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<br />0020:2 <br /> <br />1965 Operations (Contd.) <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />IRRIGATION OPERATIOI1S SUM11ARY <br /> <br />A total of 256,058 acre-feet of water was diverted into fifteen canal <br />systems for irrigation of 116,694 acres of land in the Kansas River <br />Projects. This is 77% of the acreage that had service available in <br />1965. The irrigation operations for each of the irrigation districts <br />are shown in the following table: <br /> <br />Irrigation Acres Diversion Diversion Fsrm Del. Crop Value <br />District Irr1pe. (A.F.) (A.F./Ac.) (A.F./AC~ Per Acre <br /> 6,950 19,857 2.86 ~12& <br />Frenchman Valley (no records) $114.33 <br />H 110 RW 10,922 25,124 2.30 1.56 1.35 101.43 <br />Frenchman-Cambridge 35,466 65,855 1.86 1.36 1.04 123.12 <br />Bostwick in Nebraska 19,826 38,833 1.96 1.43 0.84 122.97 <br />Kansas-Bostwick 24,149 64,647 2.68 1.46 1.46 133.82 <br />Kirwin 8,228 15,707 1.91 1.29 1.29 122.51 <br />Webster 6,243 13,335 2.14 1.48 1.29 120.20 <br />Cedar Bluff 4.910 12.700 2.59 1.57 1.42 79.29 <br />Average per Acre $120.71 <br />Total - Kansas <br />River Projects 116,694 256,058 <br />The total gross crop value for the Kansas River Projects in 1965 was <br />$14,086,641. <br /> <br />.' <br /> <br />Precipitation for the months of January through May of 1965 was consider- <br />ably below normal and the precipitation for the months of June throu~h <br />December was above normal. Even though the monthly total was above <br />normal for the month of August, as shown in Table 4, the first three <br />weeks were dry and therefore created a large demand on reservoirs for <br />irrigation. <br /> <br />Water diverted to the liale Ditch totaled 2,201 acre-feet, of which <br />96 acre-feet were sold under Warren Act Contract. <br /> <br />The acres irrigated in 1965 and estimated to be irrigated in 1966 are <br />compared to the service available acreage in Table 6. ^ graphic <br />representation of development by irrigation districts is presented in <br />Exhibits 12 through 20. <br /> <br />Table 7 lists <br />canal system. <br />data for 1960 <br /> <br />the 1965 monthly diversions and acres irrigated for each <br />Table 8 tabulates the acreage irrigated and water diversion <br />through 1965, together with estimates for 1966. <br /> <br />OTHER USES <br /> <br />During the 1965 season, at the Bureau of Reclamation reservoirs, or <br />lakes, recreation areas and facilities drew 1,319,903 visitors to enjoy <br />boating, water skiing, swimming, sight seeing, camping, hunting and <br />fiShing. Table 13 shows the major recreation uses and the number of <br />visitors participating in each use for each of the facilities. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />11 <br />