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<br />Table 2--Rural land converted to urban uses: Boulder, Weld, and Larimer
<br />counties, Colorado, 1955-69
<br />
<br />County
<br />
<br />: Irrigated
<br />:cropland
<br />
<br />Previous
<br />Non-
<br />irrigated
<br />cropland
<br />
<br />use of land
<br />
<br />Idle Grassland
<br />Acres
<br />
<br />Boulder
<br />
<br />1955-63
<br />1963-69
<br />
<br />95
<br />995
<br />1,090
<br />14.5
<br />
<br />625
<br />57
<br />682
<br />9,1
<br />
<br />1,075
<br />1,360
<br />2,435
<br />32,5
<br />
<br />Subtotal
<br />
<br />Percent
<br />
<br />Weld
<br />1957-63
<br />1963-69
<br />
<br />930
<br />
<br />710
<br />1,640
<br />
<br />72,4
<br />
<br />260
<br />140
<br />400
<br />17.7
<br />
<br />65
<br />
<br />65
<br />2,9
<br />
<br />Subtotal
<br />
<br />Percent
<br />
<br />Larimer
<br />
<br />1957-63
<br />1963-69
<br />
<br />1,560
<br />1,270
<br />2,830
<br />56,2
<br />
<br />285
<br />975
<br />1,260
<br />25,0
<br />
<br />15
<br />140
<br />155
<br />3,1
<br />
<br />Subtotal
<br />
<br />Percent
<br />
<br />TOTAL
<br />
<br />6,905
<br />46,6
<br />
<br />902
<br />6,1
<br />
<br />2,750
<br />18.6
<br />
<br />Percent
<br />
<br />Annual rate -
<br />
<br />1955-63 = 7,060 A
<br />1963-69 = 7,741 A
<br />
<br />1,025 A/year.
<br />1,290 A/year,
<br />
<br />II II
<br />
<br />1,825
<br />
<br />1,469
<br />
<br />3,294
<br />43,9
<br />
<br />100
<br />60
<br />-
<br />160
<br />7,0
<br />
<br />290
<br />500
<br />---
<br />790
<br />15,7
<br />
<br />4,244
<br />28,7
<br />
<br />Total
<br />
<br />3,620
<br />3,881
<br />7,501
<br />100,0
<br />
<br />1,290
<br />975
<br />2,265
<br />100,0
<br />
<br />2,150
<br />2,885
<br />5,035
<br />100.0
<br />
<br />14,801
<br />100,0
<br />
<br />Total area urbanized,
<br />23,1 square miles,
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