FORM 13-A621(I) (09-23-2013) 
In addition to fully irrigated land, report as irrigated any 
land to which partial, supplemental, or semi-irrigation 
was applied in column 2. Also include any acreage 
which received only preplant irrigation (watered before 
planting). Hayland, pastureland or rangeland should be 
reported as irrigated if spring flood water was spread by 
man-made canals, ditches, spreader dikes, pipes, or 
other water works. Include acres where lagoon 
wastewater from livestock operations was distributed by 
a sprinkler or flood system. 
For conservation program land, if the operator was 
allowed to cut conservation program land for hay, then 
this land should be considered cropland harvested; if it 
was grazed it is other pasture and grazing land. Except 
for disaster designation uses, almost all conservation 
program land will be reported in item 1b, cropland not 
harvested or grazed. 
item la - Include as cropland harvested: hay and 
forage, land in groves, vineyards, berries, orchards, 
Christmas trees (whether harvested in 2013 or not), 
short rotation woody crops, nursery and greenhouse 
crops. 
For winter wheat, report the 2013 acres harvested. 
For double cropped acres if more than one crop was 
harvested from the same land in 2013, report those 
acres only once as cropland harvested. 
item 1b - Include cropland used for cover crops, 
cropland on which all crops failed, idle cropland, 
cropland in summer fallow, and cropland in government 
programs, including conservation program land unless 
used for grazing, hay, or forage. Land on which 
sugarcane and pineapples were grown but not 
harvested in 2013, are reported as other cropland. 
Item 2a - Exclude land used under a grazing permit. 
Item 2b - Report woodland pastured. 
Item 2c - Include any pastured land other than cropland 
and woodland pastured. Include rotation pasture and 
grazing land that could have been used for crops 
without additional improvements. 
Item 3 - Any land that does not fit into one of the above 
categories. Include land in roads, buildings, farmsteads, 
woodland not pastured, and wasteland. 
Item 4 - This should equal the sum of all land uses 
reported in items 1 through 3. Also, Box B acres must 
equal acres in “this operation” reported in Section 1 , 
item 4, Box A. Anyone who irrigated any land in 2013 
should complete the entire report form. 
item 5 - This question helps determine if this operation 
irrigated any area in the open or under protection in 
2013. If the answer to this question is ‘Yes’, then 
continue completing the form. If you did not irrigate any 
area in the open or under protection, check the ‘No’ box 
and go to Section 22 on the back page. 
Item 6 - Report the state with the largest amount of 
irrigated land for "this operation.” If you irrigate in more 
than one state and the acres irrigated happens to be the 
same, then report the state that includes your farmstead. 
Section 3 - Ground Water From Wells Used on This 
Operation in 2013 
Water usage for this survey will be published in 
acre-feet. An acre-foot is the quantity of water needed 
to cover one acre to the depth of one foot, or 326,000 
gallons. Ground water is water from a well or wells 
located on this operation. 
Item 1 - Report if this operation irrigated any land with 
ground water from wells on this operation at any time 
during 2013. 
Item 2 - Report acres in the open irrigated with ground 
water from wells and the estimated quantity of ground 
water used in one of the following units: 
• total acre-feet; or 
• total gallons; or 
• average inches applied per acre 
Item 3 - Report the area under protection irrigated with 
ground water in square feet. Report the area only once, 
regardless of how many crops were grown for sale from 
fhe same area. 
Item 4 - Report the total number of wells used on this 
operation in 2013. 
Item 4a - Report the number of free-flowing (artesian) 
wells used in 2013. Free flowing wells do not require 
pumping the water to the surface. Water flows to the 
surface under natural pressure. These are most 
commonly found in Florida and some western states. 
Item 4b - Report the number of wells reported in item 4 
above that used backflow prevention devices (check 
valves) in 2013. Report the number of acres and area 
under protection irrigated in 2013 with water pumped 
from wells with backflow prevention devices. 
Item 4c - Report how many wells reported in item 4 
above used flow meters or flow measuring devices. 
Report the number of acres and area under protection 
irrigated in 2013 with water from wells with flow 
measurement devices. 
Item 5 - Report the well characteristics for up to 3 
primary wells pumped on this operation in 2013. 
Note: The 3 primary wells should include those wells 
with the greatest quantity of water pumped in 2013. 
Report the characteristics for each individual well even if 
these values are similar across wells. If less than 3 wells 
were pumped in 2013, then only report for those wells 
used. 
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2012 Census of Agriculture Appendix B B - 31 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
