildlife

State Nature Center

State Park

Other Preserve

Flint Hills Ecoregion

Walk-In Hunting Areas (2014)

Rivers, Lakes, Resevoirs

Recreational Areas in Kansas

Source: Institute for Policy & Social Research, The University of Kansas; data from Kansas Data Access & Support Center.

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Federal Reservoirs in Kansas

ReservoirsOperatingAgency1

SedimentSurvey(year)2

Elevation3

(feet)

SurfaceArea

(acres)

StorageCapacity

(acre feet)

Big Hill (Pearson-Skubitz) 1981 COE 37 2010 858.0 1,104 23,361 4Cedar Bluff 1950 BOR 5,530 2000 2,144.0 6,869 172,452 2Cheney 1964 BOR 901 2010 1,421.6 10,220 176,111 2Clinton 1977 COE 367 2009 875.5 7,205 118,699 6Council Grove 1964 COE 246 2008 1,274.0 2,835 43,984 6El Dorado 1981 COE 234 2010 1,339.0 7,408 153,641 4Elk City 1966 COE 634 2010 796.0 3,515 37,422 4Fall River 1949 COE 585 2010 948.5 2,064 20,690 5Glen Elder (Waconda) 1967 BOR 5,076 2001 1,455.6 12,602 219,420 2Hillsdale 1981 COE 144 2009 917.0 4,827 77,415 4John Redmond 1964 COE 3,015 2014 1,041.0 8,536 63,235 6Kanopolis 1948 COE 2,327 2008 1,463.0 2,975 48,378 4Kirwin 1955 BOR 1,373 1996 1,729.3 5,079 98,154 2Lovewell 1957 BOR 364 2011 1,582.6 2,820 36,038 2Marion 1968 COE 200 2008 1,350.5 6,402 80,659 5Melvern 1970 COE 349 2009 1,036.0 6,951 149,630 6Milford 1964 COE 3,796 2009 1,144.4 15,498 373,152 9Norton (Keith Sebelius) 1964 BOR 712 2000 2,304.3 2,181 34,510 2Perry 1966 COE 1,117 2009 891.5 10,227 200,004 10Pomona 1962 COE 322 2009 974.0 3,941 55,514 9Toronto 1960 COE 730 2010 901.5 2,206 16,528 5Tuttle Creek 1963 COE 9,628 2009 1,075.0 10,900 257,014 8Webster 1956 BOR 1,125 2011 1,892.5 3,250 76,328 2Wilson 1965 COE 1,917 2008 1,516.0 8,637 236,188 5

Source: Kansas Water Office. 1 BOR - U.S. Department of Interior, Bureau of Reclamation; COE - U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.2 Year in which most recent survey was conducted.3 Elevation, in feet above mean sea level, on top of conservation pool.

Contributing Drainage Area

(sq. mi.)

YearStorageBegan

High Use Public Access Areas

(number)

Conservation Pool

State Population* NumberPercent of Population Number

Percent of Population Number

Percent of Population

Alabama 3,664 1,490 41 744 20 1,079 29 Alaska 526 337 64 235 45 247 47 Arizona 5,084 1,660 33 721 14 1,281 25 Arkansas 2,238 1,119 50 572 26 828 37 California 28,562 7,360 26 1,898 7 6,475 23 Colorado 3,946 1,854 47 727 18 1,456 37 Connecticut 2,781 1,204 43 347 12 1,093 39 Delaware 699 260 37 101 14 209 30 Florida 14,855 4,652 31 2,068 14 3,598 24 Georgia 7,459 2,752 37 981 13 2,206 30 Hawaii 995 222 22 108 11 161 16 Idaho 1,172 638 54 331 28 464 40 Illinois 9,988 3,493 35 1,487 15 2,784 28 Indiana 4,965 2,131 43 842 17 1,681 34 Iowa 2,363 1,097 46 586 25 780 33 Kansas 2,163 1,011 47 453 21 776 36 Kentucky 3,376 1,470 44 643 19 1,221 36 Louisiana 3,449 1,380 40 802 23 840 24 Maine 1,066 520 49 233 22 401 38 Maryland 4,480 1,396 31 426 9 1,224 27 Massachusetts 5,320 1,779 33 464 9 1,530 29 Michigan 7,787 3,709 48 1,636 21 3,067 39 Minnesota 4,133 2,107 51 1,400 34 1,498 36 Mississippi 2,220 1,017 46 700 32 630 28 Missouri 4,667 2,105 45 1,001 21 1,645 35 Montana 777 334 43 223 29 258 33 Nebraska 1,387 499 36 258 19 362 26 Nevada 2,024 594 29 171 8 504 25 New Hampshire 1,066 470 44 168 16 388 36 New Jersey 6,852 2,057 30 709 10 1,708 25 New Mexico 1,551 592 38 252 16 486 31 New York 15,503 5,143 33 1,980 13 4,081 26 North Carolina 7,264 2,717 37 1,394 19 2,124 29 North Dakota - - - - - - -Ohio 8,999 4,078 45 1,603 18 3,155 35 Oklahoma 2,828 1,549 55 770 27 1,233 44 Oregon 3,061 1,396 46 444 15 1,239 40 Pennsylvania 10,036 4,063 40 1,277 13 3,329 33 Rhode Island 848 309 36 94 11 270 32 South Carolina 3,555 1,299 37 615 17 944 27 South Dakota 631 371 59 190 30 267 42 Tennessee 4,945 2,121 43 923 19 1,733 35 Texas 18,681 5,888 32 2,711 15 4,263 23 Utah 2,036 784 39 406 20 558 27 Vermont 512 316 62 134 26 273 53 Virginia 6,136 2,580 42 842 14 2,212 36 Washington 5,293 2,311 44 968 18 1,932 37 West Virginia 1,464 868 59 322 22 751 51 Wisconsin 4,460 2,499 56 1,198 27 2,152 48 Wyoming 424 250 59 145 34 182 43 United States 239,313 90,108 38 37,397 16 71,776 30

Data may not sum to totals due to multiple responses. U.S. totals include responses from participants residing in the District of Columbia.* Population 16 years and older. Single dash (-) indicates not available.

Wildlife-Associated Recreation Participation, by Participants' State of Residence, 2011

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2011 National Survey of Fishing, Hunting, and Wildlife-Associated Recreation: Kansas (FHW/06-KS-Rev.), http://www.census.gov/prod/www/fishing.html (accessed November 15, 2013).

Wildlife-watching Participants

(numbers in thousands)

Sportspersons Total Participants

RecreationalArea Region 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017

Cedar Bluff West 1,715 153,263 164,111 153,735 144,353 129,698 175,573 162,068 Cheney Central 1,913 353,590 362,576 326,462 452,289 621,875 547,144 432,489 Clinton East 1,455 348,545 384,428 372,255 357,313 463,337 407,960 509,605 Crawford1 East 665 230,883 226,342 219,812 223,930 297,553 313,931 249,115 Cross Timbers East 1,075 227,135 249,634 324,113 428,122 604,655 343,841 213,410 Eisenhower East 1,785 122,900 208,075 143,016 128,814 125,267 127,618 285,056 El Dorado Central 3,800 930,817 1,071,566 702,044 711,235 767,416 743,395 1,017,079 Elk City East 857 121,556 124,339 197,870 201,156 139,916 151,911 191,754 Fall River1 East 917 179,686 146,073 264,479 352,871 271,237 254,724 102,634 Glen Elder1 West 1,250 215,909 241,605 218,436 199,972 168,248 185,150 194,585 Hillsdale East 1,475 548,799 529,539 595,409 641,809 641,452 992,330 613,488 Kanopolis Central 1,585 229,958 179,629 192,441 184,578 221,081 281,919 238,145 Kaw River1 East 76 - - 27,790 30,568 33,605 34,755 34,187 Lovewell West 1,126 240,647 215,058 179,142 188,846 177,068 239,115 300,249 Meade West 528 74,712 85,594 87,471 83,986 104,347 112,497 120,555 Milford Central 1,084 457,426 535,801 460,089 575,155 672,388 756,336 327,564 Perry East 1,597 216,669 231,590 186,517 185,092 175,023 170,810 313,004 Pomona East 490 111,945 147,179 149,292 155,939 115,449 145,698 100,303 Prairie Dog West 874 207,636 205,641 214,280 193,343 187,497 172,314 167,974 Prairie Spirit Trail2 East - 57,400 58,650 65,950 66,400 65,950 67,800 68,600 Sand Hills Central 1,123 22,620 22,091 23,146 31,650 71,425 50,741 46,210 Scott West 1,235 147,739 139,101 131,563 140,400 162,630 187,078 175,197 Tuttle Creek1 Central 1,156 804,064 767,265 861,159 586,896 593,512 611,615 708,424 Webster West 880 182,010 223,794 208,173 184,950 146,742 128,994 120,738 Wilson1 Central 945 217,658 230,823 224,014 230,277 227,404 214,698 187,636 Total 29,606 6,403,567 6,750,504 6,528,658 6,679,944 7,184,775 7,417,947 6,880,069

2 Trail is 52 miles.

Total Acreage

State Park Recreational Areas in Kansas, Acreage and Visitation Totals, 2011-2017

Source: Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks and Tourism. Single dash (-) indicates not applicable.1 May contain partial data and/or estimates for one or more months in 2013.

State

Alabama 683 473 69 210 31 535 492 92 *44 *8Alaska 538 211 39 327 61 125 104 83 -- --Arizona 637 533 84 *104 *16 269 225 83 *45 *17Arkansas 555 458 83 *97 *17 363 316 87 -- --California 1,674 1,576 94 98 6 394 377 96 -- --Colorado 767 593 77 175 23 259 144 55 *115 *45Connecticut 342 277 81 *65 *19 50 46 93 -- --Delaware 166 59 36 *107 *64 23 19 84 -- --Florida 3,092 1,895 61 1,197 39 242 215 89 -- --Georgia 829 764 92 *65 *8 392 293 75 *98 *25Hawaii 157 104 66 -- -- *23 *23 *100 -- --Idaho 447 238 53 208 47 246 *162 *66 *85 *34Illinois 1,044 955 92 *88 *8 512 459 90 -- --Indiana 801 720 90 *81 *10 392 377 96 -- --Iowa 473 416 88 *58 *12 253 200 79 -- --Kansas 400 372 93 *28 *7 283 170 60 *112 *40Kentucky 554 451 81 *103 *19 347 316 91 -- --Louisiana 825 700 85 *125 *15 277 253 91 -- --Maine 341 193 56 149 44 181 141 78 *40 *22Maryland 426 347 81 80 19 88 *69 *78 *19 *22Massachusetts 532 377 71 155 29 56 52 93 -- --Michigan 1,744 1,397 80 347 20 529 501 95 -- --Minnesota 1,562 1,303 83 259 17 477 457 96 -- --Mississippi 651 600 92 -- -- 483 436 90 -- --Missouri 1,071 827 77 244 23 576 477 83 *100 *17Montana 267 185 69 82 31 150 104 70 *46 *30Nebraska 207 177 85 -- -- 128 110 86 -- --Nevada 147 114 78 -- -- 43 39 91 -- --New Hampshire 228 153 67 75 33 56 42 74 *14 *26New Jersey 766 509 66 *257 *34 94 93 99 -- --New Mexico 278 213 77 *65 *23 69 64 93 -- --New York 1,882 1,585 84 297 16 823 739 90 *84 *10North Carolina 1,525 1,196 78 329 22 335 259 77 *76 *23North Dakota - - - - - - - - - -Ohio 1,342 1,257 94 *85 *6 553 516 93 *37 *7Oklahoma 729 680 93 *49 *7 244 219 90 -- --Oregon 638 373 59 264 41 196 181 92 -- --Pennsylvania 1,101 891 81 210 19 775 699 90 *76 *10Rhode Island 175 79 45 96 55 20 15 77 -- --South Carolina 744 561 75 *182 *25 254 180 71 *74 *29South Dakota 268 156 58 *112 *42 270 127 47 144 53Tennessee 826 709 86 *117 *14 375 276 74 -- --Texas 2,246 2,133 95 *114 *5 1,147 1,080 94 *67 *6Utah 414 343 83 *70 *17 193 158 82 *35 *18Vermont 207 95 46 112 54 90 66 74 -- --Virginia 833 649 78 184 22 432 326 75 *106 *25Washington 938 835 89 *103 *11 219 200 92 -- --West Virginia 305 222 73 *84 *27 247 184 74 -- --Wisconsin 1,247 910 73 337 27 895 763 85 *131 *15Wyoming 303 110 36 *193 *64 140 76 54 *64 *46United States 33,112 30,037 91 6,964 21 13,674 12,890 94 1,942 14

Data may not sum to totals due to multiple responses. U.S. totals include responses from participants residing in the District of Columbia.Population 16 years and older. * Estimate based on a small sample size.Single dash (-) indicates not available.Double dash (--) indicates withheld; sample size too small to report data reliably.

Anglers and Hunters by State Where Fishing or Hunting Occurred, 2011(numbers in thousands)

Hunters

Number PercentNonresidents

Number Percent Number Percent

Anglers

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2011 National Survey of Fishing, Hunting, and Wildlife-Associated Recreation: Kansas, http://www.census.gov/prod/www/abs/fishing.html (accessed July 3, 2014).

TotalResidents Nonresidents

TotalResidents

Number Percent

License Number Value Number Value Number ValueHunting

Resident 61,154 $1,120,963 51,226 $1,254,815 53,321 $1,309,700Non-resident 58,979 4,030,090 60,521 5,535,190 65,166 5,961,110Jr. Non-resident 2,651 91,165 2,620 101,470 2,659 103,540Multi-year Resident (16-20) 579 18,880 721 26,380 570 22,050Senior Resident (65-74) - - 434 5,405 821 10,245Five Year Resident 212 21,200 730 66,060 743 71,960

FishingResident 152,610 2,729,961 144,637 3,591,535 133,636 3,315,185Non-resident 11,083 439,140 11,114 550,150 11,127 548,430Multi-year Resident (16-20) 786 28,440 1,209 46,380 1,011 39,930Senior Resident (65-74) - - 4,918 61,428 5,551 69,268Five Year Resident 71 7,100 1,507 143,040 1,268 125,09024-hour 58,825 176,475 37,446 330,986 31,731 278,1985-day Trip 4,837 96,600 8,415 210,035 8,030 200,540

Combination Hunting and FishingResident 41,246 1,480,843 28,961 1,209,045 34,284 1,416,145Non-resident 1,585 168,735 1,512 181,105 2,433 277,045Multi-year Resident (16-20) 901 49,070 871 54,520 804 53,460Sr. Resident (65-74) 6,737 70,014 630 14,023 918 20,505Five Year Resident 533 95,760 1,651 268,360 1,456 254,430

FurharvesterResident 7,544 148,278 4,615 113,490 6,188 152,960Non-resident 82 20,250 67 16,260 102 24,540Junior 227 2,314 129 1,562 114 1,425

Lifetime LicenseHunting 807 280,280 414 172,070 548 273,190Fishing 145 49,280 104 39,020 170 86,280Combination 538 326,480 290 212,200 490 473,000Sr. Combo (65-74) 4,183 163,080 4,090 161,670 4,918 194,520Furharvester 35 14,080 20 5,520 37 18,780Payments 765 80,437 1,402 153,836 973 90,606

Special LicensesBobcat, Non-resident 90 9,000 72 6,910 73 7,210Controlled Shooting Area 9,821 149,455 9,423 231,920 9,627 238,11548-hour Waterfowl 3,637 90,650 - - - -3 Pole 25,026 102,374 19,670 117,852 17,923 107,538Trout 15,067 151,378 12,379 147,564 11,255 134,726

Total 470,756 $12,211,772 411,798 $15,029,800 407,947 $15,879,720

Single dash (-) indicates not applicable or not available.Fees may change during the calendar year, please visit: http://ksoutdoors.com/License-Permits for current pricing.

Hunting Fishing Combination Lifetime LicenseResident - $27.50 Resident - $27.50 Resident - $47.50 Hunting - $502.50Non-resident - $97.50 Non-resident - $52.50 Non-resident - $137.50 Fishing - $502.50Res. Apprentice - $27.50 Multi-year 16-20 - $42.50 Multi-year 16-20 - $72.50 Combination - $962.50Non-res. Apprentice - $97.50 65-74 Resident - $15 65-74 Resident - $25 65-74 Combo - $42.50Jr. Non-resident - $42.50 Five Year - $102.50 Five Year - $182.50 Furharvester - $502.50Multi-Year 16-20 - $42.50 Resident 24-hour - $8.5065-74 Resident - $15 Non-res. 24-hour - $14.50 FurharvesterFive Year - $102.50 5-day trip - $27.50 Resident - $27.50Controlled Shooting Area - $27.50 3 Pole - $8.50 Non-resident - $252.50Non-resident Bobcat - $102.50 Trout - $14.50 Jr. Resident - $15

License Fees for Calendar Year 2018

Hunting and Fishing Licenses Sold in Kansas, 2015-20172015 2016 2017

Source: Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks and Tourism.