Table 31 . Land Irrigated in the Open with Gravity Irrigation by Field Water Delivery System: 2013 and 2008 
[Excludes area under protection and institutional, research, and experimental farms. For meaning of abbreviations and symbols see introductory text] 
Geographic area 
Farms 
Acres 
irrigated 
Down rows or furrows 
Farms 
Acres 
irrigated 
Above-ground 
pipe (except 
poly tubing) 
Poly tubing 
(or other single-year 
use, lay-flat tubing) 
Open surface ditches 
Underground pipe 
Lined 
Unlined 
Farms 
Acres 
irrigated 
Farms 
Acres 
irrigated 
Farms 
Acres 
irrigated 
Farms 
Acres 
irrigated 
Farms 
Acres 
irrigated 
United States 2013 
85,159 
21,504,684 
42,955 
10,485,453 
14,011 
1 ,889,948 
11,441 
4,690,174 
5,573 
1,113,705 
15,115 
2,235,011 
5,577 
556,615 
2008 ^ 
90,453 
22,217,750 
44,969 
10,930,135 
16,489 
2,563,429 
10,181 
4,273,202 
7,040 
1 ,270,937 
12,890 
2,251,902 
4,555 
570,665 
2013 DATA 
Alabama 
97 
4,419 
71 
3,483 
7 
1,627 
48 
961 
6 
56 
10 
654 
3 
185 
Alaska 
11 
69 
6 
64 
4 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2 
(D) 
- 
- 
Arizona 
3,005 
748,012 
1,004 
386,641 
149 
6,527 
43 
17,571 
439 
328,964 
387 
27,545 
69 
6,034 
Arkansas 
3,356 
4,296,734 
2,637 
2,541,859 
383 
280,258 
2,029 
2,027,590 
33 
10,230 
320 
133,941 
141 
89,840 
California 
15,231 
4,539,426 
5,581 
1,460,189 
324 
146,934 
1,695 
94,628 
283 
169,685 
1,924 
781,648 
2,848 
267,294 
Colorado 
9,044 
1,196,805 
5,482 
548,808 
2,540 
71,100 
1,044 
75,903 
1,127 
97,068 
2,335 
283,135 
894 
21,602 
Connecticut 
41 
336 
23 
(D) 
8 
(D) 
7 
105 
- 
- 
16 
(D) 
- 
- 
Delaware 
9 
18 
9 
9 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
9 
9 
Florida 
363 
573,147 
238 
102,647 
52 
4,417 
46 
8,700 
- 
- 
174 
84,979 
16 
4,551 
Georgia 
256 
4,866 
180 
3,048 
- 
- 
99 
988 
38 
2,010 
50 
50 
- 
- 
Hawaii 
228 
1 1 ,788 
103 
3,415 
26 
1,152 
27 
220 
7 
28 
51 
1,978 
8 
37 
Idaho 
7,902 
757,753 
4,660 
427,512 
1,634 
84,589 
626 
40,190 
1,238 
167,971 
2,247 
125,457 
97 
9,305 
Illinois 
65 
8,523 
54 
7,043 
26 
5,090 
27 
(D) 
- 
- 
1 
(D) 
- 
- 
Indiana 
62 
4,585 
30 
254 
- 
- 
16 
54 
- 
- 
14 
200 
- 
- 
Iowa 
75 
1,564 
57 
1,492 
13 
728 
33 
418 
- 
- 
10 
(D) 
1 
(D) 
Kansas 
1,100 
106,984 
1,025 
97,241 
613 
50,863 
259 
19,478 
_ 
_ 
154 
13,441 
55 
13,459 
Kentucky 
66 
428 
60 
332 
45 
307 
15 
25 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Louisiana 
1,416 
969,325 
706 
489,602 
82 
56,566 
525 
397,459 
- 
- 
100 
28,761 
41 
6,816 
Maine 
22 
34 
14 
26 
9 
(D) 
- 
- 
3 
6 
2 
(D) 
- 
- 
Maryland 
44 
646 
32 
200 
3 
30 
26 
50 
- 
- 
3 
120 
- 
- 
Massachusetts 
61 
2,091 
15 
99 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
15 
99 
_ 
_ 
Michigan 
135 
1,998 
76 
516 
6 
(D) 
62 
(D) 
- 
- 
6 
30 
2 
(D) 
Minnesota 
95 
21,741 
44 
196 
38 
76 
- 
- 
- 
6 
120 
- 
Mississippi 
1,064 
1,265,091 
1,037 
1,118,074 
75 
56,074 
896 
951,872 
67 
79,961 
43 
20,763 
33 
9,404 
Missouri 
918 
760,732 
800 
598,087 
81 
36,076 
701 
527,007 
5 
2,210 
72 
30,284 
14 
2,510 
Montana 
5,350 
1,144,584 
1,037 
216,786 
168 
33,541 
260 
30,182 
30 
4,372 
637 
143,519 
91 
5,172 
Nebraska 
7,191 
1,251,630 
6,553 
1,118,599 
5,261 
829,699 
724 
193,762 
68 
20,794 
669 
58,584 
290 
15,760 
Nevada 
1,607 
469,556 
316 
45,059 
28 
2,735 
6 
1,245 
150 
8,315 
163 
22,980 
17 
9,784 
New Hampshire 
36 
160 
17 
(D) 
- 
- 
16 
16 
- 
- 
1 
(D) 
- 
- 
New Jersey 
41 
2,704 
26 
1,022 
1 
(D) 
25 
(D) 
* 
- 
1 
(D) 
2 
(D) 
New Mexico 
7,112 
289,732 
2,570 
92,837 
249 
7,414 
394 
9,138 
311 
33,826 
1,707 
32,496 
131 
9,963 
New York 
76 
1,069 
36 
730 
10 
82 
22 
562 
- 
- 
10 
86 
- 
- 
North Carolina 
173 
1,841 
138 
1,101 
41 
257 
23 
684 
- 
- 
6 
12 
74 
148 
North Dakota 
140 
28,108 
85 
13,952 
21 
1,130 
12 
597 
6 
180 
66 
1 1 ,535 
6 
510 
Ohio 
78 
695 
39 
184 
17 
138 
15 
21 
2 
(D) 
7 
(D) 
- 
- 
Oklahoma 
138 
14,010 
99 
10,085 
43 
2,064 
39 
3,103 
6 
375 
6 
636 
28 
3,907 
Oregon 
3,975 
571,531 
867 
120,096 
207 
15,042 
277 
13,911 
114 
28,349 
449 
60,016 
25 
2,778 
Pennsylvania 
141 
1,206 
87 
680 
9 
210 
58 
366 
8 
20 
6 
78 
6 
6 
Rhode Island 
9 
163 
8 
(D) 
8 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
South Carolina 
88 
5,577 
71 
4,009 
1 
(D) 
60 
(D) 
4 
740 
7 
(D) 
- 
- 
South Dakota 
371 
51,774 
163 
19,792 
62 
9,938 
20 
1,733 
16 
972 
92 
7,053 
3 
96 
Tennessee 
76 
8,419 
61 
7,457 
10 
30 
42 
5,862 
5 
(D) 
2 
(D) 
2 
(D) 
Texas 
3,246 
560,944 
1,735 
361,504 
408 
35,716 
618 
200,293 
457 
23,608 
461 
65,494 
221 
36,393 
Utah 
5,431 
592,225 
1,931 
181,617 
268 
14,346 
88 
8,648 
396 
35,676 
1,406 
111,184 
188 
1 1 ,763 
Vermont 
60 
177 
35 
71 
3 
3 
21 
48 
- 
- 
3 
12 
8 
8 
Virginia 
29 
162 
14 
14 
7 
7 
_ 
- 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
7 
7 
Washington 
1,259 
169,489 
1,118 
140,946 
435 
32,650 
69 
4,340 
300 
45,851 
545 
45,860 
161 
12,245 
West Virginia 
7 
106 
7 
106 
- 
- 
7 
106 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Wisconsin 
149 
8,034 
93 
1,099 
5 
5 
60 
170 
- 
- 
28 
924 
- 
- 
Wyoming 
3,710 
1 ,053,673 
1,905 
356,645 
631 
101,535 
361 
47,439 
454 
52,423 
901 
140,307 
86 
14,941 
Water Resources Regions 
Region 01 New England 
179 
2,797 
87 
360 
28 
77 
30 
128 
3 
6 
34 
149 
_ 
- 
Region 02 Mid-Atlantic 
314 
4,912 
195 
2,146 
30 
429 
128 
963 
2 
(D) 
20 
(D) 
24 
(D) 
Region 03 South Atlantic-Gulf 
1,039 
593,083 
771 
117,612 
121 
8,266 
329 
15,816 
48 
2,806 
251 
85,840 
93 
4,884 
Region 04 Great Lakes 
266 
3,576 
147 
1,167 
10 
(D) 
118 
757 
- 
- 
9 
(D) 
10 
(D) 
Region 05 Ohio 
189 
4,528 
113 
3,388 
60 
3,141 
23 
193 
13 
27 
19 
27 
- 
Region 06 Tennessee 
72 
395 
50 
209 
6 
(D) 
37 
112 
_ 
_ 
7 
(D) 
_ 
_ 
Region 07 Upper Mississippi 
367 
37,496 
265 
19,790 
85 
2,562 
132 
14,235 
2 
(D) 
48 
(D) 
- 
- 
Region 08 Lower Mississippi 
5,733 
6,483,957 
4,455 
4,333,667 
466 
383,600 
3,615 
3,594,570 
102 
90,991 
426 
185,712 
202 
78,794 
Region 09 Souris-Red-Rainy 
50 
17,431 
26 
113 
19 
57 
- 
- 
- 
- 
7 
56 
- 
- 
Region 10 Missouri 
17,663 
3,491,310 
10,951 
1,898,815 
6,755 
1,033,211 
1,748 
312,435 
989 
122,629 
2,448 
390,051 
514 
40,489 
Region 11 Arkansas-White-Red .... 
3,226 
1,135,891 
2,145 
646,472 
950 
83,463 
641 
345,444 
374 
29,596 
517 
129,048 
379 
58,921 
Region 12Texas-Gulf 
2,594 
474,752 
1,402 
309,775 
363 
30,184 
584 
166,151 
235 
20,766 
393 
60,817 
163 
31,857 
Region 13 Rio Grande 
7,223 
366,462 
2,415 
75,182 
18 
1,936 
278 
1,112 
465 
35,857 
1,723 
25,583 
125 
10,694 
Region 14 Upper Colorado 
7,297 
1 ,035,080 
5,032 
346,909 
2,209 
46,127 
954 
58,383 
447 
27,373 
2,593 
201,016 
689 
14,010 
Region 15 Lower Colorado 
3,440 
797,472 
1,172 
410,022 
153 
6,647 
62 
19,881 
618 
331,151 
369 
46,540 
60 
5,803 
Region 1 6 Great Basin 
5,504 
871,799 
1,188 
162,891 
101 
7,969 
68 
6,705 
277 
38,403 
890 
94,928 
176 
14,886 
Region 1 7 Pacific Northwest 
14,308 
1 ,573,577 
6,843 
705,451 
2,280 
133,281 
972 
58,441 
1,706 
241 ,829 
3,381 
243,612 
286 
28,288 
Region 18 California 
15,456 
4,598,309 
5,589 
1,448,005 
327 
147,534 
1,695 
94,628 
285 
170,885 
1,927 
767,664 
2,848 
267,294 
Region 19 Alaska 
11 
69 
6 
64 
4 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2 
(D) 
- 
- 
Region 20 Hawaii 
228 
1 1 ,788 
103 
3,415 
26 
1,152 
27 
220 
7 
28 
51 
1,978 
8 
37 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
2013 FRIS - Crops Grown in the Open and Pasture Data 105 
