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A Closer Look A Garden City, Kansas, USA story

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Description

Taking a closer look at Garden City shows the expansion in area the city experienced since 1972. They also show the proximity of the city to those center-pivot irrigation circles. Four of these circles take up almost 1 square mile, or one section, of land.

Southwest of Garden City is an area absent of irrigated crops. This marks the location of the Sandsage Bison Range Wildlife Area, a reserve for many Plains natives, including an American bison herd.

Another gap in irrigated cropland is a bit to the west of the game refuge. Marked by light spots is Holcomb Station, a coal-fired power plant operated by the Sunflower Electric Power Corporation. The plant opened in 1983, so it does not appear in the 1972 Landsat image. The 362-megawatt station uses coal mined in Wyoming's Powder River Basin.

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Aug. 16, 1972, Landsat 1 (path/row 32/34) — Center-pivot irrigation near Garden City, Kansas, USA

Aug. 16, 1972, Landsat 1 (path/row 32/34) — Center-pivot irrigation near Garden City, Kansas, USA

Aug. 15, 1988, Landsat 5 (path/row 30/34) — Center-pivot irrigation near Garden City, Kansas, USA

Aug. 15, 1988, Landsat 5 (path/row 30/34) — Center-pivot irrigation near Garden City, Kansas, USA

Aug. 15, 2011, Landsat 5 (path/row 30/34) — Center-pivot irrigation near Garden City, Kansas, USA

Aug. 15, 2011, Landsat 5 (path/row 30/34) — Center-pivot irrigation near Garden City, Kansas, USA

Nov. 3, 2011, Landsat 5 (path/row 30/34) — Center-pivot irrigation near Garden City, Kansas, USA

Nov. 3, 2011, Landsat 5 (path/row 30/34) — Center-pivot irrigation near Garden City, Kansas, USA

Aug. 16, 1972, Landsat 1 (path/row 32/34) — Center-pivot irrigation near Garden City, Kansas, USA
Aug. 15, 1988, Landsat 5 (path/row 30/34) — Center-pivot irrigation near Garden City, Kansas, USA
Aug. 15, 2011, Landsat 5 (path/row 30/34) — Center-pivot irrigation near Garden City, Kansas, USA
Nov. 3, 2011, Landsat 5 (path/row 30/34) — Center-pivot irrigation near Garden City, Kansas, USA

Garden City, Kansas, USA Additional Imagery & Stories

Growing Season to Harvest
Growing Season to Harvest

These 2011 images show the seasonal progression of the irrigated crops in this area, from around the peak of the growing season to harvest. The August...

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