SPDSS_Task54-2_Agricultural Statistics Data Summary

• Title: SPDSS Task 54.2 - Agricultural Statistics Data Summary
• Description: This memo provides a summary of information obtained through the data collection process and recommendations to combine crops based on growing season and irrigation water requirements.
• Decision Support - Doc Type: Task Memorandum
• Date: 12/18/2000
• DSS Category: Consumptive Use
• DSS: South Platte
• Basin: South Platte
• Contract/PO #: C153954
• Grant Type: Non-Reimbursable
• Bill Number: SB01-157, HB02-1152, SB03-110, HB04-1221, SB05-084, HB06-1313, SB07-122
• Prepared By: Leonard Rice Engineering

Table 1
CASS District IDs for Counties Located in the South Platte and North Platte Basins
CASS District Percent
County
Name Name District Code County Code County
Included
Jackson Northwest & 10 057 100
Gilpin Mountains 047 N/A
Clear Creek 019 100
Park 093 100
Teller 119 0
Larimer Northeast 20 069 100
Boulder 013 100
Jefferson 059 100
Weld 123 100
Morgan 087 100
Logan 075 50
Sedgwick 115 25
Adams East Central 60 001 100
Arapahoe 005 100
Denver 03 5 N/A
Douglas 039 100
Elbert 041 50
El Paso 121 0
Washington 031 25
N/A - No acreage is reported for this county.
Included Counties
The North Platte River basin within Colorado is within Jackson County -the county boundaries
are defined by the basin divides. Most of the other counties listed in Table 1 are completely
within the South Platte River or Laramie River basins. Some counties span more than one river
basin, and recommendations on the inclusion of their agricultural statistics, shown in Table 1,
are provided below:
^ Gilpin County -Gilpin County is entirely within the South Platte River basin, however,
no irrigated acreage is reported since 1991.
^ Logan County -Logan County provides runoff to both the South Platte River basin and
the Republican River basin. Based on satellite imagery delineation of irrigated lands, it is
estimated that about 50 percent of the irrigated acreage is in the South Platte River basin
and 50 percent is in the Republican River basin.
^ Sedgwick County - Sedgwick County provides runoff to both the South Platte River
basin and the Republican River basin. Based on satellite imagery delineation of irrigated
lands, it is estimated that about 25 percent of the irrigated acreage is in the South Platte
River basin and 75 percent is in the Republican River basin.
^ Teller County -Teller County provides runoff to both the South Platte River basin and
the Arkansas River basin. The portion of Teller County within the South Platte River
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