HUTCHINSON, Kan. — The total assessed valuation of the Top 10 companies in Reno County surpassed $135 million in 2021 according to numbers released from the Reno County Clerk's Office. The total eclipsed the $100 million mark for the first time in 2020.
As always, Evergy was at the top of the list with a total assessed value of $56.2 million, an increase of $4 million. Bluestem Pipeline was next at $10.9 million and BNSF, which was second on the list in 2020, fell to third at $10.1 million.
After a 10-year tax break, Siemens Gamesa came onto the tax rolls for the first time, ranking seventh on the list with a total assessed valuation of $6.7 million. The Top 10 companies on the list paid out a total of $19,186,981 in property taxes.
Some of the other notable companies in the area:
Union Pacific ranked eighth in assessed valuation at $6.6 million; Tyson was 21st at $1.9 million; Morton Salt came in at No. 33 at $1.2 million and Collins Bus was the 40th-ranked company in Reno County with an assessed value of $1.1 million.
The Top 50 assessed valued companies in Reno County are listed below.
EVERGY KANSAS CENTRAL, INC 56,245,778
BLUESTEM PIPELINE, LLC 10,955,545
BNSF 10,165,875 1
PANHANDLE EASTERN PIPELINE COMPANY 9,738,581
KANSAS GAS SERVICE A DIVISION OF ONE GAS 8,006,953
MID AMERICA PIPELINE COMPANY LLC 7,494,536 1
SIEMENS WIND POWER, INC 6,724,054 1
UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY 6,661,125
MAIN LINE, INC 5,168,507
ENTERPRISE PRODUCTS OPERATING LLC 4,909,883
MAGELLAN PIPELINE COMPANY LLC 4,501,559
DILLON REAL ESTATE CO, INC 2,624,281
SOUTHERN STAR CENTRAL GAS PIPELINES 2,549,061
ARCHER-DANIELS-MIDLAND COMPANY 2,525,276
NUSTAR PIPELINE OPERATING PARTNERSHIP LP 2,514,438
WAL-MART STORES REAL ESTATE BUSINESS TRUST 2,498,855
ARK VALLEY ELECTRIC COOP ASSN INC 2,476,606
KOCH UNDERGROUND STORAGE, INC 2,352,317
DILLON COMPANIES, INC 2,347,933 405,716.04
BLACK HILLS CORP, (KANSAS DIVISION) 2,043,675
TYSON PREPARED FOODS, INC 1,978,285
ONEOK NORTH SYSTEM 1,761,115
LOWES HOME CENTERS, INC 1,724,168
SANDS OF HUTCHINSON LLC 1,686,253
KUHN KRAUSE, INC 1,666,025
CARGILL, INC 1,547,261
EVERGY KANSAS SOUTH, INC 1,475,499
TENAWA HAVEN PROCESSING LLC 1,398,776
PRAIRIE DUNES, INC 1,325,774
HD DEVELOPMENT OF MARYLAND, INC 1,323,563
MAST, MARVIN E & LOIS J 1,272,403
SOUTHWESTERN BELL TELEPHONE L P 1,264,544
MORTON SALT, INC 1,247,152
CITY BEVERAGE COMPANY, INC 1,229,468
FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF HUTCHINSON 1,225,880
STRAWN, JAMES L TRUST 1,225,577 2
ONEOK HYDROCARBON LP 1,200,274
ROCKSTEP HUTCHINSON, LLC 1,179,293
LOWEN CORPORATION 1,178,530
COLLINS INDUSTRIES, INC 1,141,003
MAYFAIR HOSPITALITY LLC 1,107,751
HEARTLAND CREDIT UNION 1,040,430
CENTRAL BANK & TRUST CO 1,027,248
ARCONIC DEVELOPMENT LLC 1,017,176
SONOCO HUTCHINSON LLC 997,950
CARGILL, INC SALT 997,158
MORTON SALT, INC 976,050
SONOCO HUTCHINSON LLC 935,149
HUTCHINSON 17TH LLC 933,053
MIDWEST ENERGY INC 875,269
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