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<br />------------------- <br /> <br />< <br />I <br />..... <br />o <br /> <br />TABLE 5-6: SOUTHERN HIGH PLAINS CROP CONSUMPTIVE USE. BLANEY-CRIDDLE METHOD- <br /> Walsh 2000 <br /> ESTIMATED GROUND WATER PUMPAGE <br />Date: December, 2000 User: wja Job: 99-028.002 <br />Station: Walsh, Colorado Elevation: 3977 feet Latitude 37 deg, 22 min <br />1 2 3 4 5 6 7 I 8 <br /> Peak Unit Monthly Total Peak Month Seasonal Unit Total Seasonal Total Seasonal <br /> Irrigated Peak Consumptive Consumptive Consumptive Use Consumptive Use rrigation Requiremen <br />Crop Acres Month Use (Acre-inch/Acre) Use (Acre-Feet) (Acre-Feet/Acre) (Acre-Feet) (Acre-Feet) <br />Corn 77 ,300 August 7.98 51 ,405 2.33 180,404 212,239 <br />Wheat 32,200 May 5.06 13,576 1.02 32,791 38,578 <br />Sorghum 16,700 August 7.04 9,797 1.82 30,477 35,856 <br />Alfalfa 2,600 August 8.14 1,764 2.74 7,114 8,370 <br />Totals 128,800 76,541 250,787 295,043 <br />Explanation of column information: <br /> Column 1: Irrigated crops grown in the Southern High Plains Designated Ground Water Basin. <br /> Column 2: Proportion of irrigated acreage within the Basin, source FSA Office, Springfield, Colorado. <br /> Column 3: Month for which peak water demand occurs, from Blaney-Criddle Method. <br /> Column 4: Peak unit monthly irrigation water demand, from Blaney-Criddle Method. <br /> Column 5: Total peak monthly irrigation water demand, from Blaney-Criddle Method. <br /> Column 6: Seasonal unit irrigation water demand. from Blaney-Criddle Method, column 2 x column 6. <br /> Column 7: Total seasonal irrigation water demand, column 7 divided by 0.85. <br />