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
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