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User: Jarrod Rhoades
Created on: 2026-08-21
Observation Date 2026-08-21
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: .87 inch of water was applied (as measured by six rain gauges).
Irrigation system delay setting: 26;
Irrigation pressure: 21 psi;
Pressure at the pump: 50 psi.
Time of application was between 12:30 pm - 2:05 pm.
Weather conditions at 12:30 am. Partly Cloudy, 78°F, wind 5 mph (3m high 5 minute average wind speed was 4.99 mph) wind gust ? mph, from the South, relative humidity 62.6%. Weather station did not populate data for Maximum Gust.
Weather conditions at 2:05 pm. Cloudy, 77.8°F, wind 4 mph (3m high 5 minute average wind speed was 4.09 mph), wind gust ? mph, from the South West, relative humidity 65.5%.
Meter reading at the start of irrigation event: 7,310,467 "FWD Total" on meter screen.
Meter reading at the end of irrigation event: 7,341,403
Total gallon of water used in this irrigation event (as measure by a in-line water meter): A minimum amount of 30,936 gallons of water was applied at time of irrigation.; 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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