Agricultural Irrigation Use Data

1997	Number	Horse	June	July	August	September	TOTAL
KWH	of Accounts	Power	694,860	4,978,440	3,831,940	543,800	10,049,040
Gals	498	20,388	2,624,486,220	18,803,567,880	14,473237,380	2,053,932,600	37,955,224,080

1998	Number	Horse	June	July	August	September	TOTAL
KWH	of Accounts	Power	593,650	2,199,280	3,707,110	1,934,520	8,434,560
Gals	573	23,062	2,115,691,933	7,837,949,894	13,211,661,286	6,894,379,447	30,059,682,560

1999	Number	Horse	June	July	August	September	TOTAL
KWH	of Accounts	Power	780,360	4,931,310	3,277,830	1,674,290	10,663,790
Gals	622	24,752	2,797,363,518	17,677,311,355	11,750,066,712	6,001,842,437	38,226,584,021

2000	Number	Horse	June	July	August	September	TOTAL
KWH	of Accounts	Power	1,833,360	1,719,010	3,525,930	1,621,400	8,699,700
Gals	650	n/a	6,388,388,049	5,989,932,659	12,286,189,877	5,649,808,211	30,314,318,796

2001	Number	Horse	June	July	August	September	TOTAL
KWH	of Accounts	Power	1,286,080	6,218,730	4,879,080	1,465,080	13,849,210
Gals	667	n/a	4,413,282,820	21,340,052,152	16,742,939,741	5,028,358,719	47,524,633,432

2002	Number	Horse	June	July	August	September	TOTAL
KWH	of Accounts	Power	1,018,350	7,071,070	4,828,470	1,100,100	14,017,990
Gals	688	n/a	3,427,015,659	23,796,010,817	16,249,071,831	3,702,125,916	47,174,224,222

2003	Number	Horse	June	July	August	September	TOTAL
KWH	of Accounts	Power	1,254,410	4,713,600	4,713,600	3,095,300	14,015,380
Gals	715	n/a	4,123,856,208	16,279,864,328	15,495,897,372	10,159,592,798	46,002,181,925

2004	Number	Horse	June	July	August	September	TOTAL
KWH	of Accounts	Power	1,632,350	3,864,817	5,876,311	1,771,319	13,144,797
Gals	737	n/a	5,267,487,137	12,471,512,748	18,962,472,879	5,715,931,049	42,417,403,813

2005	Number	Horse	June	July	August	September	TOTAL
KWH	of Accounts	Power	4,591,260	9,132,650	7,178,380	1,488,900	22,391,190
Gals	752	n/a	14,673,905,071	29,188,423,035	22,942,474,763	4,758,601,617	71,563,404,485

2006	Number	Horse	June	July	August	September	TOTAL
KWH	of Accounts	Power	2,372,240	7,293,170	5,197,300	1,717,750	16,580,480
Gals	801	n/a	7,233,584,657	22,238,796,502	15,847,936,777	5,237,872,241	50,558,190,177

2007	Number	Horse	June	July	August	September	TOTAL
KWH	of Accounts	Power	5,513,650	5,750,730	6,215,660	1,623,790	19,103,830
Gals	830	n/a	16,484,411,837	17,193,220,767	18,583,243,274	4,854,719,305	57,115,595,184

Number of systems in use 1999 Irrigation Plat Map		1771
				Mason County			1441
				Tazwell County			 330

Number of systems in use in 2000				1799
Number of systems in use in 2001				1818
Number of systems in use in 2002				1839
Number of systems in use in 2003				1867
Number of systems in use in 2004				1889
Number of systems in use in 2005				1909
Number of systems in use in 2006				1940
Number of systems in use in 2007				1971

The estimated gallons used is based on the accounts and kwh used by irrigators using
power from Menard Electic Coop and the total number of systems listed on the irrigation
plat map supplied by Central Illinois Irrigated Growers Association.

Formula used before 2006 -- KWH*1505/number of MEC accounts * number of systems in use for that year.

Formula used 2006 and 2007 -- KWH*1259/number of MEC accounts * number of systems in use for that year.

Last updated 12-6-2007

Created 04-30-1997 by Robb Roper

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