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Estimated crop irrigation water use withdrawals in Hualapai Valley Groundwater Basin, Arizona for 2020

April 19, 2022

Observations of irrigated agricultural land within the Hualapai Valley Groundwater Basin in Arizona. Crops were verified in situ once in 2020 on July 16th; based on digitized field boundaries. Field boundaries were digitized from U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Imagery Program images dated 2019 and supplemented with Landsat and Sentinel2 imagery collections accessed via the U.S. Geological Survey LandLook Viewer (https://landlook.usgs.gov/) and Sentinel Hub, Sentinel Playground (https://apps.sentinel-hub.com/sentinel-playground). 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 [...]

Publication Year 2022
Title Estimated crop irrigation water use withdrawals in Hualapai Valley Groundwater Basin, Arizona for 2020
DOI 10.5066/P91AIOID
Authors Amy L Read, Ammon F. Cadogan, Saeid Tadayon
Product Type Data Release
Record Source USGS Digital Object Identifier Catalog
USGS Organization Arizona Water Science Center, Tucson Office