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 well depth ^ 
Number of wells with an average well depth 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 
229 
233 
226 
231 
23,094 
68,454 
181,142 
85,320 
74,571 
39,604 
Alabama 
177 
156 
257 
133 
3 
204 
598 
224 
61 
43 
Alaska 
80 
88 
60 
(D) 
62 
32 
36 
8 
(D) 
- 
Arizona 
392 
257 
369 
436 
134 
985 
762 
372 
814 
1,699 
Arkansas 
128 
170 
114 
118 
213 
8,409 
37,141 
1,363 
508 
357 
California 
354 
313 
277 
293 
505 
6,077 
10,805 
15,071 
12,937 
14,049 
Colorado 
189 
172 
144 
205 
730 
2,223 
2,636 
2,289 
1,771 
177 
Connecticut 
212 
246 
204 
119 
75 
16 
159 
121 
125 
13 
Delaware 
99 
151 
102 
96 
21 
914 
573 
29 
21 
- 
Florida 
324 
217 
253 
261 
4,005 
1,346 
5,143 
2,867 
2,251 
4,647 
Georgia 
381 
373 
426 
412 
64 
215 
1,684 
2,411 
3,007 
3,271 
Hawaii 
435 
424 
318 
737 
_ 
7 
24 
21 
48 
60 
Idaho 
297 
241 
249 
343 
118 
452 
2,464 
2,698 
2,358 
1,051 
Illinois 
117 
171 
118 
143 
113 
2,304 
2,289 
315 
185 
38 
Indiana 
95 
129 
101 
99 
674 
1,950 
1,296 
161 
29 
12 
Iowa 
109 
160 
119 
88 
279 
582 
829 
70 
103 
(D) 
Kansas 
219 
130 
146 
213 
1,356 
4,894 
6,372 
4,200 
4,773 
1,519 
Kentucky 
112 
132 
106 
(D) 
55 
212 
90 
61 
9 
- 
Louisiana 
128 
150 
147 
156 
214 
2,565 
4,418 
1,161 
181 
- 
Maine 
215 
231 
146 
297 
80 
47 
257 
70 
126 
44 
Maryland 
138 
202 
135 
136 
116 
675 
311 
285 
104 
22 
Massachusetts 
147 
167 
209 
80 
378 
184 
240 
60 
52 
69 
Michigan 
105 
120 
112 
127 
1,712 
2,400 
2,603 
573 
219 
(D) 
Minnesota 
131 
157 
142 
123 
655 
1,863 
1,881 
434 
489 
7 
Mississippi 
121 
214 
149 
126 
25 
1,722 
12,451 
302 
77 
83 
Missouri 
121 
295 
219 
156 
248 
4,657 
7,764 
376 
306 
258 
Montana 
137 
176 
94 
58 
636 
295 
260 
221 
205 
12 
Nebraska 
194 
159 
155 
201 
3,209 
7,401 
34,841 
22,399 
8,004 
1,246 
Nevada 
367 
269 
274 
327 
- 
158 
321 
414 
951 
689 
New Hampshire 
259 
267 
246 
- 
80 
(D) 
143 
60 
76 
48 
New Jersey 
151 
165 
125 
147 
29 
549 
975 
258 
95 
48 
New Mexico 
250 
187 
192 
318 
413 
1,243 
2,541 
1,874 
1,533 
1,086 
New York 
131 
127 
132 
176 
279 
454 
439 
182 
143 
6 
North Carolina 
201 
227 
175 
232 
199 
151 
814 
655 
433 
44 
North Dakota 
84 
125 
120 
81 
414 
574 
447 
36 
(D) 
- 
Ohio 
110 
115 
99 
135 
149 
332 
477 
57 
42 
- 
Oklahoma 
219 
191 
187 
181 
396 
1,640 
719 
683 
1,003 
468 
Oregon 
202 
178 
244 
178 
2,229 
1,565 
1,497 
1,167 
1,523 
620 
Pennsylvania 
240 
234 
249 
284 
106 
277 
706 
827 
646 
224 
Rhode Island 
114 
82 
111 
217 
115 
(D) 
46 
74 
9 
- 
South Carolina 
281 
210 
210 
425 
72 
110 
472 
321 
576 
258 
South Dakota 
106 
118 
118 
95 
354 
619 
1,007 
139 
14 
_ 
Tennessee 
190 
185 
245 
207 
8 
106 
705 
406 
194 
27 
Texas 
276 
396 
398 
259 
812 
4,675 
27,377 
17,203 
25,564 
5,634 
Utah 
296 
291 
265 
361 
127 
143 
856 
395 
887 
339 
Vermont 
238 
227 
313 
207 
8 
23 
81 
40 
110 
6 
Virginia 
278 
282 
241 
308 
67 
134 
206 
210 
319 
136 
Washington 
291 
197 
291 
246 
1,244 
980 
1,396 
1,150 
893 
1,108 
West Virginia 
220 
201 
129 
409 
9 
27 
40 
24 
47 
3 
Wisconsin 
149 
162 
167 
172 
295 
1,897 
1,723 
673 
495 
59 
Wyoming 
268 
303 
312 
256 
9 
161 
227 
310 
245 
115 
Water Resources Regions 
Region 01 New England 
190 
213 
193 
150 
736 
260 
872 
385 
458 
174 
Region 02 Mid-Atlantic 
179 
217 
185 
197 
460 
2,709 
2,975 
1,741 
1,271 
389 
Region 03 South Atlantic-Gulf 
325 
248 
274 
302 
4,356 
2,076 
8,854 
6,601 
6,374 
8,288 
Region 04 Great Lakes 
114 
131 
124 
129 
2,014 
3,463 
3,810 
873 
454 
23 
Region 05 Ohio 
103 
123 
120 
121 
379 
2,394 
1,223 
273 
91 
30 
Region 06 Tennessee 
207 
197 
273 
(D) 
18 
71 
280 
178 
102 
35 
Region 07 Upper Mississippi 
130 
166 
135 
134 
1,610 
5,598 
5,849 
1,365 
1,111 
131 
Region 08 Lower Mississippi 
125 
151 
141 
133 
600 
14,324 
54,904 
2,956 
802 
448 
Region 09 Souris-Red-Rainy 
90 
134 
131 
86 
275 
728 
414 
30 
12 
- 
Region 10 Missouri 
189 
163 
156 
185 
5,514 
12,669 
39,639 
26,993 
1 0,756 
1,458 
Region 1 1 Arkansas-White-Red 
262 
213 
187 
234 
1,218 
7,229 
13,743 
6,203 
14,828 
5,163 
Region 12 Texas-Gulf 
247 
405 
432 
241 
798 
4,043 
27,364 
14,408 
16,347 
2,620 
Region 13 Rio Grande 
238 
215 
199 
279 
413 
2,141 
2,805 
1,910 
1,376 
1,070 
Region 14 Upper Colorado 
276 
284 
223 
493 
238 
73 
237 
162 
(D) 
257 
Region 1 5 Lower Colorado 
385 
269 
338 
426 
20 
1,045 
1,113 
364 
894 
1,771 
Region 16 Great Basin 
332 
235 
280 
358 
11 
326 
892 
788 
1,732 
865 
Region 1 7 Pacific Northwest 
257 
194 
245 
236 
3,851 
3,170 
5,265 
4,917 
4,782 
2,694 
Region 18 California 
354 
313 
277 
293 
521 
6,096 
10,843 
15,144 
13,060 
14,128 
Region 19 Alaska 
80 
88 
60 
(D) 
62 
32 
36 
8 
(D) 
- 
Region 20 Hawaii 
435 
424 
318 
737 
- 
7 
24 
21 
48 
60 
See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued 
24 2013 FRIS - Entire Farm Data 
2012 Census of Agriculture 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
