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Soil Moisture Stress Condition in Northern Karnataka as

on 7th May 2016

State-wide Soil Moisture Stress Conditions

State-wide assessment of soil moisture stress conditions as on as on 7th May 2016 is given in

fig-1 and table-1. It is observed that 88% of the Karnataka State is under moderate and severe

soil moisture stress conditions, 3% reduction as compared to 3rd

May 2016.

Fig-1: Surface soil moisture stress in Karnataka (red and brown colors indicate severe and

moderate soil moisture stress, respectively as on 7th

May 2016).

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Table-1: Soil moisture stress conditions in Karnataka as on 7th May 2016, compared with 3

rd

May 2016.

Sl No

Class

7th

May 2016 3rd

May 2016

Remarks Area (ha) % Area (ha) %

1 Severe 8246676.5 43.0 10394648.3 54.2 No crops

2 Moderate 8710867.2 45.4 7032511.4 36.7 No crops

3 Mild 1784140.5 9.3 1745748.5 9.1 Sparse crop cover

4 Normal Moisture

Conditions 59207.7 0.3 9094.4 0.0 Mostly forest

5 Cloud 388574.4 2.0

19189466.2 100 19182002.6 100

Soil Moisture Stress Conditions in Districts of Northern Karnataka

Eighty five percent area in Northern Karnataka experience moderate and severe soil moisture

stress conditions as on 7th May 2016, a decrease of 1% as compared to 3

rd May 2016. Among

Northern Karnataka districts (Table-2) Dharwad and Gadag has highest area, 99.9%, under

moderate and severe soil moisture stress conditions followed by Haveri (99.6), Koppal

(99.4%), Raichur (99.3%), Ballari (99.1%) and Sixty six out of 69 taluks suffered moderate

and severe soil moisture stress conditions (Fig-2 and Table-3).

Fig-2: Soil moisture stress in Northern Districts of Karnataka (red and brown colors indicate

severe and moderate soil moisture stress, respectively) as on 7th May 2016.

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Table-2: District-wise area under soil moisture stress conditions in North Karnataka as on 7th

May 2016.

Sl

No

District

Name

Normal

Moisture % Mild % Moderate % Severe %

1 Bagalakot 5144.9 0.8 57638.4 8.8 447603.2 68.1 146647.5 22.3

2 Belagavi 4528.1 0.3 225293.7 16.8 767232.4 57.2 344243.7 25.7

3 Ballari 205.1 0.0 7797.4 0.9 270141.6 31.9 567468.9 67.1

4 Bidar 137.0 0.0 259980.7 47.7 279346.7 51.3 5557.9 1.0

5 Vijayapura 2993.9 0.3 244481.0 23.3 774673.2 73.8 27378.5 2.6

6 Dharawada 143.3 0.0 310.2 0.1 165366.9 38.9 259776.8 61.0

7 Gadag 191.6 0.0 725.4 0.2 270749.1 58.2 193587.2 41.6

8 Kalaburagi 1450.7 0.1 466250.8 42.5 567665.5 51.8 60744.9 5.5

9 Haveri 109.4 0.0 1822.6 0.4 88711.5 18.4 391595.1 81.2

10 Koppal 163.7 0.0 3191.8 0.6 186727.8 33.5 367477.4 65.9

11 Raichur 1051.2 0.1 4914.4 0.6 327430.7 38.8 511149.5 60.5

12 Yadgir 430.9 0.1 10360.1 2.0 177341.1 33.6 339400.5 64.3

Total 16549.9 0.2 1282766.4 14.5 4322989.8 48.9 3215028.1 36.4

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Table-3: List of Taluks under different soil moisture stress conditions in Northern Karnataka

as on 7th May 2016.

Sl.No. Name of

Districts

Severe Moderate Mild

1 Bagalakot Badami Bilagi, Jamkhandi,

Mudhol, Bagalkot and

Hungund

-

2 Belagavi Belagavi, Saundatti,

Bailhongal and

Khanapur

Hukeri, Gokak,

Chikodi, Ramdurg and

Raybag

Athani

3 Ballari Hadagali,

HagariBommanahalli,

Kudligi,Sandur, Hospet,

Ballari and Siruguppa

-

-

4 Bidar

-

Bidar, Basavakalyan

and Humnabad

Aurad and Bhalki

5 Vijayapura Sindigi, Vijayapura,

Indi, Muddebihal and

Basavanabagevadi

-

6 Dharwad Dharwad, Kalaghatigi

and Hubli

Navalgund and

Kundagol

-

7 Raichur Lingasugur, Devadurga,

Manvi and

Raichur

Sindhnur

-

8 Gadag Shirahati, Mundargi and

Gadag

Rona and Naragund

-

9 Kalaburagi

-

Chitapur, Jevarge,

Chincholi and Sedam

Aland,

Kalaburagi and

Afzalpura

10 Haveri Haveri, Hangal,

Byadagi, Savanur,

Shiggaon, Ranibennur

and Hirekerur

-

-

11 Koppal Yelaburga, Kustagi,

Gangavathi and Koppal

- -

12 Yadgir Shorapur, Shahpur and

Yadgir

- -

Total (69) 36 27 6

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Soil moisture stress condition map overlaid with irrigation command area and forest areas are

shown in Fig-3 and 4 respectively.

Fig-3: Forest area overlaid on soil moisture stress map in Northern Districts of Karnataka.

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Fig-4: Irrigation command area overlaid on soil moisture stress map in Northern Districts of

Karnataka.

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Conclusion

In the districts of Northern Karnataka the area under moderate and severe soil

moisture stress as on 7th May 2016 was 85% spread in 63 taluks compared to 86%

spread in 61 taluks as on 3rd

May 2016.