HUTCHINSON, Kan. — The nation’s second-largest railroad has become the second-most valuable company in Reno County.

BNSF moved to the No. 2 spot when it comes to its valuation and the amount of property taxes paid in Reno County for 2018. The railroad had a total valuation in the county of $9,882,000 on taxes of $1,563,000.

As always, Westar Energy is at the top of the list with more than $42.7 million in valuation. That’s an increase from last year’s total of $38.9 million. The $6.7 million in total taxes paid compared to $6.2 million in 2017.

Panhandle Eastern actually saw its numbers fall from the previous year with nearly $1.2 million in taxes paid on a total valuation of $8.1 million. The nation’s largest railroad, Union Pacific, stayed in the fourth spot with taxes of just under $1.2 million on total valuation of $7.5 million.

The rest of the top 10 were Mid American Pipeline, Kansas Gas Service, Main Line Inc., Magellan Pipeline Company, Enterprise Products and Dillon Real Estate Company.

Total valuation for the top 10 companies in 2018 was $96, 878,000 on taxes of $15,317,000.

A list of the top 100 property taxpayers in Reno County can be found below.

Taxpayer (Assessed Taxes)

WESTAR ENERGY (ELECTRIC DIVISION) 42,778,534 (6,768,003.24)
BNSF 9,882,520 (1,563,452.70)
PANHANDLE EASTERN PIPELINE COMPANY 8,134,009 (1,197,165.72)
UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY 7,545,831 (1,193,536.22)
MID AMERICA PIPELINE COMPANY LLC 6,869,618 (1,007,592.36)
KANSAS GAS SERVICE A DIVISION OF ONE GAS 5,276,052 (904,390.14)
MAIN LINE, INC 5,088,625 (888,886.48)
MAGELLAN PIPELINE COMPANY LLC 5,071,603 (760,129.92)
ENTERPRISE PRODUCTS OPERATING LLC 3,551,970 (566,467.84)
DILLON REAL ESTATE CO, INC 2,679,469 (468,166.12)
WAL-MART STORES #01-0794 REAL ESTATE BUSINESS TRUS 2,531,293 (442,282.70)
ARK VALLEY ELECTRIC COOP ASSN INC 2,505,369 (381,820.30)
DILLON COMPANIES, INC 2,440,815 (426,358.12)
ARCHER-DANIELS-MIDLAND COMPANY 2,350,821 (410,749.60)
SOUTHERN STAR CENTRAL GAS PIPELINES 2,126,065 (315,438.62)
NUSTAR PIPELINE OPERATING PARTNERSHIP LP 1,936,244 (337,310.08)
ONEOK NGL PIPELINE,LP 1,891,567 (285,600.76)
SANDS OF HUTCHINSON LLC 1,881,423 (328,641.34)
TYSON PREPARED FOODS, INC 1,879,106 (307,607.08)
CARGILL, INC 1,820,063 (314,036.64)
LOWES HOME CENTERS, INC 1,662,903 (290,470.92)
KUHN KRAUSE, INC 1,654,082 (289,011.18)
MAYFAIR HOSPITALITY LLC 1,645,776 (287,559.86)
EATON CORPORATION 1,645,231 (287,464.64)
ONEOK NORTH SYSTEM 1,636,165 (238,869.22)
SOUTHWESTERN BELL TELEPHONE L P 1,610,048 (270,817.98)
BLACK HILLS CORP, (KANSAS DIVISION) 1,572,227 (242,258.58)
FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF HUTCHINSON 1,391,701 (244,506.80)
ARCONIC, INC 1,379,912 (241,038.90)
STRAWN, JAMES L TRUST 1,369,403 (236,325.36)
HD DEVELOPMENT OF MARYLAND, INC 1,351,223 (236,093.80)
PRAIRIE DUNES, INC 1,273,692 (194,212.92)
CITY BEVERAGE COMPANY, INC 1,260,361 (220,156.12)
ROCKSTEP HUTCHINSON, LLC 1,254,083 (219,120.92)
COLLINS INDUSTRIES, INC 1,218,795 (197,314.42)
UNIT PETROLEUM C/O K.E. ANDREWS 1,207,314 (181,238.24)
LOWEN CORPORATION 1,180,372 (206,183.84)
ONEOK HYDROCARBON LP 1,178,720 (180,755.54)
MAA SANTOSHI, INC 1,136,704 (198,611.74)
TENAWA HAVEN PROCESSING LLC 1,123,801 (164,951.52)
NOBLE HUTCHINSON, LLC 1,104,781 (193,033.98)
KANSAS GAS & ELEC-A WESTAR ENERGY COMPAN 1,080,747 (175,259.04)
CARGILL, INC SALT 1,049,097 (183,304.52)
HEARTLAND CREDIT UNION 1,047,540 (183,416.78)
CENTRAL BANK & TRUST CO 1,007,762 (176,006.46)
COLE KO HUTCHINSON KS LLC 996,776 (174,162.68)
MORTON SALT, INC 980,120 (157,272.02)
MORTON SALT, INC 964,233 (154,592.08)
HUTCHINSON 17TH LLC 961,200 (167,946.64)
SONOCO HUTCHINSON LLC 950,573 (166,089.82)
SONOCO HUTCHINSON LLC 948,820 (165,783.54)
HUTCHINSON SUITE HOTEL LLC 947,031 (165,470.94)
BOLD, LLC 857,104 (149,738.54)
KIRK, FRANK & LYNN TRUST 816,163 (142,564.90)
TSW PRODUCTS CO, INC 780,234 (136,198.26)
GMRI, INC 771,300 (134,728.38)
EXCALIBUR PRODUCTION CO INC 769,847 (113,143.04)
VASU, INC 763,449 (133,394.40)
KAHAN AND ASSOCIATES INC 749,408 (108,201.80)
MIDWEST ENERGY INC 744,378 (127,949.40)
WILLIAMS HUTCH RAIL COMPANY, LLC 737,349 (112,470.80)
TAKAKO AMERICA CO., INC 730,345 (127,574.52)
COLLINGWOOD TERMINAL, INC TAX V-528469 #V23 727,632 (127,100.58)
MAST, MARVIN E 718,410 (117,331.60)
MEDICAL PROPERTIES, LLC 689,691 (119,973.12)
ONEAL PROPERTIES 677,395 (118,325.34)

NATIONAL RETAIL PROPERTIES LP 665,056 (116,202.58)
FARMINGTON PLAZA LLC 647,703 (113,170.56)
KELMAN, STEVEN C 634,245 (106,440.78)
HCRI KANSAS PROPERTIES, LLC 633,411 (110,596.34)
HUTCH JOSEPH INVESTMENTS LLC 624,201 (109,064.14)
DATA CENTER, INC 618,764 (108,114.18)
HIEB PROPERTIES, LLC 599,364 (104,724.50)
PRYOR REAL ESTATE DEVELOPMENT LLC 592,916 (103,526.44)
ALDI, INC 588,366 (102,774.02)
FARMERS NATIONAL BANK OF STAFFORD 586,643 (102,642.88)
FUGATE, J LARRY REV TRUST 575,066 (100,479.00)
SPIRIT MASTER FUNDING VIII, LLC 570,390 (99,634.02)
KB ENTERPRISES OF HUTCHINSON, LLC 566,016 (99,121.40)
MIDWAY REAL ESTATE LLC 565,749 (98,823.36)
KANSAS FARMERS SERVICE ASSOC 561,496 (98,080.44)
CONKLIN LAND, INC 555,075 (96,986.04)
PRAIRIE VILLAGE RESIDENCES II, LC 550,149 (96,052.38)
KROGER COMPANY, THE 544,058 (95,061.08)
MCDONALDS CORPORATION 536,584 (93,755.18)
PEOPLES BANK AND TRUST COMPANY 526,102 (89,940.08)
DAB # 165 JOINT VENTURE 515,556 (90,055.78)
CFT NV DEVELOPMENTS, LLC 512,865 (89,585.72)
KAUFFMAN SEEDS, INC 510,497 (80,115.24)
FARMERS COOPERATIVE ELEVATOR CO 507,971 (94,046.32)
CAPVIEW INCOME & VALUE FUND IV LP 500,031 (87,343.92)
ALLEN SAMUELS REALTY INC 498,008 (86,990.54)
KANSAS SENIOR HOUSING PROPERTIES, LLC 495,213 (86,480.60)
HUTCHINSON SALT CO, INC 489,950 (85,601.42)
BLINDHOG, LC 485,458 (84,822.14)
PRYCE INDUSTRIES LLC 481,058 (77,191.54)
MICROMONT HOLDINGS 6 LLC 477,625 (83,430.10)
MID-KANSAS COOPERATIVE ASSOCIATION 472,636 (86,942.96)
DIVERSIFIED BUILDINGS LLC 463,525 (74,378.16)