Table 8. Characteristics of Irrigation Wells Used on Farms: 2013 (continued) 
[Excludes institutional, research, and experimental farms. For meaning of abbreviations and symbols see introductory text] 
Geographic area 
Average depth to water ® 
Number of wells with an average depth to water of - 
For all 
pumped 
wells 
(feet) 
For farms 
with 
one well 
(feet) 
For farms 
with 
two wells 
(feet) 
For farms 
with 
three wells 
(feet) 
Under 50 
feet 
50 to 99 
feet 
100 to 199 
feet 
200 to 299 
feet 
300 to 499 
feet 
500 feet 
or more 
United States 
90 
82 
81 
77 
189,496 
133,869 
100,481 
28,989 
18,030 
1,320 
Alabama 
61 
60 
84 
59 
554 
427 
139 
12 
(D) 
_ 
Alaska 
33 
36 
27 
(D) 
107 
33 
- 
- 
- 
Arizona 
146 
105 
151 
122 
1,299 
828 
1,299 
664 
632 
44 
Arkansas 
50 
62 
45 
51 
27,261 
17,334 
3,051 
345 
- 
- 
California 
114 
106 
91 
85 
16,694 
15,939 
17,679 
4,745 
4,055 
332 
Colorado 
83 
42 
66 
100 
4,336 
2,157 
2,317 
869 
145 
(D) 
Connecticut 
72 
86 
64 
44 
207 
185 
97 
13 
7 
Delaware 
27 
41 
29 
22 
1,427 
91 
40 
- 
- 
- 
Florida 
84 
64 
70 
73 
10,634 
4,715 
2,323 
1,384 
1,046 
157 
Georgia 
131 
138 
151 
142 
1,495 
2,952 
4,112 
1,630 
455 
8 
Flawaii 
160 
152 
114 
265 
20 
19 
67 
54 
_ 
_ 
Idaho 
149 
127 
138 
150 
1,561 
2,739 
2,485 
1,215 
1,007 
134 
Illinois 
38 
66 
47 
38 
3,993 
947 
283 
10 
(D) 
(D) 
Indiana 
31 
47 
37 
33 
3,506 
544 
48 
(D) 
14 
Iowa 
29 
54 
37 
20 
1,608 
157 
93 
(D) 
- 
- 
Kansas 
103 
64 
62 
98 
8,652 
4,534 
6,852 
2,449 
627 
_ 
Kentucky 
43 
52 
47 
(D) 
278 
130 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
Louisiana 
54 
57 
60 
68 
5,171 
2,391 
935 
42 
- 
- 
Maine 
66 
67 
51 
120 
283 
206 
99 
36 
- 
- 
Maryland 
44 
76 
47 
32 
1,089 
297 
104 
23 
- 
- 
Massachusetts 
54 
58 
85 
25 
672 
169 
105 
_ 
37 
_ 
Michigan 
39 
50 
53 
42 
5,511 
1,534 
378 
42 
46 
- 
Minnesota 
45 
56 
48 
40 
3,633 
1,080 
595 
21 
- 
- 
Mississippi 
48 
82 
54 
53 
9,671 
4,812 
113 
58 
6 
- 
Missouri 
30 
93 
80 
35 
12,263 
795 
413 
103 
35 
- 
Montana 
43 
53 
27 
18 
1,083 
331 
189 
26 
_ 
_ 
Nebraska 
68 
47 
68 
71 
26,798 
34,889 
14,791 
482 
140 
- 
Nevada 
104 
66 
69 
99 
766 
414 
1,254 
89 
10 
- 
New Flampshire 
85 
97 
65 
- 
144 
130 
104 
21 
9 
- 
New Jersey 
50 
60 
45 
53 
1,269 
500 
132 
45 
8 
- 
New Mexico 
106 
73 
65 
118 
2,671 
2,439 
2,437 
495 
648 
_ 
New York 
49 
47 
50 
47 
923 
435 
127 
12 
6 
- 
North Carolina 
69 
83 
55 
93 
1,064 
781 
366 
65 
13 
7 
North Dakota 
29 
40 
50 
27 
1,158 
300 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
Ohio 
39 
42 
37 
48 
776 
236 
45 
- 
- 
- 
Oklahoma 
84 
79 
88 
76 
2,355 
841 
993 
674 
46 
_ 
Oregon 
71 
70 
100 
55 
5,145 
1,479 
1,164 
588 
204 
21 
Pennsylvania 
86 
89 
83 
91 
995 
881 
686 
193 
31 
- 
Rhode Island 
42 
31 
41 
78 
165 
74 
9 
- 
- 
- 
South Carolina 
71 
71 
71 
54 
789 
578 
394 
42 
6 
- 
South Dakota 
38 
46 
40 
39 
1,616 
434 
72 
11 
_ 
_ 
Tennessee 
63 
68 
95 
69 
695 
534 
188 
19 
10 
- 
Texas 
146 
125 
133 
92 
11,366 
18,515 
31,285 
11,503 
8,214 
382 
Utah 
94 
112 
70 
82 
706 
1,055 
743 
187 
56 
- 
Vermont 
73 
68 
98 
74 
114 
59 
95 
- 
- 
- 
Virginia 
97 
106 
68 
106 
410 
306 
195 
69 
92 
_ 
Washington 
110 
79 
84 
107 
2,874 
1,926 
716 
646 
384 
225 
West Virginia 
83 
71 
71 
149 
43 
50 
57 
- 
- 
- 
Wisconsin 
49 
60 
48 
53 
3,376 
1,287 
408 
49 
20 
(D) 
Wyoming 
94 
104 
122 
140 
270 
380 
370 
34 
13 
Water Resources Regions 
Region 01 New England 
64 
70 
66 
56 
1,520 
771 
471 
70 
53 
- 
Region 02 Mid-Atlantic 
61 
81 
63 
61 
5,556 
2,327 
1,219 
306 
137 
- 
Region 03 South Atlantic-Gulf 
95 
82 
85 
87 
14,695 
9,647 
7,355 
3,153 
1,527 
172 
Region 04 Great Lakes 
41 
51 
54 
41 
7,648 
2,237 
642 
52 
58 
- 
Region 05 Ohio 
36 
44 
46 
41 
3,376 
850 
140 
22 
(D) 
- 
Region 06 Tennessee 
71 
64 
102 
(D) 
272 
292 
94 
16 
10 
_ 
Region 07 Upper Mississippi 
43 
61 
48 
41 
1 1 ,242 
3,065 
1,224 
100 
25 
(D) 
Region 08 Lower Mississippi 
48 
56 
56 
55 
46,386 
23,136 
4,147 
363 
(D) 
- 
Region 09 Souris-Red-Rainy 
29 
46 
51 
29 
1,199 
168 
92 
- 
- 
Region 10 Missouri 
69 
51 
65 
66 
36,607 
39,376 
19,540 
1,319 
187 
- 
Region 11 Arkansas-White-Red 
136 
92 
80 
115 
16,216 
6,842 
1 1 ,059 
8,497 
5,768 
(D) 
Region 12Texas-Gulf 
126 
131 
139 
63 
10,545 
17,726 
26,983 
6,213 
3,771 
342 
Region 13 Rio Grande 
77 
68 
66 
92 
4,439 
2,710 
1,733 
651 
142 
40 
Region 14 Upper Colorado 
98 
109 
64 
178 
445 
138 
309 
146 
- 
- 
Region 15 Lower Colorado 
143 
110 
132 
129 
1,363 
1,073 
1,335 
703 
689 
44 
Region 1 6 Great Basin 
96 
72 
74 
87 
1,249 
1,319 
1,884 
153 
(D) 
_ 
Region 1 7 Pacific Northwest 
110 
83 
105 
98 
9,877 
6,052 
4,365 
2,416 
1,589 
380 
Region 18 California 
114 
106 
90 
85 
16,734 
16,088 
17,822 
4,755 
4,061 
332 
Region 19 Alaska 
33 
36 
27 
(D) 
107 
33 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Region 20 Flawaii 
160 
152 
114 
265 
20 
19 
67 
54 
- 
- 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture 2013 FRIS - Entire Farm Data 25 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
