Agricultural irrigated land-use inventory for Jackson, Calhoun, and Gadsden Counties in Florida, and Houston County in Alabama, 2014

Marella, Richard L.; Dixon, Joann F.

doi:10.3133/ofr20151170

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“…Figure 10. Estimated, inventoried, and reported acreage for the counties in the Suwannee River Water Management District (SRWMD), Florida, 1974(from Leach 1978and 1983Marella, 2004Marella, , 2009Marella, , and 2014U.S. Department of Commerce, 1977 andand U.S. Department of Agriculture [USDA], 1989, 1994, 1999, 2004, 2009.…”

Section: Vegetables; 18%mentioning

confidence: 99%

Agricultural irrigated land-use inventory for the counties in the Suwannee River Water Management District in Florida, 2015

Marella¹,

Dixon²,

Berry³

2016

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A detailed inventory of irrigated crop acreage is not available at the level of resolution needed to accurately estimate agricultural water use or to project future water demands in many Florida counties. A detailed digital map and summary of irrigated acreage during the 2015 growing season was developed for 13 of the 15 counties that compose the Suwannee River Water Management District. The irrigated areas were delineated using land-use data, orthoimagery, and information obtained from the water management district consumptive water-use permits that were then field verified between May and November of 2015. Selected attribute data were collected for the irrigated areas, including crop type, primary water source, and type of irrigation system. Results indicate that an estimated 113,134 acres were either irrigated or had potential for irrigation in all or part of the 13 counties within the Suwannee River Water Management District during 2015. This estimate includes 108,870 acres of field-verified, irrigated crops and 4,264 acres of irrigated land observed as (1) idle (with an irrigation system visible but no crop present at the time of the field-verification visit), (2) acres that could not be verified during field visits, or (3) acres that were located on publicly owned research lands. Of the total field-verified crops, 83,721 acres were field crops; 20,962 acres were vegetable crops (sometimes referred to as row crops); 3,089 acres were in tree nurseries, ornamentals, and sod production; and 1,098 acres were fruit crops. Specific irrigated crops included 32,468 acres of corn (primarily for silage); 28,170 acres of peanuts; and 10,331 acres of hay. About 40 percent of the vegetable acreage (8,340 acres) was double cropped (planted with both a spring and a fall crop on the same field). Beans, carrots, and watermelons were the most commonly grown vegetable crops in these 13 counties in 2015. Sprinkler irrigation systems including center pivots, portable or traveling guns, and permanent or solid overhead fixtures accounted for nearly 91 percent (102,874 acres) of the total irrigated acreage in the Suwannee River Water Management District, whereas microirrigation systems including drip irrigation accounted for 9 percent (10,260 acres) of the irrigated acreage. A total of 1,466 center pivots were observed during field verification in 2015 and accounted for 93,093 irrigated acres (which represents 82 percent of the total irrigated acreage). Most center pivots were in use at the time of the field verification, although about 3 percent appeared idle. No flood irrigation systems were observed during field verification in 2015. Overall, groundwater was used to irrigate nearly all of the field-verified acreage (99.8 percent). Dairy wastewater effluent was used on many fields during 2015; however, a quantitative estimate of acreage using effluent could not be determined. Irrigated cropland totaled 26,927 acres in Suwannee County; 16,511 acres in Madison County; 14,862 acres in Hamilton County; and 14,155 acres in Gilchrist C...

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Section: Vegetables; 18%mentioning

confidence: 99%

Agricultural irrigated land-use inventory for the counties in the Suwannee River Water Management District in Florida, 2015

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2016

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“…Within Houston County, the total estimated irrigation withdrawal was distributed to each identified site as a ratio of the area represented by each site to the total irrigated area in Houston County. Subsequent to incorporation of these preliminary data, estimates of irrigated cropland for Calhoun, Gadsden, and Jackson Counties in Florida, and for Houston County, exclusive of the northwest part of the county, in Alabama, were published by Marella and Dixon (2015). The final analysis of those data indicated a slightly different ratio of irrigated cropland in Houston County relative to the irrigated cropland in Calhoun and Jackson Counties, Florida.…”

Section: Irrigation Withdrawalsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The State of Alabama does not require reporting of irrigation withdrawals; therefore, estimation methods employing a combination of spatial analyses and field reconnaissance were used to provide irrigation groundwater withdrawal estimates for the southern part of Houston County, Alabama. A preliminary inventory of irrigated cropland in Houston County, exclusive of the northwestern part of the county, during 2014 provided the spatial distribution of approximate irrigation withdrawal locations (Marella and Dixon, 2015). An assumption that Houston County crop distribution and irrigation practices were similar to those in Calhoun and Jackson Counties in Florida guided the assignment of withdrawals in Houston County.…”

Section: Irrigation Withdrawalsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Simulations of hydrologic response in the Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint River Basin, Southeastern United States

LaFontaine¹,

Jones²,

Painter³

2017

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“…These irrigation pumping rate estimates were more accurately evaluated than had previously been possible because of the Georgia General Assembly enactment of House Bill 579 (June 4, 2003), granting the Georgia Soil and Water Conservation Commission (GSWCC) the jurisdiction to implement "a program of measuring farm uses of water in order to obtain clear and accurate information on the patterns and amounts of such use, which information is essential to proper management of water resources by the state and useful to farmers for improving the efficiency and effectiveness of their use of water … and [for] improving water conservation" (http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20032004/27094.pdf). Additional groundwater pumping data were taken or derived from Marella and Dixon (2015) and the USGS National Water Information System (NWIS) database (U.S. Geological Survey, 2017). In addition, groundwater-level data are available for three synoptic surveys conducted during the study period (Gordon and Peck, 2010;Kinnaman and Dixon, 2011;Gordon and others, 2012), as well as continuous groundwater-level data at 31 sites and continuous stream stage and streamflow data at 27 sites (appendix 1).…”

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“…These data were then summed by model row and column location, and then applied to layer 3 in the WEL Package (Sepulveda and Painter, 2017). Data used for agricultural irrigation groundwater-pumping rates were provided by the Northwest Florida Water Management District, Georgia Department of Natural Resources, and Marella and Dixon (2015), and techniques used to estimate the agricultural groundwater pumping distribution are described in Painter and others (2015) and Sepulveda and Painter (2017). Municipal and industrial groundwater-pumping rates were provided by the Georgia Department of Natural Resources, Environmental Protection Division and the U.S. Geological Survey (2017) and Sepulveda and Painter (2017).…”

Section: Groundwater Pumpingmentioning

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Groundwater-flow budget for the lower Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint River Basin in southwestern Georgia and parts of Florida and Alabama, 2008–12

Jones¹,

Painter²,

LaFontaine³

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For more information on the USGS-the Federal source for science about the Earth, its natural and living resources, natural hazards, and the environment-visit https://www.usgs.gov or call 1-888-ASK-USGS.For an overview of USGS information products, including maps, imagery, and publications, visit https://store.usgs.gov.Any use of trade, firm, or product names is for descriptive purposes only and does not imply endorsement by the U.S. Government.Although this information product, for the most part, is in the public domain, it also may contain copyrighted materials as noted in the text. Permission to reproduce copyrighted items must be secured from the copyright owner.Suggested citation: Jones, L.E., Painter, Jaime, LaFontaine, Jacob, Sepulveda, Nicasio, and Sifuentes, D.F., 2017, Groundwater-flow budget for the lower Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint River Basin in southwestern Georgia and parts of Florida and Alabama, 2008-12 By L. Elliott Jones, Jaime Painter, Jacob LaFontaine, Nicasio Sepulveda, and Dorothy F. Sifuentes AbstractAs part of the National Water Census program in the Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint (ACF) River Basin, the U.S. Geological Survey evaluated the groundwater budget of the lower ACF, with particular emphasis on recharge, characterizing the spatial and temporal relation between surface water and groundwater, and groundwater pumping. To evaluate the hydrologic budget of the lower ACF River Basin, a groundwater-flow model, constructed using MODFLOW-2005, was developed for the Upper Floridan aquifer and overlying semiconfining unit for 2008-12. Model input included temporally and spatially variable specified recharge, estimated using a Precipitation-Runoff Modeling System (PRMS) model for the ACF River Basin, and pumping, partly estimated on the basis of measured agricultural pumping rates in Georgia. The model was calibrated to measured groundwater levels and base flows, which were estimated using hydrograph separation.The simulated groundwater-flow budget resulted in a small net cumulative loss of groundwater in storage during the study period. The model simulated a net loss in groundwater storage for all the subbasins as conditions became substantially drier from the beginning to the end of the study period. The model is limited by its conceptualization, the data used to represent and calibrate the model, and the mathematical representation of the system; therefore, any interpretations should be considered in light of these limitations. In spite of these limitations, the model provides insight regarding water availability in the lower ACF River Basin.

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Agricultural irrigated land-use inventory for Jackson, Calhoun, and Gadsden Counties in Florida, and Houston County in Alabama, 2014

Cited by 5 publications

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Agricultural irrigated land-use inventory for the counties in the Suwannee River Water Management District in Florida, 2015

Agricultural irrigated land-use inventory for the counties in the Suwannee River Water Management District in Florida, 2015

Simulations of hydrologic response in the Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint River Basin, Southeastern United States

Groundwater-flow budget for the lower Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint River Basin in southwestern Georgia and parts of Florida and Alabama, 2008–12

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