Summary of reported agriculture and irrigation water use in Prairie County, Arkansas, 1991
Open-File Report
93-488
By: T.W. Holland, C.A. Manning, and K.L. Stafford
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Abstract
This report summarizes the 1991 water-use reporting through the Conservation District Office in Prairie County, Arkansas. The number of withdrawal registrations for Prairie County was 2,187 (1,786 groundwater and 401 surface water). Water with- drawals reported during the registration process total 26.93 Mgal/d (26.84 Mgal/d groundwater and 0.09 Mgal/d surface water) for agriculture and 191.08 Mgal/d (138.79 Mgal/d groundwater and 52.29 Mgal/d surface water) for irrigation. The registration reports for 1991 indicate that this water was applied to 144,956 acres of land to irrigate rice, corn, soybeans, milo, cash grains, unknown crop, cotton hay, berries, and fruit trees as well as for the agricultural uses of animal aquaculture, minnows, timber, and ducks.
| Publication type | Report |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | USGS Numbered Series |
| Title | Summary of reported agriculture and irrigation water use in Prairie County, Arkansas, 1991 |
| Series title | Open-File Report |
| Series number | 93-488 |
| DOI | 10.3133/ofr93488 |
| Edition | - |
| Year Published | 1993 |
| Language | ENGLISH |
| Publisher | U.S. Geological Survey ; Earth Science Information Center, Open-File Reports Section [distributor], |
| Description | 8 p. :ill. ;23 x 41 cm. folded to 23 x 10 cm. |
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