USDA Natural Resources Conservation ServicePage 1Arizona
Field Office Technical Guide, Section IIIAugust, 2003
Arizona Planning Guide for Natural Resource Concerns
Soil Erosion - Irrigation Induced
USDA Natural Resources Conservation ServicePage 1Arizona
Field Office Technical Guide, Section IIIAugust, 2003
USDA Natural Resources Conservation ServicePage 1Arizona
Field Office Technical Guide, Section IIIAugust, 2003
USDA Natural Resources Conservation ServicePage 1Arizona
Field Office Technical Guide, Section IIIAugust, 2003
Resource Concern Definition–Improper irrigation water application and equipment operation are causing soil erosion that degrades soil quality.
Quality Criteria–Land use and management does not create or accelerate irrigation induced erosion. Conveyance and application or irrigation water does not cause or accelerate soil erosion in fields or conveyances. Irrigation-induced erosion on cultivated areas does not exceed the Soil Loss Tolerance “T”.
Method for evaluating resource condition–
- Visual Assessment
- SRFR (Surface Irrigation Model)
- CPED (Center Pivot Evaluation and Design)
- National and State Irrigation Guides
Conservation Practices that may be needed as part of a Conservation Management System to achieve Quality Criteria for this resource concern include those listed here.
324Chiseling & Subsoiling
328Conservation Crop Rotation
330Contour Farming
331Contour Orchard and Other Fruit Area
340Cover & Green Manure Crop
352Deferred Grazing
511Forage Harvest Management
410Grade Stabilization Structure
412Grassed Waterway
548Grazing Land Mechanical Treatment
320IrrigationCanal or Lateral
388Irrigation Field Ditch
464IrrigationLand Leveling
552Irrigation Pit or Regulating Reservoir
436Irrigation Storage Reservoir
442Irrigation System, Sprinkler
443Irrigation System, Surface/ Subsurface
447Irrigation System, Tailwater Recovery
441Irrigation System, Trickle
428Irr. Water Conv., Ditch/ Canal Lining
430Irrigation Water Conveyance, Pipeline
449Irrigation Water Management
466Land Smoothing
468Lined Waterway or Outlet
484Mulching
512Pasture & Hayland Planting
462PrecisionLand Forming
528APrescribed Grazing
566RecreationLand Grading & Shaping
344Residue Management, Seasonal
557Row Arrangement
572Spoil Spreading
585Stripcropping, Contour
586Stripcropping, Field
587Structure for Water Control
588Stubble Mulching
638Water & SedimentControlBasin
USDA Natural Resources Conservation ServicePage 1Arizona
Field Office Technical Guide, Section IIIAugust, 2003
USDA Natural Resources Conservation ServicePage 1Arizona
Field Office Technical Guide, Section IIIAugust, 2003