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User: Jarrod Rhoades
Created on: 2026-08-13
Observation Date 2026-08-13
Comment:
Irrigated corn in the LTER Irrigated Resource Gradient Experiment (Irrigated N-rate Study).
Equipment used: Irrigated with the Valley 8000 Linear Irrigation System.
Amount of water applied: 1.07 inch of water was applied (as measured by six rain gauges).
Irrigation system delay setting: 20;
Irrigation pressure: 21 psi;
Pressure at the pump: 50 psi.
Time of application was between 9:00 am - 10:55 am.
Weather conditions at 9:00 am. Cloudy, 68.9°F, wind 1 mph (3m high 5 minute average wind speed was 1.47 mph) wind gust ? mph, from the North East, relative humidity 102.7%. Weather station did not populate data for Maximum Gust.
Weather conditions at 10:45 am. Cloudy, 76.5°F, wind 1 mph (3m high 5 minute average wind speed was 1.38 mph), wind gust ? mph, from the South East, relative humidity 88.7%.
Meter reading at the start of irrigation event: 7,247,750 "FWD Total" on meter screen.
Meter reading at the end of irrigation event: 7,292,190
Total gallon of water used in this irrigation event (as measure by a in-line water meter): A minimum amount of 44,440 gallons of water was applied at time of irrigation.; This seems about 8,000 gallons low compared to other similar irrigation events. The flow meter was froze up when checked part way through irrigating.
Average ? gallons per minute (as measure by a in-line water meter).
Areas:
Resource_Gradient-Irrigated
Observation Type:
Irrigation
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