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Federal data (USDA CDL) |
Irrigated acres by crop type and year:
Source: United States Department of Agriculture’s Census of Agriculture.
Source: US Bureau of Reclation and The Nature Conservancy, Consumptive Uses & Losses (CUL) Irrigation and Crop Type, from the report “Demonstration Mapping for Increasing Agricultural Water Security across the Colorado River Basin.”
Source: USDA and The Nature Conservancy, Cropland Data Layer, does not differentiate irrigated vs. rainfed crops
Source: US Geological Survey’s reports, Estimated Water Use in the United States from 1985 to 2005.