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water use, image analysis, geospatial datasets, geospatial analysis, surface water (non-marine), spatial analysis, water resources, aerial photography, hydrology, land use and land cover, geographic information systems, multispectral imaging, irrigation, geography, groundwater, remote sensing

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InlandWaters, irrigation, geoscientificInformation, environment

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Santa Fe, Alamosa, Rio Grande, Hatch, Guadalupe, Hudspeth County, Chihuahua, Cochiti Lake, Las Cruces, Rio Puerco, Alamosa Creek, Torrance County, Chama, Hinsdale County, Praxedis G. Guerrero, El Porvenir, Los Alamos County, Socorro, Monte Vista, Del Norte, Alamosa River, Albuquerque, Rio San Jose, Cibola County, Abiquiu Reservoir, Catron County, Sierra County, Colorado, Bonanza, El Paso, San Elizario, Sandoval County, Socorro County, United States of America, New Mexico, South Fork, Grants, San Luis, Alamosa County, Conejos County, El Paso County, Saguache County, Buenaventura, Dona Ana County, Taos, Mora County, Esperanza, Elephant Butte Reservoir, Rio Grande County, Center, Valencia County, Saguache Creek, Archuleta County, Rio Arriba County, Rio Chama, Rio Rancho, Heron Reservoir, Rio Salado, Truth or Consequence, Ciudad Juarez, San Agustin, Santa Fe County, San Juan County, Creede, Bernalillo County, Belen, Horizon, Espanola, Caballo Reservoir, Elephant Butte, Red River, Taos County, Texas, Juarez, Mexico, Ahumada, Antonito, Costilla County, Anthony, Ascension, Mineral County, McKinley County, San Isidro

2015 Irrigated acres feature class for the Upper Rio Grande Basin, New Mexico and Texas, United States and Chihuahua, Mexico

Consumptive use (CU) of water is an important factor for determining water availability and groundwater storage. Many regional stakeholders and water-supply managers in the Upper Rio Grande Basin have indicated CU is of primary concern in their water-management strategies, yet CU data is sparse for this area. This polygon feature class, which represents irrigated acres for 2015, is a geospatial component of the U.S. Geological Survey National Water Census Upper Rio Grande Basin (URGB) focus area study's effort to improve quantification of CU in parts of New Mexico, west Texas, and northern Chihuahua. These digital data accompany Ivahnenko, T.I., Flickinger, A.K., Galanter, A.E., Douglas-Mankin, K.R., Pedraza, D.E., and Senay, G.B., 2021, Estimates of public-supply, domestic, and irrigation water withdrawal, use, and trends in the Upper Rio Grande Basin, 1985 to 2015: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2021–5036, 31 p., https://doi.org/10.3133/sir20215036.

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Author(s) Diana E Pedraza orcid, Victoria G Stengel orcid, Nathaniel K Pasley orcid, Emily Pease orcid
Publication Date 2019
Beginning Date of Data 2015-01-01
Ending Date of Data 2015-12-31
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DOI https://doi.org/10.5066/P99OIFYY
Citation Pedraza, D.E., Stengel, V.G., Pasley, N.K., and Pease, E., 2019, 2015 Irrigated acres feature class for the Upper Rio Grande Basin, New Mexico and Texas, United States and Chihuahua, Mexico: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P99OIFYY.
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Diana E. Pedraza
Metadata Date 2020-08-27
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