Richard L. Marella Joann F. Dixon Kyle R. Christesson 20200826 textfile Reston, VA U.S. Geological Survey Suggested citation: Marella, Richard L., Dixon, Joann F., and Christesson, Kyle R., 2020, GIS shapefile and related summary data describing irrigated agricultural land-use in Hendry and Palm Beach Counties, Florida for 2019: U.S. Geological Survey, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9OUNVOK. https://doi.org/10.5066/P9OUNVOK The GIS shapefile and summary tables provide irrigated agricultural land-use for Hendry and Palm Beach Counties, Florida through a cooperative project between the U.S Geological Survey (USGS) and the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (FDACS), Office of Agricultural Water Policy. Information provided in the shapefile includes the location of irrigated land field verified for 2019, crop type, irrigation system type, and primary water source used in Hendry and Palm Beach Counties, Florida. A map image of the shapefile is provided in the attachment. The data release provides a detailed digital field verified shapefile of irrigated agricultural land-use within Hendry and Palm Beach Counties, Florida and a table summarizing the results for each county between January and October 2019. The land-use shapefile and acreage tables produced for this study will be compared to the Florida Statewide Agricultural Irrigation Demand (FSAID) Irrigated Lands Geodatabase (IGL), version VI (The Balmoral Group, 2019) totals for Hendry and Palm Beach Counties. Field-verified data on crop type, irrigated lands, and acreage summaries provide FDACS a more accurate basis for estimating current and future water demands. Details on the procedures and methodologies used for mapping and field verification in Hendry and Palm Beach Counties can be found in Marella and others (2020). Reference: Marella, R.L. and Dixon, J.F., 2020, Agricultural Irrigated Land-Use Field-Verification by County in Florida between October 2013 and March 2020: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2020–XXXX, xx p., https://doi.org/10.3133/sir2020XXXX, The Balmoral Group, 2019, Florida Statewide Agricultural Irrigation Demand Estimated Agricultural Water Demand, 2017 – 2040; Version VI: Winter Park, Fla., The Balmoral Group, 33 p. 20190101 20191231 ground condition Complete Unknown -81.577346 -80.022877 27.004600 26.223361 USGS Thesaurus Groundwater None Landuse Orthoimagery Landuse classification codes Crop type Irrigation type Surface water farming environment Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Service South Florida Water Management District ISO 19115 Topic Categories InlandWaters Environment USGS Metadata Identifier USGS:5d7913a9e4b0c4f70d021cf5 Geographic Names Information System Florida Palm Beach County Hendry County none none Richard L. Marella U.S. Geological Survey mailing and physical

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Orlando FL 32826 USA 407-803-5573 rmarella@usgs.gov Prepared by the U.S. Geological Survey, Caribbean-Florida Water Science Center, Orlando in Cooperation with the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Office of Agricultural Water Policy. Richard L. Marella Joann F. Dixon 2020 Reston, VA U.S. Geological Survey https://doi.org/10.3133/sir2020XXXX The Balmoral Group 2017 Winter Park, Florida The Balmoral Group https://www.freshfromflorida.com/content/download/81553/2381484/FSAID-V-Water-Use-Estimates-June-2018.pdf The field verification was conducted beginning in January 2019 and concluded in October 2019. Each field with an irrigation system or a withdrawal permit was observed from the road at least once during the study period. Upon completion of the field verification, a draft map was produced. This draft map was reviewed by FDACS and The Balmoral Group to help identify any missing fields. After changes were made and questions resolved, the results of the all field verified data were totaled and summarized. No formal logical accuracy tests were conducted Dataset is considered complete for the information presented, as described in the abstract. Users are advised to read the rest of the metadata record carefully for additional details. No formal positional accuracy tests were conducted. No formal positional accuracy tests were conducted. Using the Florida Statewide Agricultural Irrigation Demand (FSAID) agricultural irrigated lands (ILG) map (versions V and VI) as a starting point, numerous other data sources and layers were added to create a preliminary map of irrigated crops in Hendry and Palm Beach Counties. These additional data included a point layer of the current agricultural irrigation consumptive water-use permits (CUP) issued by the Southwest Florida Water Management District along with a shapefile with each permit property boundary. The locations of the District’s CUPs (for both wells and surface-water intakes), and the permit property boundary associated with each withdrawal point, helped identify fields that not have been mapped on the original FSAID map. Additional fields were added to the preliminary map by digitizing at the 1:5,000 reference scale when evidence of irrigation equipment was visible from ESRI's ArcGIS Online World Imagery base map and Google Earth imagery. Field visits were made by USGS staff to Hendry and Palm Beach Counties between January 2019 and December 2019 to visually observe all potential irrigated fields. Attribute data were collected for each irrigated field including a general or specific crop type, irrigation system type, and primary water source (if visibly able to confirm). The field maps were then modified and corrected based on field observations, and revised map was created. This newly created map was presented to FDACS and The Balmoral Group for review and comments. Once their concerns were addressed and modifications made, a final shapefile was prepared. From this final shapefile, summary files Table_Hendry_County and Table_PalmBeach_County were created for each county. 20191001 U.S. Geological Survey - Science Base U.S. Geological Survey - ScienceBase mailing and physical

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