Kinchafoonee Muckalee
USGS Cataloging Unit
Code: 03130007
Encompassing River Basin: Flint
(Map by Environmental
Protection Agency)
Located in southwest
Georgia, the Kinchafoonee
Muckalee watershed encompasses segments of 9 Georgia
counties. Like the majority of southwest Georgia,
the counties making up the Kinchafoonee Muckalee watershed have a vast
agricultural sector. The largest city positioned inside the Kinchafoonee Muckalee
watershed is Americus. Currently,
there are 356 groundwater permits issued for agricultural use in the Kinchafoonee
Muckalee watershed. In aggregate, these permits allow groundwater to be pumped
at a rate of 256,068 gallons per minute. Similarly, 376 surface water permits
are dispersed throughout the watershed. In total, these permits allow surface
water to be pumped at a rate of 476,450 gallons per minute. Together, agricultural groundwater and
surface water permits in the Kinchafoonee Muckalee watershed authorize total freshwater
withdrawals at a rate of 732,518 gallons per minute. This figure ranks 10th
highest out of the 51 watersheds for which data was available at the time of
this study. For information regarding the percentages for which this watershed’s agricultural water permits
are either over or under allocated, click here.
DATA
TABLES:
Agriculture Groundwater
Permits
Agriculture Surface Water
Permits
Agriculture
Groundwater + Surface Water Permits
Agriculture Groundwater Permitted
Withdrawals in Gallons per Minute
Agriculture Surface Water
Permitted Withdrawals in Gallons per Minute
Agriculture
Groundwater + Surface Water Permitted Withdrawals in Gallons per Minute
Distribution of
Agriculture Water Permits and Permitted Withdrawals (By County)
DATA
CHARTS:
Agriculture Water
Permits
Agriculture Permitted
Withdrawals
Distribution of
Agriculture Groundwater Permits and Permitted Withdrawals (By County)
Distribution of
Agriculture Surface Water Permits and Permitted Withdrawals (By County)
Distribution
of Agriculture Groundwater + Surface Water Permits and Permitted Withdrawals
(By County)