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Estimates of subsurface tile drainage

Domain: Hydrology

Variables: Estimated area of subsurface tile drainage extent

Spatial Resolution: 30 meter

Temporal Frequency: NA

Temporal Coverage: 2012

Spatial Extent: 12 Midwest States (SD, NE, KS, MN, IA, MO, WI, IL, MI, IN, OH, and KY)

Source: USGS

Update Type: Static

Update Frequency: NA

Update Detail: NA

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Description:

This dataset is a 30-meter resolution raster of estimated extent of subsurface tile drains, developed from tabular data of state-level estimates of agricultural land drained by tiles combined with geospatial cropland and soils in 12 Midwest States (SD, NE, KS, MN, IA, MO, WI, IL, MI, IN, OH, and KY). This dataset was created from the following four sources: 1) state-level acreages of agricultural “land drained by tiles” from the 2012 Census of Agriculture; 2) the extent of cultivated cropland from the National Land Cover Dataset (NLCD) 2011; 3) the extent of poorly and moderately drained soils from the State Soil Geographic Database (STATSGO) database Version 2; and 4) state administrative boundaries. The area of drained land was evenly allocated to potentially drained land for agriculture - cropland with poorly drained soil - except in Iowa. For Iowa, because the reported area of land drained by tiles exceeded the area of cropland on poorly drained soils, the additional area of subsurface tile drains greater than the area of cropland on poorly drained soils was assigned to land characterized as cropland with moderately drained soil. The estimated extent of subsurface tile drains in each cell is expressed in square meters.

Citation:

Nakagaki, N. and Wieczorek, M.E., 2016, Estimates of subsurface tile drainage extent for 12 Midwest states, 2012: U.S. Geological Survey data release, http://dx.doi.org/10.5066/F7W37TDP