Authors: Kade Terrell, Allen Berthold, Michael Schramm, Ed Rhodes; Texas Water Resources Institute, College Station, TX.
This repository includes the data and code used to generate figures in the Texas irrigation report. Source data includes:
Dieter CA et al. 2018. Estimated Use of Water in the United States County-Level Data for 2015. https://www.sciencebase.gov/catalog/item/get/5af3311be4b0da30c1b245d8. https://doi.org/10.5066/F7TB15V5
Haynes JV et al. 2024. Monthly crop irrigation withdrawals and efficiencies by HUC12 watershed for years 2000-2020 within the conterminous United States (ver. 2.0, September 2024). [accessed 2026 Aug 5]. https://www.sciencebase.gov/catalog/item/6488734cd34ef77fcafe347a. https://doi.org/10.5066/P9LGISUM
Martin DJ et al. 2025. Estimating irrigation consumptive use for the conterminous United States: coupling satellite-sourced estimates of actual evapotranspiration with a national hydrologic model. Journal of Hydrology. 662:133909. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2025.133909
TWDB. 2026a. Historical Irrigation Water Use Total Estimates and Acreage by Crop Type, 1985 and later. https://www3.twdb.texas.gov/apps/reports/WU_REP/Irrigation_Crop_Water_Use
TWDB. 2026b. Historical Water Use Estimates by County, 1974-1999. https://www3.twdb.texas.gov/apps/reports/WU_REP/Pre2000_County
TWDB. 2026c. Historical Water Use Estimates by County, 2000 and Later (Includes Reuse). https://www3.twdb.texas.gov/apps/reports/WU_REP/SumFinal_CountyReportWithReuse
U.S. Department of Commerce. 1990. 1988 Farm and Ranch Irrigation Survey. https://www.nass.usda.gov/AgCensus/archive/census_parts/1987-farm-and-ranch-irrigation-survey-1988/index.html
USDA National Agriculture Statistics Service. 1996. 1994 Farm and Ranch Irrigation Survey. https://www.nass.usda.gov/AgCensus/archive/census_parts/1992-1994-farm-and-ranch-irrigation-survey/index.html
USDA National Agriculture Statistics Service. 1999. 1998 Farm and Ranch Irrigation Survey. https://www.nass.usda.gov/AgCensus/archive/census_parts/1997-farm-and-ranch-irrigation-survey/index.html
USDA National Agriculture Statistics Service. 2004. 2003 Farm and Ranch Irrigation Survey. https://www.nass.usda.gov/AgCensus/archive/census_parts/2002-farm-and-ranch-irrigation-survey/index.html
USDA National Agriculture Statistics Service. 2010. 2008 Farm and Ranch Irrigation Survey. https://www.nass.usda.gov/AgCensus/archive/census_parts/2007-farm-and-ranch-irrigation-survey/index.html
USDA National Agriculture Statistics Service. 2014. 2013 Farm and Ranch Irrigation Survey. https://www.nass.usda.gov/AgCensus/archive/census_parts/2012-2013-farm-and-ranch-irrigation-survey/index.html
USDA National Agriculture Statistics Service. 2019. 2018 Irrigation and Water Management Survey. https://www.nass.usda.gov/Publications/AgCensus/2017/Online_Resources/Farm_and_Ranch_Irrigation_Survey/index.php
USDA National Agriculture Statistics Service. 2024. 2023 Irrigation and Water Management Survey. https://www.nass.usda.gov/Publications/AgCensus/2022/Online_Resources/Farm_and_Ranch_Irrigation_Survey/index.php
USGS. 2026. National Water Availability Assessment Data Companion: Crop Irrigation Withdrawals Water-Use Model. https://water.usgs.gov/nwaa-data/
