Table 27. Discontinuance of Aii irrigation by Reason: 2013 and 2008 (continued) 
[Excludes institutional, research, and experimental farms. For meaning of abbreviations and symbols see introductory text] 
Reason for discontinuance ^ - con. 
Converted to 
non-agricultural uses 
Converted to agricultural 
enterprise not 
requiring irrigation 
Available surface 
water 
too salty 
Other or 
unspecified 
(see text) 
Geographic area 
Farms 
Acres 
irrigated 
in previous 
census 
year ^ 
Farms 
Acres 
irrigated 
in previous 
census 
year ^ 
Farms 
Acres 
irrigated 
in previous 
census 
year ^ 
Farms 
Acres 
irrigated 
in previous 
census 
year ^ 
United States 2013 
2008 
559 
806 
7,539 
8,997 
1,188 
569 
80,521 
(D) 
540 
385 
36,435 
(D) 
24,655 
(NA) 
1,456,494 
(NA) 
2013 DATA 
Alabama 
7 
64 
18 
78 
7 
64 
291 
6,267 
Alaska 
- 
- 
5 
10 
- 
- 
26 
61 
Arizona 
- 
- 
12 
1,440 
- 
- 
358 
19,443 
Arkansas 
- 
- 
15 
7,500 
- 
- 
196 
26,520 
California 
8 
24 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2,918 
216,681 
Colorado 
_ 
_ 
1 
(D) 
73 
3,505 
704 
68,465 
Connecticut 
8 
8 
- 
7 
(D) 
182 
797 
Delaware 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
45 
7,677 
Florida 
287 
4,238 
101 
3,468 
33 
6,323 
1,336 
30,692 
Georgia 
- 
- 
39 
3,780 
37 
(D) 
661 
51,773 
Flawaii 
_ 
_ 
9 
27 
_ 
_ 
290 
2,423 
Idaho 
- 
- 
43 
2,580 
- 
- 
711 
52,317 
Illinois 
13 
597 
39 
2,579 
- 
- 
344 
21,634 
Indiana 
- 
- 
12 
12 
16 
(D) 
335 
9,579 
Iowa 
12 
30 
29 
1,681 
- 
202 
12,432 
Kansas 
8 
8 
64 
8,320 
_ 
_ 
277 
27,934 
Kentucky 
19 
115 
30 
310 
- 
- 
552 
9,573 
Louisiana 
- 
- 
30 
2,423 
- 
- 
303 
34,091 
Maine 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
172 
1,211 
Maryland 
- 
- 
2 
(D) 
- 
- 
147 
4,068 
Massachusetts 
54 
54 
_ 
_ 
8 
208 
99 
605 
Michigan 
22 
88 
5 
5 
- 
- 
629 
7,917 
Minnesota 
- 
- 
8 
1,206 
- 
- 
288 
16,129 
Mississippi 
- 
- 
10 
(D) 
4 
1,080 
272 
52,626 
Missouri 
5 
5 
68 
3,697 
11 
5,574 
395 
38,702 
Montana 
_ 
_ 
83 
332 
_ 
_ 
970 
110,493 
Nebraska 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
268 
147,630 
Nevada 
- 
- 
- 
- 
6 
1,800 
200 
7,403 
New Hampshire 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2 
(D) 
65 
326 
New Jersey 
5 
5 
8 
647 
- 
- 
212 
4,950 
New Mexico 
_ 
_ 
140 
3,761 
11 
4,335 
777 
26,998 
New York 
36 
36 
- 
- 
47 
47 
574 
6,801 
North Carolina 
- 
- 
13 
68 
- 
- 
579 
17,910 
North Dakota 
- 
- 
10 
1,240 
5 
(D) 
69 
12,275 
Ohio 
6 
(D) 
5 
5 
- 
509 
4,859 
Oklahoma 
_ 
29 
1,160 
8 
800 
201 
12,624 
Oregon 
6 
6 
9 
3,006 
- 
- 
966 
59,715 
Pennsylvania 
5 
(D) 
31 
164 
5 
180 
688 
2,850 
Rhode Island 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
6 
48 
South Carolina 
9 
9 
15 
1,684 
44 
222 
333 
6,756 
South Dakota 
_ 
_ 
3 
3,723 
_ 
_ 
87 
6,897 
Tennessee 
3 
600 
11 
160 
- 
- 
354 
13,018 
Texas 
- 
- 
192 
16,034 
166 
5,312 
2,284 
134,879 
Utah 
- 
- 
57 
684 
- 
- 
1,166 
36,219 
Vermont 
- 
- 
8 
8 
- 
- 
95 
1,184 
Virginia 
- 
- 
11 
24 
47 
690 
320 
5,095 
Washington 
5 
15 
21 
81 
3 
2,400 
1,456 
47,764 
West Virginia 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
88 
338 
Wisconsin 
41 
102 
2 
(D) 
- 
- 
382 
8,059 
Wyoming 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
273 
61,786 
Water Resources Regions 
Region 01 New England 
62 
62 
- 
- 
17 
221 
547 
3,065 
Region 02 Mid-Atlantic 
46 
361 
34 
837 
11 
756 
1,373 
24,131 
Region 03 South Atlantic-Gulf 
303 
4,311 
187 
9,040 
170 
10,505 
3,475 
117,818 
Region 04 Great Lakes 
48 
140 
18 
18 
41 
41 
1,419 
20,226 
Region 05 Ohio 
21 
(D) 
42 
(D) 
6 
550 
1,463 
23,225 
Region 06 Tennessee 
1 
(D) 
28 
432 
_ 
_ 
214 
2,579 
Region 07 Upper Mississippi 
39 
469 
64 
5,168 
19 
386 
1,028 
43,044 
Region 08 Lower Mississippi 
2 
(D) 
41 
8,863 
4 
5,224 
647 
136,280 
Region 09 Souris-Red-Rainy 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
53 
13,930 
Region 10 Missouri 
10 
10 
173 
9,809 
78 
4,105 
1,789 
358,986 
Region 11 Arkansas-White-Red 
8 
8 
118 
13,315 
8 
800 
998 
73,189 
Region 12Texas-Gulf 
- 
- 
179 
8,754 
177 
9,647 
1,776 
121,526 
Region 13 Rio Grande 
- 
- 
16 
9,200 
- 
- 
805 
30,215 
Region 14 Upper Colorado 
- 
- 
58 
(D) 
- 
- 
999 
42,527 
Region 15 Lower Colorado 
- 
- 
143 
1,571 
- 
- 
388 
20,906 
Region 1 6 Great Basin 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
6 
1,800 
1,161 
38,877 
Region 1 7 Pacific Northwest 
11 
21 
73 
5,667 
3 
2,400 
3,262 
159,489 
Region 18 California 
8 
24 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2,942 
223,997 
Region 19 Alaska 
- 
- 
5 
10 
- 
- 
26 
61 
Region 20 Hawaii 
- 
- 
9 
27 
- 
- 
290 
2,423 
' Respondents could choose more than one reason for not irrigating. 
^ Acres and square feet irrigated are totals for all irrigation on these farms. Data were acquired from the 2012 and 2007 Censuses of Agriculture results. 
2012 Census of Agricuiture 2013 FRiS - Entire Farm Data 99 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
