Concho Watershed - 2008

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Description of Watershed

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The total estimated area in the watershed is 795,100 acres. This watershed is located in Concho, Tom Green, Runnels, Schleicher, Coke and Menard Counties in West Central Texas.

The land uses in this watershed consist of rangeland, dry cropland, irrigated cropland and pastureland. The watershed area is in the Edwards Plateau and the Rolling Plains resource areas. The topography ranges from nearly level to gently sloping mesquite covered plains in the majority of the watershed to steep limestone redberry cedar covered hills in the south. The majority of soils range from deep gently sloping clays and loams to areas of shallow and very shallow clay.  Of the 704 operating units in the watershed, the majority are a combination of cropland, rangeland and pastureland. The average operating unit size is 950 acres.  Total cropland in the watershed comprise about 315,000 acres, with 269,600 in dryland and the remaining 45,400 under irrigation. Primary crops include cotton, wheat and grain sorghum. Other crops include oats and forage sorghum.

Rangeland in the watershed comprise about 448,200 acres. Ranches are mostly cow/calf, sheep, goat and wildlife production operations.

Pastureland in the watershed comprise about 9,500 acres. Much of this is introduced pasture grass species such as hybrid Bermuda, Klein grass and yellow bluestems. Otherland, including water bodies, roads and urban areas, in the watershed comprise about 22,400 acres.

Map of the Concho Watershed

Land Cover / Use Land Use Acres Cropland 269,600 Irrigated 45,400 Pasture 9,500 Range 448,200 Water 22,400 Total 795,100 Download map to print. Concho Watershed Map (PDF; 360 Kb)

More Information

Texas CSP 2008 Cost List Enhancements

CSP Enhancement Activity and Certification Sheets

Concho Watershed Fact Sheet (PDF; 1.88 Mb)

News Release - Concho Watershed

Public Meetings

Producer Letter

Program Contacts

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