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Page 2 THE CROSS SECTiON June 1963
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A MONTHLY PUBLICATION OF THE HIGH
PLAINS UNDERGROUND WATER CON-
SERVATION DISTRICT NO. 1
Published monthly by the High Plains Under-
ground Water Conservation District No. 1
1628 15th Street, Lubbock, Texas
Telephone P02-8088
Second-class Postage Paid at Lubbock. Texas.
ALLAN H. WHITE, JR.
Editor
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Precinct 1
(LUBBOCK and LYNN COUNTIES)
Russell Bean, Secretary-Treasurer.---- 2808 21 St.
Lubbock, Texas
Precinct 2
(COCHRAN, HOCKLEY and LAMB COUNTIES)
Henry J. Schmidly, Vice President -_- Rt. 2
Levelland, Texas
Precinct 3
(BAILEY, CASTRO and PARMER COUNTIES)
John Gammon, President--- Rt. 1, Friona, Texas
Precinct 4
(ARMSTRONG, DEAF SMITH, POTTER and
RANDALL COUNTIES)
Earl Holt ---- ----_Rt. 3, Hereford, Texas
Precinct 5
(FLOYD COUNTY)
J. R Belt Jr..-...--- _------Lockney, Texas
District Office, Lubbock
Tom McFarland--_.,--w ---- General Manager
W. L. Broadhurst .---------Chief Hydrologist
Allan H. White, Jr.---- Director of Education
Donald L. Reddell --------- Agricultural Engineer
Wayne Wyatt ._ .---Field Representative
Mrs. M. McVay Secretary-Bookkeeper
'Mrs. Jean Lancaster-----------____________-Secretary
Lois Hatcher n - Secretary
Field Office, Hereford
Bruce E. Fink ---_ --- Ground-Water Geologist
Mrs. Mattie K. Robinson e- - cretary
Field Office, Muleshoe
David Cunningham _-_-Field Representative
Mrs. Bertha Daniel _.-- -Secretary
COUNTY COMMITTEEMEN
Armstrong County
Robert Adams, 195._______Wyie Texas
James Bibie, 1964 ---- _Waysde, Texas
Dewitt McGehee, 1966._______Wayside Texas
John Patterson, 1985------Rt. 1a Happy, Texas
Carroll D. Rogers, 194--Wayside, Texas
Bailey County
Mrs. Bertha Daniel
High Plains Water District
Box 594 Muieshoe
Doyle Davis, 1965 ---------Goodland, Texas
Lester Howard 1964---- Rt. 5, Muleshoe, Texas
Leon Lewis, 1965 ---------------Route 1, Box 98
Muleshoe, Texas
Leldon Phillips, 1964_-__-Rt. 2, Muleshoe, Texas
J. W. witherspoon, 1966 ----------- -. 261
Muleshoe, Texas
Committee meets last Friday of each month
at 2;30 p. m., 217 Avenue B., Muleshoe, Texas
Castro County
E. B. NobleI I
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where groundwater occurs is now in-
, gated; hence, it seems unlikely that
bock appreciable new land will come under
_Wilson, Texas irrigation in the region. The decrease
Wilson, Texas
Willson, Texas in 1961 and 1962 was in response to
Wilson Texas grain s o r g h u m acreage reductionThe program of research, study,
" publication, and distribution of in-
formation relating to the development
and use of ground water in the South-
ern High Plains of Texas is designed
to aid in greater profit from the water
resource and in turn provide a better
way of life for the people of the re-
gion; it is not designed to more ac-
curately predict the day of doom.
The chart entitled "Precipitation
and Development of Irrigation", in-
cludes the territory within Subdivision
No. 1, of the Underground Water
Reservoir designation in the Ogallala
Formation s o u t h of the Canadian
River in Texas. (See insert map in
upper left hand corner of the chart)
The region includes all or parts of 21
counties and embraces about 10,650
square miles or 6,818,000 acres. Of
this acreage about 60 percent or 4,-
000,000 acres are irrigated with water
pumped from wells.
So far as records are available, the
__ . first large-scale, commercial irrigation
well in the region was installed in the
fall or winter of 1910. Because of
'land numerous factors, some of which were
low efficiency of the slow-s p e e d
esanTexa ,e s pumps, high cost of oil engines and
evelland, Texas fuel, and introduction of the tractor
eveland Rtxa2 which permitted large-scale dry farm-
evelland, Texas ing, irrigation did not develop rapidly
Lird Fridays of until during the severe drought of
Austin Street, the late 1930's.
The left-hand column in the chart
shows annual cumulative number of
field irrigation wells. A study of the column
Sudan. Texas shows that about 45,200 wells were
SO iton, Texas developed during the 52-year period
-Earth, Texas of record; of that total, 27,700, or 61
nton. edTexas
itted Texas percent, wells drilled during the 10-
donday of each year period 1953-62. Few of the wells
afe, Littlefield, that were drilled in recent years are
used to irrigate new lands; some of
them, are to supplement previously
existing wells, chiefly to water the
bock same acres but to do it quicker. Many,
Lubbock, exa inevitably, were drilled to offset de-
-Idalou, Texas declining yields, especially where water-
Slaton, Texas bearings sands are very thin.
and third Mon- The second column shows acres
i.m., 1628 15th irrigated. Most of the irritable land
within the bounds of the subdivisionpumpage cannot be continued at the
present rate until the entire supply is
exhausted. As the water table declines,
the saturated section will become thin-
ner and thinner, the yields of indi-
vidual wells will decrease, and the
quantity of water pumped per acreWELL DRILLING STATISTICS FOR MAY
During the month of May, 223 new wells wqre drilled within the High Plains
Water District; 30 replacement wells were drilled; and 19 wells were drilled
that were either dry or nonproductive for $ome other reason. The County
Committees issued 222 new drilling permits.
Listed below by counties are permits issued and wells completed for May.City Hall, Dimmitt
C. W. Anthony, 1964 ---- Rt. 4, Dimmitt, Texas
George Bradford 1964-Box 732, Dimmitt, Texas
Lester Dowell, 1966 __--_ _Rt 1, Dimmitt, Texas
Lester Gladden, 1965 --Star Rt., Hereford, Texas
M. E. Henley, 1965 _____. Rt. 5, Dimmitt, Texas
Committee meets on the last Saturday of each
month at 10:00 a.m., City Hall, Dimmitt, Texas.
Cochran County
W. M. Butler, Jr.
Western Abstract Co., Morton
H. B. Barker, 1964----------Morton, Texas
Ira Brown, 1965-----_ Box 774, Morton. Texas
Willard Henry, 1966 ___ Rt 1, Morton, Texas
Weldon Newsom, 1964----Rt. 2. Morton Texas
L. L. Taylor, 1965------_______Rt. 1, Morton, Texas
Committee meets on the second Wednesday
of each month at 8:00 p.m., Western Abstract
Co., Morton, Texas.
Deaf Smith County
Mrs. Mattie K. Robinson
High Plains Water District
317 N. Sampson, Hereford
L. E. Ballard, 1966--_ 120 Beach, Hereford, Texas
Clinton Jackson, 1965 _---------807 N. Main
Hereford, Texas
J. E. McCathern, Jr. 1964_------------Rt. 5
Hereford, Texas
Billy B. Moore, 1965- _-----_Wildorado, Texas
Charles Packard, 1964-__Rt. 3, Hereford, Texas
Committee meets the first Monday of each
month at 7:30 p.m., High Plains Water District
office, Hereford, Texas.
Floyd County
Mrs. Katherine King
325 E. Houston St., Floydada
G. L. Fawver, 1964 ----- Rt. 5, Floydada, Texas
J. S. Hale, Jr., 1966----Rt. 1, Floydada, Texas
V. H. Kellison, 1964 _--Box 846, Lockney, Texas
Grigsby "Doodle" Milton, 1965- Silverton Star
Route, Floydada, Texas
L. D. "Buster" Simpson, 1965 - 832 W. Tenn.
Street, Floydada, Texas
Committee meets on the first Tuesday of each
month at 10:00 a.m-- Farm Bureau Office, Floy-
dada, Texas.Hockley County
Murry Stewart
917 Austin Street. Levelland
Bryan Daniel, 1964 -.Rt. 2, Levelland, Texas
Preston L. Darby, 1965.. Rt. 1, Ropesville, Texas
Leon Lawson, 1964 --- Rt. 3, Levelland, Texas
Earl G. Miller, 1965 . Rt 5, Levelland, Texas
S. H. Schoenrock, 1966 . - ----- _ Rt. 2
Levelland, Texas
Committee meets first and third Fridays of
each month at 1:30 p. m. 917 Austin Street,
Levelland, Texas.
Lamb County
Calvin Price
620 Hall Ave. Littlefield
Henry Gilbert, 1964 _ __ Sudan, Texas
Willie G. Green, 1964 _ Olton, Texas
Roger Haberer, 1965 _---Earth, Texas
W. B. Jones, 1966 _ Rt. 1. Anton. Texas
Troy Moss, 1965------ ____Rt. 1, Littlefield, Texas
Committee meets on the first Monday of each
month at 7:30 p m., Fisher's Cafe, Littlefield,
Texas.
Lubbock County
Mrs. Jean Lancaster
1626 15th Street, Lubbock
W. J. Bryant, 1964.._1902 Ave. C, Lubbock, Texas
Bill Hardy, 1965 ---- Rt. 1, Shallowater, Texas
Virgil Isom, 1964 ---__ _----Idalou, Texas
Edward C. Moseley, 1966 -- Rt. 1, Slaton, Texas
M. N. Thompson, 1965--Rt. 4, Lubbock, Texas
Committee meets on the first and third Mon-
days of each month at 1:30 p.m., 1628 15th
Street. Lubbock, Texas.
Lynn County
Mrs. Jean Lancaster
1628 15th Street, Lubbock
Earl Cummings, 1964 __- ____-__Wilson, Texas
Robbie Gill, 1965 ..-__ .__. Rt. 1, Wilson, Texas
Roy Lynn Kahlich, 1966 _------Wilson, Texas
Frank P. Lisemby, Jr., 1964 - Rt. 1, Wilson Texas
T. J. Swann, 1985____------Rt. 1, Wilson, Texas
Committee meets on the third Tuesday of each
month at 10:00 a.m., 1628 15th Street, Lubbock,
Texas.
Parmer County
Aubrey Brock
Wilson & Brock Insurance Co., Bovina
Wendol Christian, 1966 RFD, Farwell, Texas
Joe B. Jennings, 1964 ___RFD, Muleshoe Texas
Walter Kaltwasser, 1964__ RFD, Farwell, Texas
Carl Rea, 1965 -----..Rt. 1, Bovina, Texas
Ralph Shelton, 1965_... __ _-__Friona, Texas
Committee meets on the first Thursday of
each month at 8:00 p.m., Wilson & Brock Insur-
ance Agency, Bovina, Texas.
Potter County
T. G. Baldwin, 1964-_ _____Bushland, Texas
W. J. Hill, Jr., 1966- ---...Bushland, Texas
L. C. Moore, 1965 .._____-__Bushland, Texas
Temple Rogers, 1965--._..Rt. 1, Amarillo, Texas
R. C. Sampson, Jr., 1964_____---Bushland, Texas
Randall County
Mrs. Louise Knox
Randall County Farm Bureau Office, Canyon
Harold Bryan, 1965--_---- Rt. 1, Happy, TexasPaul Dudenhoeffer. 1966.__Rt. 2, Canyon, Texas
A. C. Evers, 1965------Rt. 1, Canyon, Texas
Lewis A. Tucek, 1964-_Rt. 1, Canyon, Texas
Ed Wieck, 1964_.- .--- Rt. 1, Canyon, Texas
Committee meets on the first Monday of each
month at 8:00 p.m., 1710 5th Ave., Canyon. TexasCounty
Armstrong
Bailey
Castro
Cochran
Deaf Smith
Floyd
Hockley
Lamb
Lubbock
Lynn
Parmer
Potter
Randall
TOTALPermits
Issued
0
20
17
18
35
37
25
24
19
0
19
1
7
222New Wells
Drilled
0
1
22
16
12
21
21
36
64
9
14
2
5
223Replacement
Wells Drilled
0
0
6
0
2
5
1
11
3
0
2
0
0
30Dry Holes
Drilled
1
0
0
4
1
2
3
0
6
0
1
0
1
19under Government regulations; it was
not because irrigation supplies had
failed As a matter of interest, an in-
tensive study in 1961 failed to find a
single farm throughout the entire 13
counties within the High Plains Under-
ground Water Conservation District
that had reverted entirely to dry-land
farming because of a depleted water
supply.
The third column shows annual
withdrawls of ground water, in acre-
feet. An acre-foot is the quantity re-
quired to cover 1 acre to a depth of
1 foot and equals 325,851 gallons.
Pumpage was negligible until the 30's,
and because of excessive rain in 1941
(the heaviest on record for the re-
gion )withdrawals during both 1941
and 1942 were nil. Calculations indi-
cate that total pumpage since 1910 has
b e e n a b o u t 60,000,000 acre-feet,
enough water to cover the subdivision
to a depth of 8.8 feet. Again, it is in-
teresting to note that more than 75
percent of all pumpage was during
the 10-year period 1953-62.
Precipitation records compiled by
the U. S. Weather Bureau are shown
in the fourth column.
Below the precipitation column is
a graph depicting the time and amount
of ground-water depletion. The rate
of depletion corresponds to the in-
creased use of water; however, the
total pumpage does not indicate the
amount of depletion. Some of the
water pumped returns to the ground-
water reservoir by deep penetration
below the root zone of plants. The
U. S. Soil Conservation Service has
indicated that in some areas at least
30 percent of the water pumped re-
turns to the underground reservoir.
What does all this information mean
if we are not going to run out of water
in the next three or four decades?
The question that has been asked
time and time again is: At the present
rate of pumping, how long will the
supply last? That is merely a theore-
tical question and can have only a
theoretical answer.
It is a foregone conclusion thatPage 2
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