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<br />existin~ acreages and depletions, but includes also allowances made for
<br />the irrigable lands of existing enterprises in the Lower Basin, and for
<br />arable lands under authorized projects in the Upper Basin, which irriga-
<br />ble and arable lands, however, are not at present being irrigated. Colo-
<br />rado suggests that the so-called "present" data be segregated, to show
<br />(1) the actual or existin~ conditions, and (2) the allowances made for
<br />irrigab Ie and arable lands to be irrigated in the future by projects now
<br />authorized, under construction, or incomploted.
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<br />31. The following table summarizes the data of the Report, with res.
<br />pect to the existing irri~ated acreage in the Colorado River BaSin. as de-
<br />termined by the Bureau of Reclamation land classific!ltion surveys, and
<br />(for purposes of disc~ssion) as reported in the 1940 U. S. Census-Irriga-
<br />tion, for the SeaSon of 1939.
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<br />ACRES IRRIGATED IN COUlRADO RIVEll BASIN
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<br /> As Reported By
<br /> U. S. BUREAU OF RECLAHATION U.3. CI;lTSUS
<br /> PRI;SENT AUOHANCES ACTUAL BURZAU-1939
<br />ARIZONA 4.000 4.000 4,000
<br />COl.ORAOO 733,700 2,000 731,700 844,494
<br />NEH MEXICO 38,000 38.000 36.178
<br />UTAH 261,100 261,100 305,628
<br />WYOMING 242,000 20.000 222.000 273,971
<br />UPPER BASIN 1,278,800 22.000 1.256,800 1,464,271
<br />ARIZONA 1,073,800 236,900 836,900 636, 110
<br />CALIFORNIA 803,000 342,100 460,900 454,768
<br />llEVADA 11,000 11,000 13 .880
<br />NEW l1EXI CO 18 ,800 18 ,800 13.663
<br />UTAH 23,500 23,500 19,271
<br />l.OWI;R BASIN 1,930,100 579,000 1,351,100 1,137 ,692
<br />COLO. R. BASIN 3,208,900 601,000 2,607,900 2,601,963
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<br />Exc lusive of "allowances" for acreages not yet irrigated, the
<br />"aotual" irrigated acreages reported by the two federal o.gencies are in
<br />substantial agreement for the entire ColoradO River Basin. Hhen con~
<br />sidered by Upper and Lower Basins, the Report shows about 200,000 acres
<br />Ie SS in the Upper Basin, and about 200,000 acres more in the Lower Ba-
<br />sin, than were reported by the U. S. Census Bureau. The se difference s
<br />when segregated by States are found, in the Lower Basin, in the State of
<br />Arizona, and in the Upper Basin, largely in ColoradO though in part in
<br />Utah and ,lyoming. It is not the contention of Colorado, in submitting
<br />data from reports of the U. S. census Bureau. that such information is
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