Table 1. Land use within the Platte River basin for Iowa, Missouri and the entire basin during 1992. Land use is expressed as acres and percentage of land use in parenthesis.
Land Use Iowa Missouri Total
Cultivation 271,100 (68.8%) 469,100 (46.1%) 740,200 (55.7%)
Forest 16,500 (4.2%) 89,000 (8.7%) 105,500 (7.9%)
Pasture 78,800 (20.0%) 300,500 (29.5%) 379,300 (28.5%)
Federal (USCOE) 0 (0.0%) 15,600 (1.5%) 15,600 (1.2%)
Rural Transportation 11,700 (3.0%) 20,000 (2.0%) 31,700 (2.4%)
Urban 7,500 (1.9%) 27,000 (2.7%) 34,500 (2.6%)
Stream 8,200 (2.1%) 14,900 (1.5%) 23,100 (1.7%)

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