CRDSS_Task1_14-20_EstimatingLivestock_GunnisonBasin

• Title: CRDSS Task 1.14-20 - Consumptive Use Model - Estimating Livestock in the Gunnison River Basin
• Description: The objectives of this task memorandum are to develop, describe, and use a method for estimating the number of livestock per hydrologic unit in the Gunnison River basin.
• Decision Support - Doc Type: Task Memorandum
• Date: 1/9/1995
• DSS Category: Consumptive Use
• DSS: Colorado River
• Basin: Gunnison
• Contract/PO #: C153658, C153727, C153752
• Grant Type: Non-Reimbursable
• Bill Number: SB92-87, HB93-1273, SB94-029, HB95-1155, SB96-153, HB97-008
• Prepared By: Riverside Technology inc.

Table 2 shows estimated livestock per county for each type for 1985 to 1990 using the weighted average
and the percentage of county to state ratio.
TABLE 2
1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990
Estimated Estimated Estimated Estimated Estimated Estimated
Delta
Livestock Livestock Livestock Livestock Livestock Livestock
Cattle and Calves 20203 19357 17864 19160 19808 20203
Sheep and Lambs 22184 21256 19616 21039 21751 22184
Hogs and Pigs 4390 4207 3882 4164 4304 4390
1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990
Gunnison
Estimated Estimated Estimated Estimated Estimated Estimated
Livestock Livestock Livestock Livestock Livestock Livestock
Cattle and Calves 38948 37319 34440 36938 38188 38948
Sheep and Lambs 5070 4858 4483 4808 4971 5070
Hogs and Pigs 0 0 0 0 0 0
1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990
Hinsdale
Estimated Estimated Estimated Estimated Estimated Estimated
Livestock Livestock Livestock Livestock Livestock Livestock
Cattle and Calves 1088 1042 962 1032 1067 1088
Sheep and Lambs 0 0 0 0 0 0
Hogs and Pigs 0 0 0 0 0 0
1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990
Mesa
Estimated Estimated Estimated Estimated Estimated Estimated
Livestock Livestock Livestock Livestock Livestock Livestock
Cattle and Calves 68864 65983 60892 65310 67519 68864
Sheep and Lambs 35879 34378 31726 34028 35179 35879
Hogs and Pigs 12335 11819 10907 11699 12094 12335
1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990
Montrose
Estimated Estimated Estimated Estimated Estimated Estimated
Livestock Livestock Livestock Livestock Livestock Livestock
Cattle and Calves 54780 52488 48439 51953 53711 54780
Sheep and Lambs 49516 47444 43784 46961 48549 49516
Hogs and Pigs 7634 7315 6751 7240 7485 7634
1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990
Ouray
Estimated Estimated Estimated Estimated Estimated Estimated
Livestock Livestock Livestock Livestock Livestock Livestock
Cattle and Calves 13695 13122 12110 12988 13428 13695
Sheep and Lambs 1709 1638 1512 1621 1676 1709
Hogs and Pigs 97 93 86 92 95 97
1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990
Saguache
Estimated Estimated Estimated Estimated Estimated Estimated
Livestock Livestock Livestock Livestock Livestock Livestock
Cattle and Calves 31664 30339 27998 30030 31046 31664
Sheep and Lambs 9052 8674 8004 8585 8876 9052
Hogs and Pigs 0 0 0 0 0 0
State 3585000 3435000 3170000 3400000 3515000 3585000
livestock Total
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