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Estimated crop irrigation water use withdrawals in Douglas Active Management Area Groundwater Basin, Arizona for 2023
Observations of irrigated agricultural land within the Douglas Active Management Area Groundwater Basin in Arizona. Crops were verified in situ twice in 2023, first on May 4th and again on Aug 16th; based on digitized field boundaries. Field boundaries were digitized from U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agriculture Imagery Program County Mosaic 2023 imagery for Arizona and supplemented with the Sentinel2 imagery collection accessed via the European Space Agency, Copernicus Browser (https://browser.dataspace.copernicus.eu/). Satellite images were also used to identify the length of the growing season and crop condition. Water withdrawals were calculated using the modified Blaney-Criddle model of calculating consumptive use (U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, 1992 appendix A) using crop coefficients from Doorenbos and Pruitt (1975), the number of acres with active crops, crop condition, and irrigation system efficiency. The withdrawal equation was modified from "Water withdrawals for irrigation, municipal, mining, thermoelectric-power, and drainage uses in Arizona outside of active management areas, 1991-2000" (Tadayon, 2005) to account for variations in water application.
Author(s) | Amy L. Read, Thomas J. Porter, Abigail J. Kahler |
Publication Date | 2024-07-08 |
Beginning Date of Data | 2023-01-01 |
Ending Date of Data | 2023-12-31 |
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DOI | https://doi.org/10.5066/P13STQYB |
Citation | Read, A.L., Porter, T.J., and Kahler, A.J., 2024, Estimated crop irrigation water use withdrawals in Douglas Active Management Area Groundwater Basin, Arizona for 2023: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P13STQYB. |
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Metadata Date | 2024-07-08 |
Related Publication | There was no related primary publication associated with this data release. |
Citations of these data | No citations of these data are known at this time. |
Access | public |
License | http://www.usa.gov/publicdomain/label/1.0/ |
Harvest Date: 2024-07-18T13:40:47.875Z