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Agricultural water balance and variability in Utah Irrigation Canal Companies with OpenET products and spatial data (dataset)


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Created: Aug 17, 2026 at 6:43 p.m. (UTC)
Last updated: Aug 21, 2026 at 6:01 p.m. (UTC) (Metadata update)
Published date: Aug 21, 2026 at 6:01 p.m. (UTC)
DOI: 10.4211/hs.c6c495dac3ac4036ae4018abe438afd4
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Abstract

This dataset supports the manuscript titled “Agricultural water balance and variability in Utah Irrigation Canal Companies with OpenET products and spatial data” associated with https://doi.org/10.1007/s00271-026-01172-8. The dataset folder "Torres_MeasurementRT4Utah_Paper1Data", was originally organized for the USDA Secure Water Future project repository. It contains two main subfolders: “Raw” which includes data downloaded from the original sources, and “Processed,” which includes the GIS, raster, and tabular datasets generated during the study.

The study coupled historical remote sensing data from OpenET and gridMET with GIS datasets, including field boundaries, canal distribution information, and agricultural water diversion records, to implement a monthly water balance model for three irrigation canal companies (ICCs) in Northern Utah. The water balance model evaluated precipitation, irrigation, capillary rise from groundwater (CR), actual crop evapotranspiration (ETc act), runoff, deep percolation (DP), and change of water depletion at the root zone (∆Dr). The water balance residual (WBR) was calculated as the unresolved portion of the balance and may reflect runoff, DP, other unquantified hydrologic exchanges, and uncertainty (CR was considered only where supported by site conditions). The spatial distribution of ∆Dr was estimated using a Random Forest model based on local observed data such ETc act, and soil water content. Monthly WBR values were highest during the peak irrigation season (July–August). Seasonally, from April to October, WBR represented approximately 5–29% of the sum of all water balance components across the studied ICCs. These values should be interpreted as illustrative screening ranges rather than measured water savings or directly recoverable water volumes.

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Spatial

Coordinate System/Geographic Projection:
WGS 84 EPSG:4326
Coordinate Units:
Decimal degrees
Place/Area Name:
Cache Valley, UT, USA
North Latitude
41.6569°
East Longitude
-111.6825°
South Latitude
41.5100°
West Longitude
-111.8933°

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The following web services are available for data contained in this resource. Geospatial Feature and Raster data are made available via Open Geospatial Consortium Web Services. The provided links can be copied and pasted into GIS software to access these data. Multidimensional NetCDF data are made available via a THREDDS Data Server using remote data access protocols such as OPeNDAP. Other data services may be made available in the future to support additional data types.

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Related Resources

This resource is referenced by Osorio-Diaz, K; Torres-Rua, A; Yost M; Hipps, L (2026) Agricultural water balance and variability in Utah irrigation canal companies with OpenET products and spatial data. Irrigation Science Journal. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00271-026-01172-8

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Funding Agencies

This resource was created using funding from the following sources:
Agency Name Award Title Award Number
U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture SECURING A RESILIENT WATER FUTURE FOR AGRICULTURE AND ECOSYSTEMS THROUGH INNOVATION IN MEASUREMENT, MANAGEMENT, AND MARKETS 2021-69012-35916

How to Cite

Osorio-Diaz, K., Torres-Rua, A. F., Yost, M., Hipps, L. (2026). Agricultural water balance and variability in Utah Irrigation Canal Companies with OpenET products and spatial data (dataset), HydroShare, https://doi.org/10.4211/hs.c6c495dac3ac4036ae4018abe438afd4

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