Table 36. Estimated Quantity of Water Applied and Primary Method of Distribution by Selected Crops Harvested 
in the Open: 2013 and 2008 (continued) 
[Excludes area under protection and institutional, research, and experimental farms. For meaning of abbreviations and symbols see introductory text] 
Potatoes, excluding sweet potatoes - con. 
Primary method of distribution - con. 
Geographic area 
Gravity system 
Low-flow irrigation (drip, trickle, or micro sprinklers) 
Farms 
Acres 
Average 
yield per 
acres 
(cwt) 
Average 
acre-feet 
applied 
per acre 
Farms 
Acres 
Average 
yield per 
acre 
(cwt) 
Average 
acre-feet 
applied 
per acre 
United States 2013 
296 
26,881 
244 
1.5 
1,915 
9,291 
300 
1.5 
2008 ^ 
486 
31,509 
(NA) 
1.5 
528 
3,634 
(NA) 
1.5 
2013 DATA 
Alabama 
8 
5 
(D) 
0.7 
19 
18 
191 
0.6 
Alaska 
- 
- 
- 
15 
5 
333 
0.4 
Arizona 
4 
3,030 
217 
1.8 
19 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
Arkansas 
- 
- 
- 
- 
6 
3 
200 
1.0 
California 
7 
2,610 
467 
4.3 
40 
3,618 
351 
2.0 
Colorado 
13 
8 
337 
0.5 
31 
9 
213 
1.3 
Connecticut 
- 
- 
- 
- 
37 
24 
194 
0.2 
Delaware 
- 
- 
- 
- 
17 
10 
232 
0.3 
Florida 
26 
16,854 
197 
0.9 
7 
2,485 
160 
1.4 
Georgia 
- 
- 
- 
- 
28 
25 
169 
0.2 
Hawaii 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
Idaho 
7 
3,287 
280 
1.8 
9 
1,800 
409 
1.3 
Illinois 
- 
- 
- 
- 
50 
38 
240 
0.6 
Indiana 
5 
3 
301 
0.2 
26 
14 
301 
0.8 
Iowa 
6 
3 
301 
1.3 
34 
20 
270 
1.0 
Kansas 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
Kentucky 
- 
- 
- 
- 
45 
20 
187 
1.0 
Louisiana 
- 
- 
- 
- 
18 
36 
200 
0.2 
Maine 
10 
4 
232 
1.0 
39 
32 
215 
0.4 
Maryland 
6 
6 
232 
0.1 
59 
19 
263 
0.6 
Massachusetts 
8 
20 
100 
0.3 
15 
22 
232 
0.9 
Michigan 
- 
- 
- 
- 
131 
100 
368 
0.6 
Minnesota 
- 
- 
- 
- 
21 
15 
366 
0.3 
Mississippi 
- 
- 
- 
- 
7 
1 
200 
0.2 
Missouri 
- 
- 
- 
- 
79 
12 
305 
0.2 
Montana 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
20 
3 
337 
0.5 
Nebraska 
- 
- 
- 
- 
8 
1 
392 
(D) 
Nevada 
- 
- 
- 
- 
18 
9 
444 
2.8 
New Hampshire 
- 
- 
- 
- 
47 
7 
232 
0.3 
New Jersey 
- 
- 
- 
- 
46 
79 
343 
0.5 
New Mexico 
138 
(D) 
342 
(D) 
28 
29 
337 
2.5 
New York 
6 
3 
389 
0.5 
48 
93 
316 
0.6 
North Carolina 
12 
4 
187 
0.2 
20 
5 
187 
0.5 
North Dakota 
- 
- 
- 
- 
13 
5 
392 
0.4 
Ohio 
- 
- 
- 
- 
61 
43 
370 
0.4 
Oklahoma 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
50 
21 
360 
0.2 
Oregon 
8 
131 
488 
4.0 
236 
78 
122 
1.3 
Pennsylvania 
13 
5 
218 
0.1 
253 
291 
237 
0.4 
Rhode Island 
- 
- 
- 
- 
25 
8 
416 
0.1 
South Carolina 
- 
- 
- 
- 
12 
33 
109 
0.2 
South Dakota 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
17 
3 
392 
0.2 
Tennessee 
- 
- 
- 
- 
36 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
Texas 
- 
- 
- 
- 
15 
2 
360 
0.2 
Utah 
- 
- 
- 
- 
21 
11 
337 
0.9 
Vermont 
- 
- 
- 
- 
13 
3 
232 
0.2 
Virginia 
- 
- 
- 
- 
50 
30 
188 
0.3 
Washington 
18 
833 
428 
2.5 
66 
161 
402 
0.6 
West Virginia 
1 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
15 
4 
(D) 
0.8 
Wisconsin 
- 
- 
- 
- 
41 
12 
253 
0.4 
Wyoming 
- 
- 
- 
- 
4 
(Z) 
337 
0.4 
Water Resources Regions 
Region 01 New England 
18 
24 
120 
0.4 
166 
94 
232 
0.4 
Region 02 Mid-Atlantic 
20 
16 
251 
0.2 
397 
441 
262 
0.4 
Region 03 South Atlantic-Gulf 
46 
16,863 
197 
0.9 
78 
2,558 
160 
1.4 
Region 04 Great Lakes 
- 
- 
- 
- 
214 
208 
335 
0.6 
Region 05 Ohio 
11 
4 
274 
0.2 
156 
55 
243 
1.1 
Region 06 Tennessee 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
36 
20 
176 
0.5 
Region 07 Upper Mississippi 
6 
3 
301 
1.3 
142 
84 
288 
0.6 
Region 08 Lower Mississippi 
- 
- 
- 
- 
37 
42 
199 
0.3 
Region 09 Souris-Red-Rainy 
- 
- 
- 
- 
6 
2 
392 
0.8 
Region 10 Missouri 
6 
1 
337 
0.2 
115 
23 
302 
0.6 
Region 1 1 Arkansas-White-Red 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
75 
25 
358 
0.2 
Region 12 Texas-Gulf 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Region 13 Rio Grande 
138 
74 
342 
1.0 
28 
29 
337 
2.5 
Region 14 Upper Colorado 
7 
7 
337 
0.5 
38 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
Region 1 5 Lower Colorado 
4 
3,030 
217 
1.8 
19 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
Region 16 Great Basin 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
32 
17 
394 
1.8 
Region 1 7 Pacific Northwest 
33 
4,250 
316 
2.0 
321 
2,039 
397 
1.2 
Region 18 California 
7 
2,610 
467 
4.3 
40 
3,618 
351 
2.0 
Region 19 Alaska 
- 
- 
- 
- 
15 
5 
333 
0.4 
Region 20 Hawaii 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued 
154 2013 FRIS - Crops Grown in the Open and Pasture Data 
2012 Census of Agriculture 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
