4001

• UCREFRP Catalog Number: 4001
• Author: U.S. Bureau of Reclamation.
• Title: Colorado River System Consumptive Uses and Losses Report 1976-1980.
• USFW Year: 1981.
• USFW - Doc Type: Washington, D.C.
• Copyright Material: NO

TABLE LC-9
Lower Colorado River Basin
Irrigated Acreage
1976-1980
(1 000 acres)
Irrigated Acreagel
State Tributary
Arizona Gila 926.0 924.6 894.9 907.2 982.1
Little Colorado 38.7 43.7 41.5 40.0 52.9
Bill Williams 7.2 9.2 9.7 10.2 10.4
Virgin 1.9 2.6 3.1 4,1 3.1
Remaining Area 35.2 33.2 34.6 36.0 35.7
Total 1,009.0 1,013.3 983.8 997.5 1,084.2
Nevada Muddy 17.3 15.3 13.8 10.4 9.6
Remaining Area 9.4 8.5 8.7 8.7 8.7
Total 26.7 23.8 22.5 19.1 18.3
New Mexico Gila 6.5 5.4 5.7 2.8 4,8
Little Colorado 4.7 4.4 4.5 4.0 5.3
Total 11.2 9.8 10.2 6.8 10.1
Utah Virgin 17.0 16.5 17.5 17.0 17.0
Remaining Area 2.6 2.6 2.7 2.7 2.7
Total 19.6 19.1 20.2 19.7 19.7
Lower Basin Gila 932.5 930.0 900.6 910.0 986.9
Little Colorado 43.4 48.1 46.0 44.0 58.2
Bill Williams 7.2 9.2 9.7 10.2 10.4
Virgin 18.9 19.1 20.6 21.1 20.1
Muddy 17.3 15.3 13.8 10.4 9.6
Remaining Area 47.2 44.3 46.0 47.4 47.1
Total 1,066.5 1,066.0 1,036.7 1,043.1 1,132.3
Colorado Arizona 292.3 269.7 278.3 285.9 286.4
Mainstream Nevada 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
California 111.3 102.8 106.2 109.2 109.3
Total 403.7 372.6 384.6 395.2 395.8
1/ Irrigated acreage includes all irrigated croplands harvested as well as
irrigated pasture. Double-cropping is a ccounted.
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