Table 2. Comparison of digitized irrigated acres with U.S. Department of Agriculture farm and ranch irrigation survey reported irrigated acres for 2007 and 2012.
| State\county |
Irrigated lands
digitized
(acres) |
FRIS reported irrigated lands
(acres) |
| 2007 |
2012 |
| Delaware\Kent |
30,848 |
29,066 |
31,833 |
| Delaware\New Castle |
2,615 |
2,711 |
4,630 |
| Delaware\Sussex |
78,479 |
72,785 |
90,809 |
| District of Columbia |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Maryland\Anne Arundel |
0 |
342 |
257 |
| Maryland\Baltimore |
0 |
868 |
458 |
| Maryland\Baltimore City |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Maryland\Calvert |
0 |
124 |
207 |
| Maryland\Caroline |
24,129 |
24,596 |
27,033 |
| Maryland\Cecil |
263 |
1,122 |
632 |
| Maryland\Charles |
0 |
623 |
455 |
| Maryland\Dorchester |
24,755 |
20,973 |
22,402 |
| Maryland\Harford |
0 |
423 |
458 |
| Maryland\Howard |
0 |
209 |
182 |
| Maryland\Kent |
5,621 |
7,899 |
8,343 |
| Maryland\Montgomery |
0 |
1,280 |
1,024 |
| Maryland\Prince George's |
0 |
726 |
780 |
| Maryland\Queen Anne's |
13,846 |
12,903 |
15,805 |
| Maryland\Somerset |
526 |
358 |
423 |
| Maryland\St. Mary's |
0 |
1,065 |
741 |
| Maryland\Talbot |
3,886 |
3,509 |
7,572 |
| Maryland\Wicomico |
9,518 |
6,955 |
9,379 |
| Maryland\Worcester |
6,092 |
5,234 |
5,047 |
| New Jersey\Atlantic |
297 |
11,702 |
11,281 |
| New Jersey\Burlington |
2,081 |
12,620 |
13,123 |
| New Jersey\Camden |
385 |
2,647 |
2,520 |
| New Jersey\Cape May |
414 |
2,342 |
2,242 |
| New Jersey\Cumberland |
3,410 |
18,357 |
19,320 |
| New Jersey\Gloucester |
315 |
12,891 |
9,009 |
| New Jersey\Mercer |
0 |
1,028 |
1,073 |
| New Jersey\Middlesex |
918 |
2,655 |
2,654 |
| New Jersey\Monmouth |
622 |
5,976 |
3,745 |
| New Jersey\Ocean |
110 |
1,090 |
658 |
| New Jersey\Salem |
6,264 |
18,001 |
18,087 |
| New York\Kings |
0 |
0 |
8 |
| New York\Nassau |
0 |
174 |
83 |
| New York\Queens |
0 |
5 |
5 |
| New York\Richmond |
0 |
14 |
8 |
| New York\Suffolk |
5,396 |
13,614 |
11,820 |
| North Carolina\Beaufort |
789 |
854 |
2,599 |
| North Carolina\Bertie |
2,287 |
8,530 |
4,237 |
| North Carolina\Camden |
0 |
24 |
0 |
| North Carolina\Carteret |
0 |
169 |
241 |
| North Carolina\Chowan |
2,184 |
6,156 |
4,970 |
| North Carolina\Currituck |
0 |
489 |
167 |
| North Carolina\Dare |
0 |
6 |
6 |
| North Carolina\Edgecombe |
6,948 |
6,674 |
5,870 |
| North Carolina\Gates |
2,132 |
2,702 |
3,774 |
| North Carolina\Halifax |
3,150 |
1,991 |
3,523 |
| North Carolina\Hertford |
3,339 |
6,018 |
5,553 |
| North Carolina\Hyde |
0 |
647 |
451 |
| North Carolina\Martin |
615 |
1,187 |
767 |
| North Carolina\Nash |
1,716 |
6,493 |
5,992 |
| North Carolina\Northampton |
2,321 |
2,955 |
3,154 |
| North Carolina\Pamlico |
1,668 |
913 |
2,438 |
| North Carolina\Pasquotank |
0 |
29 |
0 |
| North Carolina\Perquimans |
51 |
1,479 |
853 |
| North Carolina\Pitt |
1,115 |
4,940 |
3,599 |
| North Carolina\Tyrrell |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| North Carolina\Washington |
2,167 |
3,177 |
4,400 |
| Pennsylvania\Bucks |
0 |
1,421 |
839 |
| Pennsylvania\Delaware |
0 |
36 |
80 |
| Pennsylvania\Philadelphia |
0 |
0 |
21 |
| Virginia\Accomack |
4,335 |
6,508 |
5,370 |
| Virginia\Alexandria City |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Virginia\Arlington |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Virginia\Caroline |
2,276 |
2,111 |
1,959 |
| Virginia\Charles City |
882 |
739 |
1,435 |
| Virginia\Chesapeake City |
0 |
239 |
283 |
| Virginia\Chesterfield |
0 |
185 |
64 |
| Virginia\Colonial Heights City |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Virginia\Dinwiddie |
31 |
1,884 |
1,161 |
| Virginia\Emporia City |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Virginia\Essex |
739 |
0 |
0 |
| Virginia\Fairfax |
0 |
40 |
50 |
| Virginia\Franklin City |
17 |
0 |
0 |
| Virginia\Fredericksburg City |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Virginia\Gloucester |
0 |
58 |
46 |
| Virginia\Greensville |
168 |
0 |
246 |
| Virginia\Hampton City |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Virginia\Hanover |
592 |
3,188 |
3,338 |
| Virginia\Henrico |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Virginia\Hopewell City |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Virginia\Isle of Wight |
549 |
702 |
702 |
| Virginia\James City |
0 |
29 |
38 |
| Virginia\King and Queen |
609 |
0 |
0 |
| Virginia\King George |
0 |
672 |
351 |
| Virginia\King William |
3,378 |
2,690 |
1,125 |
| Virginia\Lancaster |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Virginia\Mathews |
0 |
53 |
17 |
| Virginia\Middlesex |
207 |
480 |
478 |
| Virginia\New Kent |
344 |
496 |
0 |
| Virginia\Newport News City |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Virginia\Norfolk City |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Virginia\Northampton |
1,645 |
9,286 |
6,336 |
| Virginia\Northumberland |
0 |
62 |
39 |
| Virginia\Petersburg City |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Virginia\Poquoson City |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Virginia\Portsmouth City |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Virginia\Prince George |
186 |
0 |
8 |
| Virginia\Prince William |
0 |
685 |
1,006 |
| Virginia\Richmond |
0 |
243 |
127 |
| Virginia\Richmond City |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Virginia\Southampton |
2,028 |
3,507 |
3,246 |
| Virginia\Spotsylvania |
0 |
144 |
58 |
| Virginia\Stafford |
0 |
221 |
24 |
| Virginia\Suffolk |
115 |
616 |
413 |
| Virginia\Surry |
483 |
1,028 |
1,237 |
| Virginia\Sussex |
871 |
1,644 |
1,372 |
| Virginia\Virginia Beach City |
0 |
194 |
180 |
| Virginia\Westmoreland |
1,213 |
1,674 |
1,641 |
| Virginia\Williamsburg City |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Virginia\York |
0 |
18 |
22 |
| Total |
271,938 |
393,173 |
410,012 |
|
First posted May 5, 2015
|
U.S. Department of the Interior |
U.S. Geological Survey