Table Showing Irrigation Water Withdrawals in the Year 2000

IRRIGATED LAND
(in thousand acres)
 WITHDRAWALS
(in million gallons per day)
 WITHDRAWALS
(in thousand acre-feet per year)
 APPLICATION
RATE
(in acre-feet
per acre)
By type of irrigation
 Total By source
 Total By source
 Total
Sprinkler Micro-
irrigation		 Surface Ground
water		 Surface
water		 Ground
water		 Surface
water
Arizona 183 14 779 976 2,750 2,660 5,400 3,080 2,980 6,060 6.21
Arkansas 631 0 3,880 4,510 6,510 1,410 7,910 7,290 1,580 8,870 1.97
California 1,660 3,010 5,470 10,100 11,600 18,900 30,500 13,100 21,100 34,200 3.37
Colorado 1,190 1.16 2,220 3,400 2,160 9,260 11,400 2,420 10,400 12,800 3.76
Idaho 2,440 4.7 1,300 3,750 3,720 13,300 17,100 4,170 15,000 19,100 5.1
Iowa 84,5 0 0 84.5 20.4 1.08 21.5 22.9 1.21 24.1 0.28
Kansas 2,660 2.14 647 3,310 3,430 288 3,710 3,840 323 4,160 1.26
Louisiana 110 0 830 940 791 232 1,020 887 261 1,150 1.22
Minnesota 546 0 26.9 573 190 36.6 227 213 41.1 254 0.44
Missouri 532 1.43 792 1,330 1,380 48.1 1,430 1,550 53.9 1,600 1.21
Montana 506 0 1,220 1,720 83 7,870 7,950 93 8,820 8,920 5.18
Nebraska 4,110 0 3,710 7,820 7,420 1,370 8,790 8,320 1,540 9,860 1.26
Nevada 192 0 456 647 567 1,540 2,110 635 1,730 2,360 3.65
New Mexico 461 7.17 530 998 1,230 1,630 2,860 1,380 1,830 3,210 3.22
Oklahoma 392 1.5 113 507 566 151 718 635 170 804 1.59
Oregon 1,160 4.02 1,000 2,170 792 5,290 6,080 887 5,920 6,810 3.14
South Dakota 276 0 78.3 354 137 236 373 153 264 418 1.18
Texas 4,010 89.4 2,390 6,490 6,500 2,130 8,630 7,290 2,390 9,680 1.49
Utah 526 1.68 880 1,410 469 3,390 3,860 526 3,800 4,330 3.08
Washington 1,270 49.9 252 1,570 747 2,290 3,040 837 2,570 3,400 2.16
Wyoming 190 4.73 964 1,160 413 4,090 4,500 463 4,580 5,050 4.36
TOTAL230453191.8327538.253819.551,47576,123127,63057,79285,354 143,060 55


Source: U.S. Geological Survey