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001117 Draft - 9/81 TABLE 6 Land Use Pattern for Increased Agricultural Production in the Gunnison Region Year 2000 Acreage of Acreage afe Projected waterb New New 1974a for Depletion Development Development Land Use EXDansion Per Acre Likely.Estimate Hiqh Estimate Crop Percent Percent Acre-Feet ~ ~ Wheat 1.71 1.00 1.60 23 119 Corn Grain 3.34 4.00 2.47 93 475 Corn Silage 3.70 4.00 2.32 93 475 Barley 5.78 6.00 1.60 140 712 Dry Beans 2.26 2.00 1.31 47 237 Sugar Beets 1.49 Oats .99 3.00 1.60 70 356 Alfalfa 17.06 30.00 2.90 699 3,562 Other Hay 24.03 20.00 1.89 465 2,374 Tree Fruits 3.11 --' Pasture 36.08 30.00 1.89 699 3,562 Vegetables .45 ~ 100.00 100.00 2.19 2,329 11,872 wt. avg. a. Pasture and hay acreage were taken from the Census of Aariculture, which is published every five years. This section used Census data for the year 1969, pub- lished in 1972. The changes in the data on pasture and hay between 1969-1974 are insignificant for purposes of this analysis. All other acreage data are fram the Colorado State Aaricultural Statistics and are constant for the year 1974 regard- less of the year of their most 'recent publication. The changes in land use pat- terns between 1974 and the present only serve to reinforce the Projections for Expansion made in this table. Thus, picking another base year and recomputing land use relative to it would be a useless exercise, since the important variables for computing "Acreage of New Development" are the "Percentage Projection for Expan- sion It and the "weighted Average Water Depletion per Acre. II b. Water Depletion equals the sum of consumptive use and incidental loss under current technology and management. c. Equivalent full irrigation based on available water of 5,100 acre-feet for the likely estimate and 26,000 acre-feet for the high estimate.