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<br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br /> <br />002253 <br /> <br />area is almost at the southernmost environs of the entire High <br /> <br />Plains, as defined by the tablelands that are perched atop the <br />Rolling Prairies. <br />After the first water well was brought in on the Slaton place <br />in 1911, irrigation development proceeded at the following pace, <br /> <br />according to various records.* <br /> <br /> Irrigation Wells <br />lJy Year in Operation <br />1914 140 <br />1935 300 <br />1938 1,500 <br />1945 4,300 <br /> <br />1958 <br />1964 <br />1969 <br />1974 <br /> <br />55,473 <br />70,565 <br />83 , 115 <br />90,469 <br /> <br />These numbers are for the entire State of Texas. Table IV-3 shows <br /> <br />totals for the study area. <br /> <br />Some county numbers have declined. others have increased <br /> <br />slightly, and the estimated total for the area by 1980 was <br />36,000 we 11 s . <br /> <br />*Bulletin 846, QQ. cit, and State of Texas, 'Texas Water Development <br />Board, Report 196, Inventory of Irrigation in Texas, 1958, 1964, <br />1969 and 1974 (October 1975). <br /> <br />IV-27 <br /> <br />Arthur D Lillie Inc. <br />