Table 2. Irrigation: 1982, 1978, and 1974 



[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory textl 



Farms with irrigation 



1962 



1978 



Farms with irrigation 



Farms... number.. 



Proportion of farms percent.. 



Irrigated land acres.. 



Average per farm ...acres,. 



Acres irrigated: 

 1 to 9 acres farms. . 



acres.. 

 10 to 49 acres farms.. 



acres.. 

 50 to 99 acres farms.. 



acres.. 

 100 to 199 acres farms.. 



acres.. 



200 to 499 acres farms.. 



acres. - 

 600 to 999 acres— farms.. 



acres.. 

 1.000 acres or more farms.. 



acres.. 



2 154 



79.2 



829 761 



385 



277 

 1 265 



579 

 14 556 



278 

 19 025 



286 

 39 593 



362 

 112 517 



191 

 128 448 



181 

 514 357 



2 086 



87.0 



881 151 



422 



175 

 746 

 510 



12 975 

 294 



20 860 

 326 



44 729 



389 

 120 556 



193 

 131 919 



199 

 549 366 



1 794 



86.4 



777 510 



433 



125 

 (NA) 



399 

 (NA) 



249 

 (NA) 



300 

 (NA) 



371 

 (NA) 



184 

 (NA) 



166 

 (NA) 



Irrigated land use; 



Harvested cropland farms. 



acres. 



Pastureland and otfier land farms. 



acres. 



Land in irrigated farms acres.. 



Cropland _ acres.. 



Harvested cropland __ acres.. 



Principal source of irrigation water 

 (see text): 



Wells on farm fanns-. 



Irrigated acres.. 



Wells as only source farms.. 



irrigated acres.. 



On-farm surface supply _ farms. 



irrigated acres.. 

 On-farm surface supply as only 



source farms.. 



irrigated acres.. 



Off-farm water suppliers. farms.. 



irrigated acres.. 

 Off-farm water suppliers as only 



source farms.. 



irrigated acres.. 



1 895 

 602 082 

 830 

 227 679 

 7 881 463 

 845 324 

 605 082 



608 

 211 462 



486 

 141 948 



411 

 256 641 



308 



166 992 



1 135 



361 658 



1 028 

 262 258 



1 855 

 585 486 

 (NA) 

 295 666 

 8 231 670 

 816 960 

 585 486 



(NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 



(NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 



(NA) 

 (NA) 



(NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 8 490 402 

 (NA) 

 551 273 



(NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 



(NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 



(NA) 

 (NA) 



Table 3. Selected Characteristics of Irrigated and Nonirrigated Farms: 1982 and 1978 



[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory tejct] 



Characteristics 



Irrigated farms 



Any land irrigated 



All harvested cropland 

 irrigated 



1982 



Nonirrigated farms 



Farms number.. 



Land in farms acres.. 



Value of land and buildings^: 



Average per farm dollars.. 



Average per acre _ dollars.. 



Irrigated land acres.. 



(.and in farms according to use: 



Total cropland farms.. 



acres.. 



Harvested cropland farms.. 



acres.. 



Pastureland. excluding woodland pastured farms.. 



acres.. 

 Inventory of livestock: 



Cattle and calves farms.. 



number.. 



Milk cows farms.. 



number.. 



Hogs and pigs farms.. 



numt)er.. 



Sheep and lambs farms.. 



number.. 



Estimated market value of all machinery and 



equipment' farms.. 



$1.000.. 

 Average per farm dollars.. 



Market value of agncultural products sold $1,000-. 



Average per farm _ ._ dollars. _ 



Crops, including nursery and greenhouse products farms.. 



$1.000.. 



Livestock, poultry, and their products _ _. farms 



$1.000.. 



Poultry and poultry products farms.. 



$1.000.. 



Selected farm production expenses': 

 Feed for livestock and poultry farms 



$1.000.. 

 Seeds, bulbs, plants, and trees farms. 



$1.000.. 

 Commercial fertilizer ._ farms 



$1.000ll 

 Other agricultural chemicals^ _ farms 



$1.000.. 



Energy and petroleum products farms 



$1.000.. 

 Hired farm labor farms 



$1.000.. 

 Contract labor _ farms 



$1.000.. 

 Interest expense _ farms 



$1.000.. 



2 719 

 9 980 201 



925 540 



249 



829 761 



2 227 

 861 883 



1 895 

 605 082 



1 695 

 8 763 690 



1 786 



559 909 



348 



15 851 



245 



15 254 



397 



109 087 



2 714 

 143 648 

 52 926 



202 561 

 74 506 



1 134 

 72 582 



2 033 

 129 999 



151 

 164 



1 834 

 29 361 



742 

 3 718 



858 

 5 587 



579 



2 814 



2 705 

 23 055 



1 189 



20 438 



198 



1 124 



1 221 

 22 958 



2 399 

 10 427 111 



801 173 



184 



661 151 



2 120 

 629 499 



1 855 

 586 486 



1 598 

 9 164 970 



1 622 



564 213 



386 



13 487 



277 



9 843 



313 



131 242 



2 395 

 115 952 

 48 414 



196 954 



62 932 



1 060 



58 748 



1 888 



140 206 



107 



102 



1 720 

 25 244 



806 



2 222 

 856 



4 794 



891 



2 377 



2 361 



14 181 



1 223 



16 830 



243 



1 006 



(NA) 



(NA) 



2 154 

 7 881 463 



1 069 729 



286 



829 761 



2 066 

 845 324 



1 695 

 605 062 



1 452 

 6 799 304 



1 473 

 514 155 

 302 

 (D) 

 173 

 (D) 

 315 

 79 871 



2 121 

 132 102 

 62 263 



184 371 



85 595 



1 134 



72 582 



1 554 



111 789 



93 



145 



1 335 

 23 201 



719 

 3 714 



841 

 5 568 



572 



2 812 



2 114 



21 691 

 1 051 



18 653 



176 



1 091 



1 054 



22 153 



2 086 

 8 231 670 



851 626 



216 



881 151 



2 035 

 816 960 



1 855 

 585 486 



1 463 

 7 1 16 574 



1 457 



529 875 



360 



12 511 



229 



(D) 



283 



124 803 



2 086 

 110 103 

 52 782 



189 749 



90 963 



1 060 



56 746 



1 583 



131 001 



81 



(D) 



1 431 

 22 976 



790 



2 220 

 849 



4 792 



843 



2 371 



2 078 



13 638 



1 107 



18 223 



231 



950 



(NA) 



(NA) 



1 894 

 7 440 816 



1 176 438 



286 



808 235 



1 894 



820 685 



1 894 



599 082 



1 199 



6 377 459 



1 296 



467 858 



281 



10 073 



149 



9 954 



266 



75 205 



1 624 

 125 073 

 68 571 



178 964 



94 490 



1 134 



72 582 



1 331 



106 381 



65 



65 



1 062 

 21 444 



665 

 3 709 



793 

 5 522 



560 



2 812 



1 817 



21 096 



984 



17 979 



164 



1 067 



940 



21 206 



1 655 

 7 950 696 



924 665 



213 



848 772 



1 855 

 802 572 



1 855 

 585 486 



1 244 

 6 844 636 



1 294 



516 296 



326 



11 770 



213 



4 420 



257 



116 173 



1 629 



106 325 



58 133 



185 958 



100 247 



1 060 



58 748 



1 363 



127 210 



66 



16 



1 193 

 21 987 



747 



2 213 

 801 



4 777 



601 



2 367 



1 625 



13 264 



1 050 



17 854 



214 



930 



(NA) 



(NA) 



565 

 2 096 738 



400 389 

 111 

 (X) 



161 

 16 559 



243 

 964 386 



313 

 45 754 

 46 

 (D) 

 72 

 (D) 

 82 

 29 216 



593 

 11 545 

 19 470 



16 210 

 32 230 



479 



18 210 



58 



19 



499 



6 160 



23 



4 



17 



19 



7 



1 



591 



1 364 



138 



1 786 



22 



33 



167 



806 



313 

 2 195 441 



458 553 

 65 

 (X) 



85 

 12 539 



135 

 2 048 396 



165 



34 338 



26 



976 



48 



(D) 



30 



6 439 



309 



5 850 



18 931 



9 204 

 29 407 



305 



9 204 



26 



(D) 



289 

 2 268 

 16 

 2 

 9 

 2 

 48 

 5 



303 

 543 

 116 

 607 

 12 

 58 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 



'Data are based on a sample of farms; see text. 



'Data for 1 978 include the cost of lime which was not collected in 1 982. 



2 NEVADA 



1982 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-STATE DATA 



