2015 Irrigated acres feature class for the Upper Rio Grande Basin, New Mexico and Texas, United States and Chihuahua, Mexico

Consumptive use (CU) of water is an important factor for determining water availability and groundwater storage. Many regional stakeholders and water-supply managers in the Upper Rio Grande Basin have indicated CU is of primary concern in their water-management strategies, yet CU data is sparse for this area. This polygon feature class, which represents irrigated acres for 2015, is a geospatial component of the U.S. Geological Survey National Water Census Upper Rio Grande Basin (URGB) focus area study's effort to improve quantification of CU in parts of New Mexico, west Texas, and northern Chihuahua. These digital data accompany Ivahnenko, T.I., Flickinger, A.K., Galanter, A.E., Douglas-Mankin, K.R., Lentz, W., Pedraza, D.E., Senay, G.B., 2020, Public Supply, Domestic and Irrigation Water Withdrawal, Use and Trends in the Upper Rio Grande Basin, 1985-2015: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report XXXX, XX p., https://dx.doi.org/10.3133/sirXXXX.