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<br />000986 <br /> <br />i'1.A'1'TE lUVER Blien 1lIVEf.l~IGATIONS <br />., -- <br /> <br />1'al't I .. JaokllQ%l Oou.ntq; Qclo. l"rev!oullly Pltes;mto4) <br />P.i\.R.'l' II .. wonm PLAT'.I'l!l J.U:\1ER BASIN <br />Il .. lRlllGAl'ED ARE.Ml (OO11t'd) <br />,4. u. S. Qen$U$ Data (Con'll t 4) <br />~} OampW."ll.llive 6tll.~e 'l'otals (CQ%lttd) <br /> <br />~ll t~ graph SMiVlI.:f;I.) the l'$lat1Ql'UJ bG~nthe Stll.tell, all tel <br />. <mfil <br />total 11'1'1 ge.tod !l.l:'eas 1.n alLoh, (2) the rele:!licms betwaexVCenlll:\t1 year and othe1'8; <br /> <br />and (!J) the re1atlO1\l,l btltwe,n .federal and to1;a1 irrit>E\t$d areas in oaoh state. <br /> <br />This 0l1G ezceptien flhould be noted, .. tl19 11!1!ldfl un4er non-federal <br />entlll'pl'ises whioh l'eoeive pllJ'ts of their water supplies, lll1der \'farrl>>1 &,11 OJ' <br />othsl' Wll.teM~OO oootl'aotll. aro not 1nlil.Ol\ted on tho gl'e.ph~ <br /> <br />Suoh 1l!l!lAA, 1t' they were ind10atecl an the. gJ'aph. would not matel'ia.l1g <br /><;lbal:lgethe 1n410&te4 rslattons in Colorll.t'lo Iltld 'WyoJn1ng.'bUt would llI.!Ili:8 llOl1lJ <br />d1t.f.'orenqo 1.n the Nebl'aeka re1nt!Ql:lS. <br /> <br />In OQlorado. the landll irriiSnted by federal ente.l'prillos o<mBtitute <br />but a SlQI!l,:j.1 part of the 'bOt111 irrigated e.rea. .. 1. fil< fl1X"'tenths of' one peroent <br />in 1909' !1.2 peroent in 1919,e.nd 2.6 parowt in 19S$). <br /> <br />Theile perO$l:ltage t'e1atlOl1ll would be l1::1.oreMod b)1t sl1ghtl:ty even <br />though federd enttll'prloa be oredl tad '1711 th 1AAds plU"tls.11y lluppUed by them <br />under WQl'ren Ao1; or otMr watlll""serv1oo oontracts, .. for exsmple. in 1909. sush <br />lands emounl;e4 to "about 8500 aorelJlt (per 11.8. ConsUlJ Bureau). .. if this area <br />be added to the 17,620 aorElS sarved by federal enterprises,the sum (26,120 e.orea) <br />'Wuld be but n:lne-tentha of one peroent of the total (2.m,COO aores) reported <br />0,1l irrigated in Colorodo that yelU'.. <br /> <br />~. <br />