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Kansas Land Use Trends/Estimated Acres by Year
Land Use 1982 1987 1992 1997
Cropland-cultivated 27,485,300 27,213,800 25,086,800 24,793,600
Cropland-non cultivated 1,633,000 1,287,300 1,479,100 1,730,300
Pasture land 2,160,000 2,204,700 2,320,400 2,321,900
Range land 16,496,700 16,394,400 15,798,000 15,727,900
Forest land 1,456,500 1,461,400 1,546,500 1,545,900
Minor land cover /uses 700,000 693,100 700,800 716,000
Urban small and large built-up 773,000 797,900 902,400 994,100
Rural transportation-roads and railroads 945,500 947,300 941,000 945,800
Water small-streams <660 feet wide and water bodies < 40 acres 304,400 304,100 311,000 324,000
Water census-streams >= 660 feet wide and water bodies >= 40 acres 212,300 213,300 207,500 208,300
Federal land-cover /use not recorded 494,100 494,800 504,000 504,000
Conservation Reserve Program 0 648,700 2,863,300 2,849,000
Total 52,660,800 52,660,800 52,660,800 52,660,800