This map identifies the potential suitability for subirrigation of land in the Midwestern United States. It identifies agricultural land that has a restricting layer that causes the water table to rise, permeable soil above the restricting layer that allows the water to move horizontally between the tile drains, flat topography that allows economical systems, and is likely to be tile-drained. A field assessment of any site is needed when evaluating a potential project. Watch the tutorial video for background and instructions for using this tool.
The methods for developing this map are described in the Tool Documentation page and in the open-access paper Potential Suitability of Subirrigation For Field Crops in The US Midwest (Feng,Y. Frankenberger, J., Ackerson, J., and B. Reinhart, Transactions of the ASABE. 63(5): 1559-1570. doi: 10.13031/trans.13783).
GIS layers can be downloaded by state or accessed by other applications as a REST service, as described on the documentation page.
The Hillshade layer services were developed by Darrell Schulze (https://soilexplorer.net). The map service is hosted by the Purdue University Libraries and School of Information Studies.
This material is based upon work that is supported by the National Institute of Food and Agriculture, U.S. Department of Agriculture (award number 2015-68007-23193) and the U.S. EPA (award number 83675301). Any opinions, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this publication are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the view of the U.S. Department of Agriculture or U.S. EPA.
Suitability layers are not visible when zoomed in to more than 1:18,000 (map level 15), in accordance with the scale of the SSURGO soil data on which the data are based.
