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Show Table 2. Distribution of irrigation land classes by counties County Bernalillo Catron Chaves Colfax Curry DeBaca Dona Ana Eddy Grant Guadalupe Harding Hildago Lea Lincoln Luna McKinley Mora Otero Quay Rio Arriba Roosevelt Sandoval and Los Alamos San Juan San Miguel Santa Fe Sierra Socorro Taos Torrance Union Valencia TOTAL Class 1 Acres Percent 10,000 53,088 388,030 64,803 534,564 5,375 118,000 357,249 86,827 18,674 160,385 228,420 30,509 13,935 247,746 86,553 82,738 98,402 251,989 11,717 162,029 14,652 83,714 177,995 2,643 24,993 21.454 33,600 33,982 320,386 75,357 3,799,809 1 1 10 3 62 * 5 13 3 1 12 10 1 * 13 2 7 2 14 * 10 1 2 6 * 1 * 2 2 13 2 5 Class 2 Acres Percent 68,283 311,156 592,363 520,424 138,490 297,381 108,811 108,533 147,793 368,232 353,373 205,721 419,671 245,685 299,115 410,917 263,648 226,570 533,180 291,744 478,613 193,777 583,144 419,084 295,069 63,589 435,897 200,442 475,319 632,026 477,008 10,167,058 9 7 16 21 13 20 4 4 6 19 26 9 15 8 16 12 21 5 29 8 31 8 16 14 24 2 10 14 22 26 13 13 Class 3 Acres Percent 178,072 399,583 555,897 235,054 136,271 411,588 355,606 324,835 248,867 414,451 258,733 345,875 616,910 314,571 320,408 298,331 76,162 592,249 435,398 301.358 579,958 190,468 375,255 305,680 165,683 323,439 792,764 136,968 570,024 238,369 531,389 11,030,216 24 9 14 10 14 27 15 12 10 22 19 16 22 10 17 9 6 14 23 8 37 8 11 10 14 12 19 9 26 10 15 14 Class 4 Acres Percent 121,963 300,447 200,724 266,041 33,749 180,160 347,560 113,522 86,108 216,144 146,032 243,752 162,986 77,414 337,818 654,910 185,969 287,837 76,836 175,448 50,708 321,406 280,189 444,571 57,095 205,966 453,624 55,044 104,605 333,529 305,140 6,827,297 16 7 5 11 5 12 14 5 3 11 10 11 6 3 18 19 15 7 4 5 3 13 8 14 5 8 11 4 5 13 8 9 Classes Acres I 378,318 1,064,274 1,737,014 1,086,322 843,074 894,504 929,977 904,139 569,595 1,017,501 918,523 1,025,768 1,230,076 651,605 1,205,087 1,450,711 608,517 1,205,058 1,297,403 780,267 1,271,308 720,303 1,322,302 1,347,330 520,490 617,987 1,703,739 426,054 1.183,930 1,524,310 1,388,894 31,824,380 1 to 4 Percent 50 24 45 45 94 59 38 34 22 53 67 46 44 21 64 42 49 28 70 21 81 30 37 44 43 23 40 29 55 62 38 41 Class 6 Acres Pe 369,882 3,350,426 2,163,786 1,327,078 55,526 619,696 1,504,623 1,771,061 1,971,205 901,899 449,777 1,180,332 1,582,124 2,458,195 687,413 2,044,289 635,683 3,043,242 547,697 2,984,833 301,192 1,727,697 2,207,898 1,703,570 701,310 2,082,213 2,536,861 1,018,446 963,270 918,590 2,232,206 46,042,020 rcent 50 76 55 55 6 41 62 66 78 47 33 54 56 79 36 58 51 72 30 79 19 70 63 56 57 77 60 71 45 38 62 59 >Less than 0.5 percent. Moderately Suitable- All areas which are neither highly suitable nor unsuitable. The acreage measurements reported in table 2 were summarized from the county reports referred to earlier, except that no county report was prepared for Bernalillo County, where the acreage measurements were based on previously available soils information. PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT New Mexico has a total area of more than 77 million acres and includes a large variety of physical environments. Elevations range from slightly less than 3,000 feet above sea level in the southeastern part of the state where the Pecos River leaves the state to more than 13,000 feet at the top of Mt. Wheeler in the northern part of the state. In general, the climate is arid to sub-humid, and precipitation |
