| Abstract: | Irrigation pumpage was determined for parts of Kearny and Finney Counties in Southwestern Kansas using crop-acreage data and consumptive, irrigation-water requirements. Irrigated acreages for 1974-80 were compiled for wheat, grain sorghum, corn, and alfalfa using records from the U.S. Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service. Consumptive-irrigation requirements were computed using a soil-moisture model. The model tabulated monthly soil-moisture and crop-water demand for various crops and computed the volume of irrigation water needed to maintain the available moisture at 50% for loamy soils or at 60% for sandy soils. Irrigated acres in the study area increased from 265,000 acres during 1974 to 321,000 acres during 1980. Irrigation pumpage increased from 584,000 acre-feet during 1974 to 738,000 acre-feet during 1980. Decreased consumptive-irrigation requirements during 1979 resulted in a comparatively small irrigation-pumpage estimate of 458,000 acre-feet. (USGS) |
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| Citation Author: | Lindgren, R. J. |
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| Citation Phsyical Description: | 26 p. :ill. ;28 cm. |
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| Citation Publisher: | U.S. Geological Survey, |
| Citation Series: | Water-Resources Investigations Report |
| Citation Series Code: | WRI |
| Citation Series Number: | 82-4011 |
| Citation Search Results Text: | Determination of irrigation pumpage in parts of Kearny and Finney Counties, southwestern Kansas; 1982; WRI; 82-4011; Lindgren, R. J. |
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| Text: | Determination of irrigation pumpage in parts of Kearny and Finney Counties, southwestern Kansas; 1982; WRI; 82-4011; Lindgren, R. J. |
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| URL (DOCUMENT): | http://pubs.usgs.gov/wri/1982/4011/report.pdf |
| Date Other: | Sat, 1 Jan 1994 00:00 -0600 |
| Publisher: | U.S. Geological Survey, |
