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 1997 New
Mexico Data Tables
Surface area of nonfederal and federal land and water areas, by state and year for 1997
| Year |
Federal
Land |
Water
Areas |
Nonfederal Land |
Total
Surface Area |
| Developed |
Rural |
Total |
|
1982
|
25,645.6
|
149.3
|
781.0
|
51,247.4
|
52,028.4
|
77,823.3
|
|
1987
|
26,186.2
|
150.2
|
863.0
|
50,623.9
|
51,486.9
|
77,823.3
|
|
1992
|
26,448.5
|
146.4
|
781.0
|
50,292.9
|
51,228.4
|
77,823.3
|
|
1997
|
26,448.5
|
151.3
|
1,152.7
|
50,070.8
|
51.223.5
|
77,823.3
|
Land cover/use of
nonfederal rural land, by year
(in thousands of acres)
| Year |
Cropland |
CRP Land |
Pastureland |
Rangeland |
Forest Land |
Other Rural Land |
Total Rural Land |
|
1982
|
2,412.4
|
0
|
179.3
|
41,736.1
|
5,005.5
|
1,914.1
|
51,247.4
|
|
1987
|
1,961.0
|
425.4
|
217.2
|
41,122,1
|
4,849.3
|
2,048.9
|
50,623.9
|
|
1992
|
1,892.0
|
481.8
|
234.2
|
40,541.5
|
5,045.6
|
2,097.8
|
50,292.9
|
|
1997
|
1,875.2
|
467.1
|
230.8
|
39,989.5
|
5,466.9
|
2,041.8
|
50,070.8
|
Cropland use, by year (in thousands of acres)
| Year |
Cultivated Cropland |
Non-cultivated Cropland |
Total Cropland |
| Irrigated |
Non-irrigated |
Total |
Irrigated |
Non-irrigated |
Total |
|
1982
|
998.0
|
1,007.7
|
2,005.7
|
376.4
|
30.0
|
406.7
|
2,412.4
|
|
1987
|
757.2
|
762.2
|
1,519.4
|
407.7
|
33.9
|
441.6
|
1,961.0
|
|
1992
|
721.0
|
740.0
|
1,461.0
|
402.3
|
28.7
|
431.0
|
1,892.0
|
|
1997
|
635.6
|
752.5
|
1,388.1
|
453.6
|
33.5
|
487.1
|
1,875.2
|
Prime farmland, by land cover/use, by year (in
thousands of acres)
| Year |
Cropland |
CRP Land |
Pastureland |
Rangeland |
Forest Land |
Other Rural Land |
Total Prime Farmland |
|
1982
|
208.9
|
0
|
12.8
|
0.0
|
0.0
|
0.0
|
221.7
|
|
1987
|
143.6
|
0
|
19.5
|
0.0
|
0.0
|
0.0
|
163.1
|
|
1992
|
131.6
|
0
|
19.2
|
0.0
|
0.0
|
0.0
|
150.8
|
|
1997
|
124.7
|
0
|
19.8
|
0.0
|
0.0
|
0.0
|
144.5
|
Estimated average annual sheet and rill erosion on
nonfederal land, by year
(tons/acre/year)
| Year |
Cropland |
CRP Land |
Pastureland |
| Cultivated |
Non-cultivated |
Total |
|
1982
|
1.2
|
0.1
|
1.0
|
-
|
0.1
|
|
1987
|
0.9
|
0.1
|
0.7
|
1.0
|
0.1
|
|
1992
|
1.0
|
0.2
|
0.8
|
0.4
|
0.1
|
|
1997
|
0.9
|
0.1
|
0.7
|
0.2
|
0.1
|
Estimated average annual wind erosion on nonfederal rural land, by
year (tons/acre/year)
| Year |
Cropland |
CRP Land |
Pastureland |
| Cultivated |
Non-cultivated |
Total |
|
1982 |
15.1
|
4.0
|
13.2
|
- |
4.1
|
|
1987 |
16.0
|
4.1
|
13.4
|
17.5
|
3.9
|
|
1992 |
16.7
|
3.0
|
13.6
|
7.0
|
5.1
|
|
1997
|
12.1
|
3.4
|
9.9
|
2.4
|
5.3
|
Wetlands and deepwater habitats on water areas and
nonfederal land in 1997,
(in thousands of acres)
| Palustrine and Estuarine Wetlands |
Other Aquatic Habitats |
Total |
| Palustrine |
Estuarine |
Total |
Lacustrine |
Other (*) |
Total |
|
40.5
|
0.0 |
40.5
|
79.2
|
82.1
|
161.3
|
201.8
|
(*) includes Estuarine deepwater, and all
Riverine and Marine systems.
Palustrine and Estuarine wetlands on water areas
and nonfederal land in 1997
(in thousands of acres)
| Cropland |
Crop, Pasture,
and CRP lands |
Rangeland |
Forest
Land |
Other Rural land |
Water
Areas |
Total |
|
14.9
|
7.1
|
5.5
|
6.7
|
0.0
|
6.3
|
40.5
|
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