Mapping Irrigated Acres Greenfields Irrigation District

32 Pages·2012·6.85 MB·English

Mapping Irrigated Acres
Greenfields Irrigation District
Russ Anderson
Morrison-Maierle, Inc.
[email protected]
Overview
• Background
• Project
• Methods
• Results
• Conclusions
• Summary
Greenfields Irrigation District
Project Location
• Total Irrigated Acres
Greenfields Irrigation District
– approximately 83,000 acres
• Source of Water
– Sun River
• Storage
– Gibson Reservoir (99,000 acre-ft)
– Pishkun Reservoir (30,000 acre-ft)
– Willow Creek Reservoir (32,000
acre-ft)
• Irrigation History on the Greenfield
Greenfields Irrigation District
Bench dates back to late 1800’s
• Sun River Project authorized in
1906
• Water Delivery
– Fort Shaw: 1909
– Greenfields: 1920
• Accurate Map of District
Project Objectives
• Update GIS Layers
– Existing plat information
– New acreage
– Turnout locations
Project Team
• Morrison-Maierle, Inc.
– Project Management
– Field Data Collection
• Houston Engineering, Inc.
– GIS Services
– Mapping Products
• Scan EPxrisotijnegc Ptl aAtsp proach
– Georeference
• Digitize Irrigated Acres - Initial
– By Farm Unit
– Using Aerial Photography
• Field Data Collection
– GPS Individual Fields
– Perform Verification
– Document Turnout Locations
• Digitize PIrrrigoajteedc Atc rAesp -p Firnoala ch
– By Individual Farm Unit
– Based on field measurement / verification
• Process Data – Determine Irrigated
Acres
– Pivot, sprinkler, flood, non-irrigated
• Produce Mapping Products
– Wall Map
– Map Books
– GIS Website
Project Approach – Original Plat