TABLE 2-4. 



ACRES IRRIGATED BY GROUND WATER AND SURFACE 

 WATER IN CLARK FORK SUBBASINS 



Subbasin 



Upper Clark Fork* 

 Flint Creek-Rock Creek* 

 Blackfoot 

 Middle Clark Fork 

 Bitterroot 

 Lower Flathead 

 Lower Clark Fork 

 TOTAL 



* Adjusted DNRC figures (Elliott 1986) . 

 Source; DNRC 1986. 



TABLE 2-5, 



Crop 



IRRIGATED ACREAGE ESTIMATES AND PERCENTAGES 

 FOR THE EIGHT MAJOR CROPS OF THE CLARK FORK 

 BASIN 



Acreage Estimate 



Percent of Total-^ 



Alfalfa 

 Other hay 

 Barley 



Spring wheat^ 

 Winter wheat 

 Oats 



Potatoes 

 Corn silage 

 TOTAL 



118,704 



116,341 



57,971 



13,193 



9,595 



5,997 



5,597 



2.399 



47, 



29, 



14, 



3, 



2 



1.5 

 1.4 

 0.6 



399,797 



100.0 



Estimated from Department of Agriculture data (MDA 1987) 

 Figures are for spring wheat other than durum. 



2-7a 



