A Brief History of Irrigation in Utah
Learn about Utah’s irrigation history, from early Indigenous systems to modern technology. Explore how irrigation has shaped agriculture and water use in Utah.
General information about irrigation in Utah, including irrigated lands and water withdrawals.
Water Supply Status
Drought Map
Precipitation Outlook Map
Fact Sheets
Agricultural Irrigated Land and Irrigation Water Use in Utah
This article is a summary of several estimates of the extent of agricultural irrigation in Utah and some associated trends.
Agriculture Water Use and Economic Value in the Great Salt Lake Basin
This fact sheet provides information about the following topics in the context of the Great Salt Lake and its basin: Great Salt Lake facts, Human effects on the size of the lake, Changes to population and land use, Agricultural water use, Agriculture and ...
County-Level View of Irrigation Trends in Utah and the West
As water demand and scarcity increase simultaneously over the coming decades, water managers and growers will need to optimize water use on their irrigated lands. These challenges have been especially noticeable as the Western U.S.faces a prolonged “megad...
Understanding Irrigation Water Optimization
It is important to consider the possible hydrologic impacts of irrigation optimization efforts to avoid implementing practices that have little appreciable effect relative to the desired outcome. Examples of desired outcomes include increasing supply reli...
Irrigated Acreage Surveys
Extension Utah Irrigated Acreage Surveys
In 1990s and mid-2000s, Utah State University Extension performed irrigated acreage surveys, lead by Dr. Robert Hill, then Extension Irrigation Specialist in the Department of Biological and Irrigation Engineering. The surveys included the input from many county agents and other staff also. Although not current now, this data may be of historical interest. The original survey products were spreadsheet tables, which have now been converted to web-based tables and formatted for consistency across survey years.