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<br />> "" <br /> <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br /> <br />n;-';4' ~! 5 <br />i..i ~..._ J /. <br /> <br />Table II-12: Conversion of Cropland and Prime Farmland to Urban and <br />Water Use 1967-1975 <br /> <br />Average Annual converSlon <br />Region Cropl and Prime Agr. Land <br /> <br />(1,000 acres) <br /> <br />No rthea st 83 .2 132.3 <br />Lake 73 .1 56.3 <br />Corn Belt 115.4 172.3 <br />No. Plains 19.7 63.B <br />Appa 1 ac hi an 74;0 86.3 <br />So uthea st 83 .0 172.3 <br />Oel ta 31.9 62.3 <br />So. Plains 96.2 106.3 <br />Mountain 17.0 12.6 <br />Pacific 79.2 58.8 <br />48 Contiguous States 672.2 923.3 <br /> <br />1/ Land Meeting SCS criteria for prime farmland <br />Source: Linda Lee. A Perspective on Cropl and Avail ability. <br />ESCS Ag. Ecoh. Rpt. No. 406. 1978, p. 17 <br /> <br />II -57 <br />