160402

160102

160401 160101

160501 160201

160203 160502 160202

160503

160600

160300

Great Basin Water Resource Region 16 HUC6 Level Watersheds

Source: U.S. Geological Survey

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Great Basin Water Resource Region 16

Hydrologic Watershed Name Unit Code

Upper Bear 160101 Lower Bear 160102 Weber 160201 Jordan 160202 Great Salt Lake 160203 Escalante - 160300 Humboldt 160401 160402 Truckee 160501 Carson 160502 Walker 160503 Central Nevada Desert Basins 160600

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Table 1. Summary by Hydrologic Unit Code: 2017 and 2012 (continued) [For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.]

H16 United States Great Basin H160101 Item 2017 2012 2017 2012 2017 2012 FARMS AND LAND IN FARMS

Farms ...... number 2,042,220 2,109,303 18,048 18,249 429 402 Land in farms ...... acres 900,217,576 914,527,657 11,750,631 11,834,824 696,693 586,852

LAND USE AND PRACTICES

Total cropland ...... farms 1,475,627 1,551,654 12,596 12,332 275 271 acres 396,433,817 389,690,414 2,404,975 2,446,884 101,473 107,992 Harvested cropland ...... farms 1,245,548 1,288,875 11,035 10,851 254 238 acres 320,041,858 314,964,600 1,642,658 1,667,541 73,010 83,118 Other pasture and grazing land that could have been used for crops without additional improvement ...... farms 137,707 141,537 1,372 1,203 23 39 acres 13,825,975 12,802,847 201,411 191,252 10,966 8,220 Cropland idle or used for cover crops or soil-improvement but not harvested and not pastured or grazed ...... farms 374,252 381,453 1,959 1,880 35 44 acres 36,003,378 36,382,032 325,548 392,421 10,551 11,727 Cropland on which all crops failed or were abandoned ...... farms 79,334 97,248 940 1,082 18 36 acres 9,542,580 11,395,368 77,565 95,729 5,347 4,790 Cropland in summer fallow (see text) ...... farms 94,106 61,442 1,321 725 13 6 acres 17,020,026 14,145,567 157,793 99,941 1,599 137 Total woodland ...... farms 794,789 840,399 913 1,099 38 31 acres 73,092,054 77,012,907 288,699 331,745 15,800 (D) Woodland pastured ...... farms 326,279 350,761 506 628 23 18 acres 26,009,273 27,999,006 194,165 (D) 7,675 (D) Woodland not pastured ...... farms 575,911 606,279 473 547 18 13 acres 47,082,781 49,013,901 94,534 (D) 8,125 2,735 Permanent pasture and rangeland, other than cropland and woodland pastured ...... farms 1,130,063 1,176,156 10,013 10,430 321 304 acres 400,771,178 415,309,280 8,444,540 8,428,065 569,791 466,801 Land in farmsteads, homes, buildings, livestock facilities, ponds, roads, wasteland, etc...... farms 1,183,307 1,338,485 9,092 10,394 191 211 acres 29,920,527 32,515,057 612,417 628,130 9,629 (D) Irrigated land ...... farms 294,235 296,303 12,679 11,996 274 257 acres 58,013,907 55,822,231 1,711,389 1,627,264 74,732 89,548 Harvested cropland ...... farms 255,348 261,281 10,163 9,619 226 205 acres 53,959,077 52,092,384 1,348,138 1,363,255 61,596 70,614 Pastureland and other land ...... farms 64,450 60,330 5,228 4,853 108 129 acres 4,054,830 3,729,847 363,251 264,009 13,136 18,934 Cropland on which no-till practices were used ...... farms 279,370 278,290 945 667 6 4 acres 104,452,339 96,476,496 96,653 73,215 201 294 Cropland on which reduced tillage, excluding no till, practices were used (see text) ...... farms 217,069 195,738 870 506 14 6 acres 97,753,854 76,639,804 194,088 128,607 805 629 FERTILIZERS AND CHEMICALS

Commercial fertilizer, lime, and soil conditioners used ...... farms 881,431 877,907 6,244 5,999 102 99 acres treated 253,766,165 247,802,465 930,500 961,247 17,709 16,831 Manure used ...... farms 297,297 275,420 3,115 2,679 62 44 acres treated 23,888,525 22,072,968 193,078 135,205 4,982 3,282 Organic fertilizer used (see text) ...... farms 50,105 (NA) 547 (NA) 5 (NA) acres 3,454,441 (NA) 32,355 (NA) 103 (NA) Acres treated to control - Insects ...... farms 306,214 361,286 2,440 2,798 10 13 acres 112,440,971 100,719,008 426,439 445,577 1,253 879 Weeds, grass, or brush ...... farms 702,075 794,320 5,205 5,797 52 84 acres 292,998,284 285,510,954 930,743 1,012,103 8,320 6,547 Nematodes ...... farms 46,714 58,865 106 182 - 2 acres 14,672,861 14,454,000 9,428 24,092 - (D) Diseases in crops and orchards ...... farms 121,023 121,682 290 421 2 2 acres 44,296,251 35,006,868 43,349 26,481 (D) (D) Chemicals used to control growth, thin fruit, ripen, or defoliate ...... farms 38,207 53,200 145 222 - 2 acres on which used 14,743,773 13,136,568 13,492 22,485 - (D) SELECTED CROPS

Corn, all ...... farms 328,101 376,179 826 862 - - acres 90,847,976 94,609,673 105,016 91,115 - - Soybeans, for beans ...... farms 303,191 302,963 1 - - - acres 90,149,480 76,104,780 (D) - - - Small grains (wheat, oats, barley, rye) ...... farms 127,484 184,481 1,221 1,569 4 19 acres 42,159,714 53,668,136 245,434 266,204 591 848 Cotton, all ...... farms 16,149 18,155 - - - - acres 11,401,965 9,384,080 - - - - Rice ...... farms 4,637 5,591 - 1 - - acres 2,395,054 2,693,759 - (D) - - Land in vegetables (see text) ...... farms 74,276 72,045 590 722 5 - acres 3,965,622 4,180,891 13,630 21,524 5 - Land in orchards (see text) ...... farms 111,955 106,488 582 650 2 - acres 5,665,600 5,199,729 8,468 8,144 (D) - Nursery, greenhouse, floriculture, and sod (see text) ...... farms 48,643 54,557 305 330 - - acres 859,246 892,089 5,725 7,527 - - All other crops (other than those listed above) ...... farms 908,673 931,925 10,381 10,064 252 238 acres 75,154,871 72,024,554 1,264,833 1,273,304 72,414 82,270 LIVESTOCK AND POULTRY

Cattle and calves inventory ...... farms 882,692 913,246 7,591 8,199 226 231 number 93,648,041 89,994,614 1,085,556 1,045,858 52,951 55,967 Hogs and pigs inventory ...... farms 66,439 63,246 478 588 14 9 number 72,381,007 66,026,785 548,383 731,023 32 60 Sheep and lambs inventory (see text) ...... farms 101,387 88,338 1,509 1,577 46 30 number 5,391,252 5,364,844 351,678 318,581 23,755 9,926 Total horses and ponies inventory ...... farms 459,526 504,795 8,218 7,872 220 181 number 2,847,289 3,621,348 55,385 66,356 1,935 1,752 Goats, all inventory ...... farms 136,442 128,456 1,181 1,252 23 24 number 2,698,636 2,621,514 24,277 29,561 526 (D) Chickens, all inventory (see text) ...... farms 256,036 221,779 2,461 2,580 35 24 number 2,127,170,289 1,974,854,740 6,036,901 5,455,739 690 317 --continued

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Table 1. Summary by Hydrologic Unit Code: 2017 and 2012 (continued) [For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.]

H160102 H160201 H160202 Item 2017 2012 2017 2012 2017 2012 FARMS AND LAND IN FARMS

Farms ...... number 3,641 3,487 2,577 2,189 3,866 3,635 Land in farms ...... acres 1,679,430 1,552,913 620,956 646,090 618,652 556,650

LAND USE AND PRACTICES

Total cropland ...... farms 2,880 2,785 1,781 1,431 2,643 2,307 acres 681,535 671,801 78,938 81,443 164,340 146,709 Harvested cropland ...... farms 2,477 2,307 1,597 1,352 2,369 2,116 acres 435,213 423,696 55,281 60,707 97,944 95,635 Other pasture and grazing land that could have been used for crops without additional improvement ...... farms 323 287 198 120 276 220 acres 34,056 30,567 7,250 6,776 14,888 18,310 Cropland idle or used for cover crops or soil-improvement but not harvested and not pastured or grazed ...... farms 605 716 227 78 312 203 acres 146,124 152,624 12,572 7,976 29,846 13,484 Cropland on which all crops failed or were abandoned ...... farms 252 254 117 111 125 118 acres 10,667 17,175 2,247 5,573 9,990 7,044 Cropland in summer fallow (see text) ...... farms 452 238 80 24 206 100 acres 55,475 47,739 1,588 411 11,672 12,236 Total woodland ...... farms 219 202 138 158 145 199 acres 30,722 30,990 30,411 24,090 71,486 77,795 Woodland pastured ...... farms 114 116 84 106 96 125 acres 18,965 18,194 13,073 19,411 60,879 57,679 Woodland not pastured ...... farms 121 101 61 69 63 95 acres 11,757 12,796 17,338 4,679 10,607 20,116 Permanent pasture and rangeland, other than cropland and woodland pastured ...... farms 2,018 1,992 1,496 1,393 2,043 1,930 acres 916,937 786,988 495,958 519,702 363,572 311,759 Land in farmsteads, homes, buildings, livestock facilities, ponds, roads, wasteland, etc...... farms 1,743 1,978 1,221 1,170 1,923 1,930 acres 50,236 63,134 15,649 20,855 19,254 20,387 Irrigated land ...... farms 2,431 2,158 1,867 1,550 2,913 2,531 acres 275,392 270,755 61,351 72,993 104,104 96,743 Harvested cropland ...... farms 2,036 1,850 1,448 1,194 2,246 1,894 acres 241,404 245,842 42,662 49,369 80,325 78,470 Pastureland and other land ...... farms 933 811 904 749 1,343 1,132 acres 33,988 24,913 18,689 23,624 23,779 18,273 Cropland on which no-till practices were used ...... farms 237 136 99 82 168 130 acres 37,771 28,966 2,186 2,316 4,475 3,831 Cropland on which reduced tillage, excluding no till, practices were used (see text) ...... farms 300 176 68 30 115 46 acres 104,298 65,799 2,974 2,891 16,147 10,828 FERTILIZERS AND CHEMICALS

Commercial fertilizer, lime, and soil conditioners used ...... farms 1,382 1,305 808 659 1,391 1,261 acres treated 261,738 260,304 31,645 30,667 59,351 72,236 Manure used ...... farms 651 600 452 307 701 661 acres treated 43,329 37,102 8,150 6,119 12,841 16,548 Organic fertilizer used (see text) ...... farms 86 (NA) 84 (NA) 163 (NA) acres 5,688 (NA) 1,398 (NA) 1,567 (NA) Acres treated to control - Insects ...... farms 458 467 174 185 578 628 acres 71,049 46,650 7,269 8,756 37,139 27,083 Weeds, grass, or brush ...... farms 1,285 1,402 678 586 1,136 1,180 acres 288,567 307,305 24,178 28,377 71,954 77,666 Nematodes ...... farms 10 20 14 23 26 46 acres 2,248 2,965 241 517 1,169 1,247 Diseases in crops and orchards ...... farms 85 72 43 50 76 135 acres 19,862 8,092 667 372 9,589 8,180 Chemicals used to control growth, thin fruit, ripen, or defoliate ...... farms 29 39 23 15 46 73 acres on which used 3,382 5,110 (D) 174 5,609 4,079 SELECTED CROPS

Corn, all ...... farms 254 198 59 65 105 115 acres 25,756 19,688 4,242 (D) 11,660 9,228 Soybeans, for beans ...... farms 1 - - - - - acres (D) - - - - - Small grains (wheat, oats, barley, rye) ...... farms 644 786 70 125 179 186 acres 152,560 162,115 4,981 5,785 19,307 17,565 Cotton, all ...... farms ------acres ------Rice ...... farms ------acres ------Land in vegetables (see text) ...... farms 106 79 116 112 161 244 acres 6,484 5,823 2,101 (D) 775 1,254 Land in orchards (see text) ...... farms 96 67 79 69 194 245 acres 567 387 206 194 6,728 6,058 Nursery, greenhouse, floriculture, and sod (see text) ...... farms 53 44 36 56 101 92 acres 1,023 1,269 920 410 1,505 1,683 All other crops (other than those listed above) ...... farms 2,327 2,140 1,493 1,270 2,213 1,916 acres 248,901 234,615 42,834 47,559 58,006 59,852 LIVESTOCK AND POULTRY

Cattle and calves inventory ...... farms 1,544 1,625 964 966 1,366 1,469 number 168,091 170,669 49,990 42,064 72,528 71,320 Hogs and pigs inventory ...... farms 74 103 48 112 114 111 number 3,898 7,066 354 685 1,254 1,750 Sheep and lambs inventory (see text) ...... farms 214 179 164 156 304 320 number 39,535 28,992 34,565 30,731 34,342 34,049 Total horses and ponies inventory ...... farms 1,435 1,296 1,190 1,042 1,919 1,612 number 8,068 10,711 7,850 7,303 13,256 13,701 Goats, all inventory ...... farms 157 141 164 183 275 212 number 2,366 3,081 1,872 951 2,522 1,495 Chickens, all inventory (see text) ...... farms 408 365 322 305 657 610 number (D) (D) 7,377 9,205 (D) (D) --continued

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Table 1. Summary by Hydrologic Unit Code: 2017 and 2012 (continued) [For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.]

H160203 H160300 H160401 Item 2017 2012 2017 2012 2017 2012 FARMS AND LAND IN FARMS

Farms ...... number 1,577 1,902 2,955 2,966 639 660 Land in farms ...... acres 1,620,055 1,827,024 1,572,291 1,723,581 1,800,156 2,025,327

LAND USE AND PRACTICES

Total cropland ...... farms 1,036 1,330 2,167 2,125 316 353 acres 314,413 393,741 385,585 373,963 249,925 252,224 Harvested cropland ...... farms 849 1,084 1,887 1,891 260 294 acres 162,787 185,186 301,543 286,230 174,486 187,052 Other pasture and grazing land that could have been used for crops without additional improvement ...... farms 117 134 253 173 35 51 acres 47,500 53,890 28,455 27,650 24,907 18,268 Cropland idle or used for cover crops or soil-improvement but not harvested and not pastured or grazed ...... farms 261 318 277 309 56 57 acres 66,904 120,192 32,045 42,593 7,506 19,824 Cropland on which all crops failed or were abandoned ...... farms 98 130 212 221 31 55 acres 8,594 10,055 10,455 10,644 18,107 24,620 Cropland in summer fallow (see text) ...... farms 128 109 218 130 44 24 acres 28,628 24,418 13,087 6,846 24,919 2,460 Total woodland ...... farms 73 81 186 230 24 28 acres 14,099 21,813 47,123 73,447 15,075 28,218 Woodland pastured ...... farms 26 41 110 138 12 4 acres 8,243 15,610 28,995 54,794 (D) (D) Woodland not pastured ...... farms 48 43 96 101 13 24 acres 5,856 6,203 18,128 18,653 (D) (D) Permanent pasture and rangeland, other than cropland and woodland pastured ...... farms 928 1,068 1,657 1,772 426 434 acres 1,266,584 1,372,842 1,059,356 1,189,292 1,419,401 1,689,069 Land in farmsteads, homes, buildings, livestock facilities, ponds, roads, wasteland, etc...... farms 786 1,084 1,381 1,514 373 479 acres 24,959 38,628 80,227 86,879 115,755 55,816 Irrigated land ...... farms 954 1,127 2,253 2,095 314 336 acres 166,104 173,602 338,310 308,655 237,393 198,443 Harvested cropland ...... farms 779 965 1,833 1,759 260 264 acres 125,560 138,285 286,197 267,547 174,052 178,108 Pastureland and other land ...... farms 346 364 865 731 91 118 acres 40,544 35,317 52,113 41,108 63,341 20,335 Cropland on which no-till practices were used ...... farms 69 53 163 85 27 44 acres 25,566 19,417 8,038 2,903 3,162 7,940 Cropland on which reduced tillage, excluding no till, practices were used (see text) ...... farms 100 66 152 108 24 16 acres 32,439 17,753 14,416 11,936 11,829 14,696 FERTILIZERS AND CHEMICALS

Commercial fertilizer, lime, and soil conditioners used ...... farms 532 613 1,219 1,143 145 153 acres treated 113,265 142,189 200,177 201,093 68,008 80,526 Manure used ...... farms 209 206 571 466 87 65 acres treated 11,902 13,142 52,115 33,811 21,144 9,013 Organic fertilizer used (see text) ...... farms 39 (NA) 73 (NA) 14 (NA) acres 5,936 (NA) 8,796 (NA) (D) (NA) Acres treated to control - Insects ...... farms 230 314 740 836 51 61 acres 39,142 54,825 168,237 184,880 28,786 49,550 Weeds, grass, or brush ...... farms 452 619 893 1,032 135 153 acres 111,603 146,484 189,330 230,035 60,427 69,802 Nematodes ...... farms 11 20 34 41 3 1 acres 460 1,255 3,431 5,953 1,084 (D) Diseases in crops and orchards ...... farms 40 63 23 41 4 3 acres 8,296 2,586 1,813 1,209 1,085 (D) Chemicals used to control growth, thin fruit, ripen, or defoliate ...... farms 14 34 27 29 3 5 acres on which used 1,166 8,550 1,489 1,617 340 920 SELECTED CROPS

Corn, all ...... farms 94 119 234 250 12 11 acres 15,383 17,069 31,925 30,140 (D) (D) Soybeans, for beans ...... farms ------acres ------Small grains (wheat, oats, barley, rye) ...... farms 132 219 132 165 21 16 acres 37,177 47,041 14,843 14,152 11,061 11,184 Cotton, all ...... farms ------acres ------Rice ...... farms ------acres ------Land in vegetables (see text) ...... farms 52 86 65 74 8 9 acres (D) 1,902 797 359 (D) (D) Land in orchards (see text) ...... farms 62 98 46 53 10 2 acres 483 692 61 (D) 16 (D) Nursery, greenhouse, floriculture, and sod (see text) ...... farms 14 32 36 30 9 1 acres (D) 831 1,177 1,952 7 (D) All other crops (other than those listed above) ...... farms 779 965 1,813 1,803 248 292 acres 108,712 117,863 253,066 239,540 157,487 168,137 LIVESTOCK AND POULTRY

Cattle and calves inventory ...... farms 740 857 1,371 1,492 352 305 number 126,082 138,987 228,288 224,197 111,089 116,939 Hogs and pigs inventory ...... farms 56 86 109 96 15 8 number 426 1,321 541,941 719,665 136 36 Sheep and lambs inventory (see text) ...... farms 170 113 315 310 86 113 number 27,477 33,287 121,985 101,871 20,940 10,530 Total horses and ponies inventory ...... farms 736 743 1,215 1,097 348 384 number 5,150 5,772 7,337 7,828 3,151 4,258 Goats, all inventory ...... farms 96 87 162 141 102 68 number 1,088 1,195 3,113 1,999 3,047 1,110 Chickens, all inventory (see text) ...... farms 233 280 329 325 111 131 number (D) (D) (D) (D) 3,934 3,831 --continued

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Table 1. Summary by Hydrologic Unit Code: 2017 and 2012 (continued) [For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.]

H160402 H160501 H160502 Item 2017 2012 2017 2012 2017 2012 FARMS AND LAND IN FARMS

Farms ...... number 242 366 436 482 622 741 Land in farms ...... acres 878,808 548,613 508,451 451,982 375,524 309,767

LAND USE AND PRACTICES

Total cropland ...... farms 167 203 222 228 403 454 acres 113,001 106,395 43,583 33,502 73,003 71,674 Harvested cropland ...... farms 154 178 183 199 370 411 acres 92,814 91,261 25,316 24,746 62,315 60,786 Other pasture and grazing land that could have been used for crops without additional improvement ...... farms 10 27 22 36 31 51 acres (D) 5,498 11,218 6,326 (D) 4,834 Cropland idle or used for cover crops or soil-improvement but not harvested and not pastured or grazed ...... farms 26 22 35 11 32 37 acres 6,892 3,801 1,439 (D) 2,820 (D) Cropland on which all crops failed or were abandoned ...... farms 7 33 20 8 15 28 acres (D) 4,908 1,402 279 (D) 1,149 Cropland in summer fallow (see text) ...... farms 27 5 23 8 55 15 acres 4,818 927 4,208 (D) 5,056 (D) Total woodland ...... farms 12 13 24 49 24 44 acres 6,550 3,391 (D) (D) (D) (D) Woodland pastured ...... farms 4 3 6 25 12 18 acres 3,780 (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Woodland not pastured ...... farms 8 10 18 29 14 30 acres 2,770 (D) 769 1,510 (D) 17,565 Permanent pasture and rangeland, other than cropland and woodland pastured ...... farms 122 189 236 212 231 353 acres 742,038 398,243 (D) 233,766 (D) 155,923 Land in farmsteads, homes, buildings, livestock facilities, ponds, roads, wasteland, etc...... farms 139 238 232 355 417 556 acres 17,219 40,584 (D) (D) (D) (D) Irrigated land ...... farms 171 195 277 284 459 517 acres 107,836 98,316 54,656 28,578 79,650 73,061 Harvested cropland ...... farms 152 162 178 184 370 395 acres 92,444 89,945 24,895 22,490 59,375 57,266 Pastureland and other land ...... farms 48 45 149 148 162 257 acres 15,392 8,371 29,761 6,088 20,275 15,795 Cropland on which no-till practices were used ...... farms 12 8 28 13 61 57 acres 1,963 2,196 4,255 402 3,834 1,663 Cropland on which reduced tillage, excluding no till, practices were used (see text) ...... farms 8 6 10 7 28 20 acres 4,449 1,271 1,796 29 926 1,097 FERTILIZERS AND CHEMICALS

Commercial fertilizer, lime, and soil conditioners used ...... farms 95 96 86 114 168 225 acres treated 54,824 39,001 17,110 17,803 25,732 22,669 Manure used ...... farms 35 7 50 60 117 97 acres treated 4,702 391 6,069 1,586 9,272 4,072 Organic fertilizer used (see text) ...... farms 10 (NA) 15 (NA) 23 (NA) acres 1,575 (NA) (D) (NA) 382 (NA) Acres treated to control - Insects ...... farms 46 39 14 56 54 36 acres 33,834 20,736 1,550 8,534 8,586 4,025 Weeds, grass, or brush ...... farms 77 90 68 108 158 229 acres 59,772 40,673 16,344 15,042 25,429 15,383 Nematodes ...... farms - 4 3 - - 9 acres - 931 (D) - - (D) Diseases in crops and orchards ...... farms 4 2 6 11 4 18 acres 556 (D) (D) 267 (D) (D) Chemicals used to control growth, thin fruit, ripen, or defoliate ...... farms 1 1 1 8 - 5 acres on which used (D) (D) (D) (D) - (D) SELECTED CROPS

Corn, all ...... farms 1 1 3 15 42 54 acres (D) (D) (D) 931 3,917 4,031 Soybeans, for beans ...... farms ------acres ------Small grains (wheat, oats, barley, rye) ...... farms 7 15 6 6 13 8 acres 1,558 4,315 1,023 338 1,338 221 Cotton, all ...... farms ------acres ------Rice ...... farms - - - 1 - - acres - - - (D) - - Land in vegetables (see text) ...... farms 2 9 22 27 9 39 acres (D) (D) (D) 468 30 266 Land in orchards (see text) ...... farms 5 6 26 31 13 13 acres (D) 24 70 (D) (D) 11 Nursery, greenhouse, floriculture, and sod (see text) ...... farms 5 8 14 6 17 39 acres (D) (D) (D) 712 (D) 283 All other crops (other than those listed above) ...... farms 147 170 163 164 356 369 acres 90,677 86,209 22,889 21,965 56,879 55,979 LIVESTOCK AND POULTRY

Cattle and calves inventory ...... farms 100 163 175 145 249 289 number 52,182 36,241 18,328 12,611 71,061 48,063 Hogs and pigs inventory ...... farms 2 5 6 8 15 22 number (D) 74 (D) 18 195 214 Sheep and lambs inventory (see text) ...... farms 23 33 43 56 48 93 number (D) (D) (D) (D) 5,412 5,687 Total horses and ponies inventory ...... farms 94 152 202 234 304 390 number 794 1,104 1,459 2,131 2,087 4,905 Goats, all inventory ...... farms 17 35 22 58 51 77 number 302 (D) 395 894 7,636 13,181 Chickens, all inventory (see text) ...... farms 25 46 56 87 95 159 number 634 2,021 1,830 3,324 2,594 7,317 --continued

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Table 1. Summary by Hydrologic Unit Code: 2017 and 2012 (continued) [For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.]

H160503 H160600 Item 2017 2012 2017 2012 FARMS AND LAND IN FARMS

Farms ...... number 293 375 771 1,044 Land in farms ...... acres 388,545 578,775 991,070 1,027,250

LAND USE AND PRACTICES

Total cropland ...... farms 201 227 505 618 acres 40,982 59,829 158,197 147,611 Harvested cropland ...... farms 175 205 460 576 acres 34,115 50,575 127,834 118,549 Other pasture and grazing land that could have been used for crops without additional improvement ...... farms 23 17 61 48 acres 2,281 1,722 16,802 9,191 Cropland idle or used for cover crops or soil-improvement but not harvested and not pastured or grazed ...... farms 29 23 64 62 acres 626 4,856 8,223 9,403 Cropland on which all crops failed or were abandoned ...... farms 12 27 33 61 acres 837 2,108 1,718 7,384 Cropland in summer fallow (see text) ...... farms 31 20 44 46 acres 3,123 568 3,620 3,084 Total woodland ...... farms 15 20 15 44 acres 1,102 7,494 3,461 5,535 Woodland pastured ...... farms 11 14 8 20 acres 579 (D) 2,405 2,644 Woodland not pastured ...... farms 5 7 8 25 acres 523 (D) 1,056 2,891 Permanent pasture and rangeland, other than cropland and woodland pastured ...... farms 156 213 379 570 acres 337,522 472,694 758,668 830,986 Land in farmsteads, homes, buildings, livestock facilities, ponds, roads, wasteland, etc...... farms 184 232 502 647 acres 8,939 38,758 70,744 43,118 Irrigated land ...... farms 228 271 538 675 acres 43,452 74,892 168,409 141,678 Harvested cropland ...... farms 175 198 460 549 acres 32,977 49,860 126,651 115,459 Pastureland and other land ...... farms 89 110 190 259 acres 10,475 25,032 41,758 26,219 Cropland on which no-till practices were used ...... farms 33 24 42 31 acres 2,786 1,899 2,416 1,388 Cropland on which reduced tillage, excluding no till, practices were used (see text) ...... farms 11 12 40 13 acres 397 952 3,612 726 FERTILIZERS AND CHEMICALS

Commercial fertilizer, lime, and soil conditioners used ...... farms 79 82 237 249 acres treated 16,404 19,125 64,537 58,803 Manure used ...... farms 48 41 132 125 acres treated 6,893 1,503 11,679 8,636 Organic fertilizer used (see text) ...... farms 19 (NA) 16 (NA) acres 1,491 (NA) 51 (NA) Acres treated to control - Insects ...... farms 15 39 70 124 acres 7,845 13,237 21,749 26,422 Weeds, grass, or brush ...... farms 65 85 206 229 acres 12,955 20,252 61,864 54,537 Nematodes ...... farms 4 7 1 9 acres (D) (D) (D) 90 Diseases in crops and orchards ...... farms 2 7 1 17 acres (D) (D) (D) 181 Chemicals used to control growth, thin fruit, ripen, or defoliate ...... farms - 1 1 10 acres on which used - (D) (D) 184 SELECTED CROPS

Corn, all ...... farms 9 9 13 25 acres 3,100 346 3,175 3,078 Soybeans, for beans ...... farms - - - - acres - - - - Small grains (wheat, oats, barley, rye) ...... farms 6 9 7 15 acres 463 578 532 2,062 Cotton, all ...... farms - - - - acres - - - - Rice ...... farms - - - - acres - - - - Land in vegetables (see text) ...... farms 20 20 24 23 acres 1,204 2,798 38 77 Land in orchards (see text) ...... farms 11 12 38 54 acres 13 15 292 536 Nursery, greenhouse, floriculture, and sod (see text) ...... farms 9 9 11 13 acres 155 259 11 (D) All other crops (other than those listed above) ...... farms 163 191 427 546 acres 29,180 46,580 123,787 112,736 LIVESTOCK AND POULTRY

Cattle and calves inventory ...... farms 108 146 396 511 number 49,693 43,070 85,273 85,730 Hogs and pigs inventory ...... farms 10 11 15 17 number 32 63 88 71 Sheep and lambs inventory (see text) ...... farms 28 68 68 106 number 23,113 27,928 14,379 27,306 Total horses and ponies inventory ...... farms 125 184 430 557 number 995 2,280 3,303 4,611 Goats, all inventory ...... farms 30 62 82 164 number 394 1,040 1,016 2,240 Chickens, all inventory (see text) ...... farms 58 53 132 195 number 1,073 6,099 4,009 3,814

146 Watersheds 2017 Census of Agriculture USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service