Form SurveyId 3937 SurveyId 3937 California Irrigation Survey - July 2022

CALIFORNIA IRRIGATION SURVEY - July 2022
OMB No. 0535-0264
Approval Expires: 04/30/2025
Project Code:
SurveyID: 3937

United States
Department of
Agriculture
NATIONAL
AGRICULTURAL
STATISTICS
SERVICE
USDA/NASS
National Operations Division
9700 Page Avenue, Suite 400
St. Louis, MO 63132-1547
Phone: 1-888-424-7828
Fax: 1-855-415-3687
Email: nass@usda.gov

Please make corrections to name, address, and ZIP Code, if necessary.
The information you provide will be used for statistical purposes only. Your response will be kept confidential and any person who willfully discloses ANY
identifiable information about you or your operation is subject to a jail term, a fine, or both. This survey is conducted in accordance with the Confidential
Information Protection and Statistical Efficiency Act of 2018, Title III of Pub. L. No. 115-435, codified in 44 U.S.C. Ch. 35 and other applicable Federal
laws.
For more information on how we protect your information please visit: https://www.nass.usda.gov/confidentiality. Response is voluntary.
According to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, an agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required to respond to, a collection of
information unless it displays a valid OMB control number. The valid OMB control number is 0535-0264. The time required to complete this information
collection is estimated to average 20 minutes per response, including the time for reviewing instructions, searching existing data sources, gathering and
maintaining the data needed, and completing and reviewing the collection of information.

SECTION 1 - Screener
1. In what county was the largest value of your agricultural products raised or produced?
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2. Please specify the percentage of irrigation water from ground and/or surface water in 2021?
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3. For your most relevant crop, please indicate the typical season start and end date?
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End Date (mm/dd)

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4. Do you use the California Irrigation Management Information System (CIMIS) data for scheduling irrigation? (Check one)
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For only the county where the largest value of your agricultural products were raised or produced, please fill in the number of acres of each
crop irrigated by each method in 2021. If your crop is not available from the list, please use the blank cells at the bottom of the table.
In the “Source” row (below the number of acres), enter the main water source for that irrigation system and crop: S = surface water, G=ground
water, or B = both
If you had acreage that was intercropped last year, list the acreage corresponding to the principal crop only.

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If you double or triple-cropped (different crops planted consecutively on the same parcel of land) in 2021, list the acreage under the irrigation
method for each crop.
Irrigation methods are separated into five groups including:

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Sub-surface irrigation is when underground pipe or open ditches are blocked to back up water and force it into a crop root zone.

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Surface irrigation includes (1) wild flood, (2) border, (3) basin, and (4) furrow irrigation alone.

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Combined sprinkler and furrow irrigation refers to fields that are first irrigated with sprinklers (side-roll or hand-move) and
then are irrigated by furrows.
Sprinkler irrigation methods include solid set, hand move, linear move, wheel line, micro- or mini-sprinklers, hose-pull, and
center-pivot.
Drip irrigation includes surface (applied above ground) and buried drip irrigation.

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9 Other Field Crops (2)

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cauliflower, broccoli, strawberries, asparagus, etc; 6 apples, peaches, prunes, pears, walnuts, etc; 7 olives, avocados, citrus, dates, etc;

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celery, cauliflower, broccoli, strawberries, asparagus, etc; 6 apples, peaches, prunes, pears, walnuts, etc; 7 olives, avocados, citrus, dates,
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For only the county where the largest value of your agricultural products were raised or produced, please fill in the number of acres of each
crop irrigated by each method in 2021. If your crop is not available from the list, please use the blank cells at the bottom of the table.
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In the “Source” row (below the number of acres), enter the main water source for that irrigation system and crop: S = surface water, G=ground
water, or B = both

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If you had acreage that was intercropped last year, list the acreage corresponding to the principal crop only.

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method for each crop.

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Surface irrigation includes (1) wild flood, (2) border, (3) basin, and (4) furrow irrigation alone.
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then are irrigated by furrows.

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Sprinkler irrigation methods include solid set, hand move, linear move, wheel line, micro- or mini-sprinklers, hose-pull, and
center-pivot.

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strawberries, asparagus, etc; 6 apples, peaches, prunes, pears, walnuts, etc; 7 olives, avocados, citrus, dates, etc.

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cauliflower, broccoli, strawberries, asparagus, etc; 6 apples, peaches, prunes, pears, walnuts, etc; 7 olives, avocados, citrus, dates, etc.

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5. Who manages irrigation on your farm? (Check one)
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Farm Manager

Irrigator

6. Will you or other personnel benefit from (no cost) hands-on irrigation training? (Check one)
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7. What is the name or ID code for the irrigation district that supplies most of your irrigation water?
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SECTION 2 - Conclusion
Comments related to the information you reported:
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OFFICE USE ONLY
Response
1-Comp
9901
2-R
3-Inac
4-Office Hold
5-R – Est
6-Inac – Est
7-Off Hold – Est
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Change
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Office Use for POID
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R. Unit
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Optional Use
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