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Idaho industrial water use

14,242 acre-feet

Water withdrawn by self-supplied manufacturing facilities in Idaho, 2020 (estimate)

Source: U.S. Geological Survey, Industrial water use by county, 2020. Data period 2020. Status: estimate. Published . Newest release as of .

Self-supplied industrial water withdrawn by manufacturing facilities (NAICS 31-33) per year, converted from USGS's published million-gallons-per-day estimate.

Comparison

Among 48 states and the District of Columbia, Idaho ranked 43rd highest in 2020. Louisiana was highest at 2,567,452 acre-feet and the District of Columbia lowest at 192 acre-feet.

Among 44 Idaho counties in 2020, Canyon County was highest at 2,183 acre-feet and Teton County lowest at 0 acre-feet.

The largest category in withdrawals by source is Groundwater at 8,914 acre-feet; next is Surface water at 5,329 acre-feet.

By county

Ada County: 1,239 Acre-feet (2020)Adams County: 75 Acre-feet (2020)Bannock County: 120 Acre-feet (2020)Bear Lake County: 0 Acre-feet (2020)Benewah County: 84 Acre-feet (2020)Bingham County: 442 Acre-feet (2020)Blaine County: 110 Acre-feet (2020)Boise County: 0 Acre-feet (2020)Bonner County: 750 Acre-feet (2020)Bonneville County: 913 Acre-feet (2020)Boundary County: 230 Acre-feet (2020)Butte County: 0 Acre-feet (2020)Camas County: 0 Acre-feet (2020)Canyon County: 2,183 Acre-feet (2020)Caribou County: 304 Acre-feet (2020)Cassia County: 256 Acre-feet (2020)Clark County: 0 Acre-feet (2020)Clearwater County: 83 Acre-feet (2020)Custer County: 0 Acre-feet (2020)Elmore County: 202 Acre-feet (2020)Franklin County: 7 Acre-feet (2020)Fremont County: 265 Acre-feet (2020)Gem County: 163 Acre-feet (2020)Gooding County: 645 Acre-feet (2020)Idaho County: 215 Acre-feet (2020)Jefferson County: 584 Acre-feet (2020)Jerome County: 397 Acre-feet (2020)Kootenai County: 1,596 Acre-feet (2020)Latah County: 333 Acre-feet (2020)Lemhi County: 0 Acre-feet (2020)Lewis County: 53 Acre-feet (2020)Lincoln County: 0 Acre-feet (2020)Madison County: 256 Acre-feet (2020)Minidoka County: 463 Acre-feet (2020)Nez Perce County: 764 Acre-feet (2020)Oneida County: 0 Acre-feet (2020)Owyhee County: 0 Acre-feet (2020)Payette County: 450 Acre-feet (2020)Power County: 0 Acre-feet (2020)Shoshone County: 0 Acre-feet (2020)Teton County: 0 Acre-feet (2020)Twin Falls County: 926 Acre-feet (2020)Valley County: 25 Acre-feet (2020)Washington County: 109 Acre-feet (2020)
  • 0 to 0
  • 0 to 82
  • 83 to 250
  • 251 to 510
  • 511 to 2,183

Source: USGS, Industrial water use by county, 2020.

Data table (44 rows)
County2020
Canyon County2,183
Kootenai County1,596
Ada County1,239
Twin Falls County926
Bonneville County913
Nez Perce County764
Bonner County750
Gooding County645
Jefferson County584
Minidoka County463
Payette County450
Bingham County442
Jerome County397
Latah County333
Caribou County304
Fremont County265
Cassia County256
Madison County256
Boundary County230
Idaho County215
Elmore County202
Gem County163
Bannock County120
Blaine County110
Washington County109
Benewah County84
Clearwater County83
Adams County75
Lewis County53
Valley County25
Franklin County7
Bear Lake County0
Boise County0
Butte County0
Camas County0
Clark County0
Custer County0
Lemhi County0
Lincoln County0
Oneida County0
Owyhee County0
Power County0
Shoshone County0
Teton County0

Compared with other states

Acre-feet

  1. Louisiana2,567,452
  2. Indiana2,080,447
  3. Texas1,167,009
  4. Utah206,572
  5. Oregon82,800
  6. Washington37,272
  7. Idaho14,242
  8. Nevada11,705
  9. Montana10,519
  10. South Dakota7,706
  11. Wyoming5,626
  12. District of Columbia192

Source: USGS, Industrial water use by county, 2020.

Data table (49 rows)
State2020
1. Louisiana2,567,452
2. Indiana2,080,447
3. Texas1,167,009
4. Tennessee948,907
5. Pennsylvania768,035
6. Michigan629,576
7. Ohio561,871
8. Alabama550,975
9. Kansas513,744
10. New York464,846
11. Wisconsin446,072
12. South Carolina351,072
13. West Virginia348,219
14. Delaware343,530
15. Georgia296,589
16. California263,020
17. Kentucky245,029
18. Utah206,572
19. Arkansas191,460
20. Maine180,074
21. Iowa163,812
22. Florida157,678
23. Minnesota152,019
24. Virginia119,491
25. New Jersey93,684
26. Massachusetts83,220
27. Oregon82,800
28. Illinois79,072
29. Connecticut76,317
30. North Carolina74,359
31. Missouri70,989
32. Colorado63,661
33. Mississippi56,885
34. Maryland50,236
35. New Hampshire48,882
36. Washington37,272
37. North Dakota26,060
38. Vermont20,333
39. Oklahoma20,301
40. Arizona20,283
41. Rhode Island15,864
42. New Mexico14,461
43. Idaho14,242
44. Nevada11,705
45. Nebraska10,703
46. Montana10,519
47. South Dakota7,706
48. Wyoming5,626
49. District of Columbia192

Withdrawals by source

Self-supplied industrial water withdrawn by manufacturing facilities (NAICS 31-33) per year, split into groundwater and surface-water sources.

Share of withdrawals

  • Groundwater: 63%
  • Surface water: 37%

Source: USGS, Industrial water use by county, 2020.

Data table (2 rows)
Source2020 (acre feet)Share of total
Groundwater8,91462.6%
Surface water5,32937.4%

Source

Organization
U.S. Geological Survey
Dataset
Industrial water use by county, 2020
Geography
Conterminous United States (counties, summed here to state and Idaho-county totals)
Time coverage
2020
Update frequency
Irregular
Published
Newest release as of
Original file
https://doi.org/10.5066/P14WTLVD
Methodology
https://www.sciencebase.gov/catalog/item/6891fd66d4be0267deb7449f
License
Public domain. CC0-1.0 public domain dedication (U.S. federal government work).
Our copy
Industrial water use by county, 2020

Caveats

  • Covers self-supplied withdrawals by manufacturing facilities (North American Industry Classification System, NAICS, sectors 31-33) only; excludes data centers, mining, thermoelectric power, and publicly-supplied water to manufacturing.
  • Covers the conterminous United States only; Alaska and Hawaii have no county rows and no figure here.
  • This is a new 2020 model series, not a continuation of USGS's 1985-2015 Water Use Circular industrial figures; the two are not comparable.
  • No United States total is stored; USGS's metadata does not state that county rows sum to a published national figure.
  • USGS publishes withdrawals in million gallons per day (Mgal/d); values here are converted to acre-feet per year (1 Mgal/d = 1,120.14 acre-feet per year).

Cite as Understand Idaho, “Idaho industrial water use”, https://understandidaho.com/water/industrial-water-use/; cite the publisher above for the figures. See the data catalog.

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