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Table 1. Harvested acreage for crops and percentage of harvested acreage irrigated in 10 counties in the Upper Colorado River Basin study unit, Colorado, 1997
<br />[Data from Colorado Departrnent of Agriculture, 1998; --, no data]
<br />County
<br />Crop Total
<br />Delta Eagle Garfield Grand Gunnison Mesa Montrose Ouray Pitkin Summit
<br />Alfalfa 24,000 6,000 31,000 1,500 500 32,000 32,000 3,000 1,500 -- 131,500
<br />Hay2 5,500 5,500 10,000 41,000 22,500 12,000 9,000 8,000 4,000 3,500 121,000
<br />Corn-grain and silage 8,600 -- -- -- -- 10,000 11,800 -- -- -- 30,400
<br />Dry beans 3,500 -- -- -- -- 500 13,000 -- -- -- 17,000
<br />Winter wheat 500 -- 1,500 -- -- 4,000 2,000 -- -- -- 8,000
<br />Oats 900 -- 600 -- -- 500 1,000 -- -- -- 3,000
<br />Barley -- -- 200 -- -- 200 1,100 -- -- -- 1,500
<br />Spring wheat -- -- -- -- -- -- 500 -- -- -- 500
<br />Total harvested acres 43,000 11,500 43,300 42,500 23,000 59,200 70,400 11,000 5,500 3,500 312,900
<br />Percentage harvested 98.4 95.7 93.5 95.3 100 98.3 99.3 100 100 100 97.6
<br />acres irrigated
<br />t Includes those areas of the county outside the boundaries of the Upper Colorado River Basin study unit. Actual values for the study unit may be less.
<br />2 Includes wild, millet, Sudan, clover and timothy, grain, and other miscellaneous tame hays.
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