Irrigated crop area data is developed from land use survey data and other data sources. Irrigated crop area is tabulated for twenty crop categories. Also included are data on multi-cropped and irrigated land area. These estimates serve as initial water use values in the California Water Plan Update water balance process.

NOTE: Irrigated crop area files display data in thousands of acres.

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