| ESTIMATED CROP WATER USE IN THE KLAMATH BASIN (acre inches) | ||||||||||
| Weather based estimates of crop water use. Irrigation amounts should be adjusted for rainfall and irrigation system efficiencies*. | ||||||||||
| CROP | START DATE | 5/5 | 5/6 | 5/7 | 5/8 | DAILY FORECAST | PAST 7 DAYS | SEASON TOTAL TO DATE | ||
| ALFALFA | 4/1 | 0.24 | 0.23 | 0.24 | 0.22 | 0.15 | 1.56 | 5.10 | ||
| CEREAL GRAIN (fall planted) | 4/1 | 0.16 | 0.16 | 0.18 | 0.17 | 0.12 | 1.05 | 2.20 | ||
| CEREAL GRAIN (early planted) | 4/10 | 0.09 | 0.09 | 0.11 | 0.10 | 0.08 | 0.60 | 1.13 | ||
| CEREAL GRAIN (late planted) | 4/25 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.03 | 0.03 | 0.02 | 0.16 | 0.30 | ||
| PASTURE GRASS | 4/1 | 0.20 | 0.19 | 0.20 | 0.18 | 0.13 | 1.28 | 5.54 | ||
| PEPPERMINT (established) | 5/1 | 0.03 | 0.03 | 0.04 | 0.03 | 0.02 | 0.22 | 0.17 | ||
| POTATO (early planted) | 4/25 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.01 | 0.11 | 0.21 | ||
| POTATO | 5/9 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | ||
| POTATO (late planted) | 5/23 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | ||
| ONIONS (early planted) | 4/10 | 0.04 | 0.04 | 0.05 | 0.04 | 0.03 | 0.26 | 0.69 | ||
| ONIONS (late planted) | 4/25 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.16 | 0.24 | ||
| *Contact your University Cooperative Extension Office for further information on utilizing these estimates to schedule irrigations. | ||||||||||
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