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Mapping Irrigated Lands in the ACF River Basin
Mapping Irrigated Lands in the ACF River Basin
Author(s)
Litts, Thomas
Russell, Heather
Thomas, Adrian
Welch, Roy
Russell, Heather
Thomas, Adrian
Welch, Roy
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Hatcher, Kathryn J.
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Abstract
In Georgia, a critical component of the water demand equation is the consumptive use of water for agricultural irrigation. The University of Georgia, Center for Remote Sensing and Mapping Science (UGA-CRMS), in cooperation with the Georgia Department of Natural Resources, Environmental Protection Division (GDNR-EPD), has developed a digital geographic information system (GIS) database of irrigated langs in Subarea 4 of the Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint (ACF) River Basin. In this project, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) National Aerial Photography Program (NAPP) color-infrared aerial photographs acquired in the winter of 1999 were scanned, rectified, and interpreted to identify center-pivot irrigation systems. Non-center pivot irrigation acreage was estimated from irrigation survey information. Collectively, these effors resulted in a digital GIS database, hardcopy maps, and areal statistics describing 475,779 acres of irrigated land in southwest Georgia.
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Sponsored and Organized by: U.S. Geological Survey, Georgia Department of Natural Resources, Natural Resources Conservation Service, The University of Georgia, Georgia State University, Georgia Institute of Technology
Date Issued
2001-03
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