Irrigation planning from the map up

FieldFlowCAD

Design your irrigation system on your own ground. Map fields, ditches, pipes, headgates, risers, contours, flow, repairs, parts, and costs in one browser workspace. Try your first project free — no card required.

CAD tools for fields, ditches, pipe, risers, ponds, and gates USGS elevation, contours, USDA soils, and hydrography references AI design analysis, gate sizing, simulation, and cost estimates Districts: staff dispatch, customer reports, and free customer access

How it works

From property lookup to a working irrigation plan.

FieldFlowCAD keeps the flow simple for landowners while preserving professional controls for contractors, water officials, and crews.

1

Type the address

Start with the property, aerial imagery, scale, contours, soils, nearby canals, diversions, and field boundaries.

2

Draw or generate

Use templates for flood, pipe, risers, furrow, pivot, solid set, hand move, ponds, culverts, and mixed systems.

3

Size, simulate, export

Review flow, headgate capacity, set times, warnings, parts, costs, repair needs, and CAD handoff files.

FieldFlowCAD CAD workspace showing mapped fields, ditches, pipes, headgates, risers, flow labels, pond, and analysis controls.
CAD workspaceDraw, inspect, analyze, simulate, and export
FieldFlowCAD WaterOps map showing canals, laterals, headgates, flow arrows, issue reports, work queue, and selected feature inspector.
WaterOps mapTrack repairs, parts, schedules, priorities, and official context

CAD and records

Built around irrigation objects, not generic tickets.

Every field, gate, pipe, ditch, pond, contour, report, repair, part, and work order belongs on the same map.

Draw over real ground

Locate a property, work at true scale, trace fields, and place water infrastructure where it actually sits.

Terrain and soils

Use USGS elevation, contours, and USDA soil detection to inform slopes, field water needs, and planning assumptions.

Hydraulic sizing

Calculate ditches, pipes, headgates, turnouts, risers, demand, velocity, pressure, and warnings from the drawing.

Simulation

Turn water on, operate gates, watch live flow totals, and track gallons, acre-feet, and field application.

Parts and costs

Build material lists, repair parts, estimated costs, actual costs, and work-order budgets from the same map.

Official references

Bring in canals, diversions, parcels, water-right references, source notes, and agency layers where public data allows.

Templates

Start with flood, border, furrow, district, pivot, hand line, piped, riser, pond, and tailwater patterns.

Exports

Save JSON project backups and export DXF files for CAD, GIS, contractor, or agency handoff workflows.

AI-ready plans

Structured project data sets the foundation for draft irrigation plans with assumptions, warnings, and field checks.

Pricing

Try it free. Pay only if it earns a spot in your workflow.

Irrigation districts and canal companies pay for the Official membership — their own registered customers get full access free. Individual ranchers and farmers who aren't with a subscribed district can join FieldFlowCAD directly.

Free trial

$0

One project, no card required

  • Full CAD drawing and sizing tools
  • One saved project, one time
  • No AI design analysis
  • No cost estimates
  • No district/staff tools
Try it free

FieldFlowCAD membership

$19.99/mo

or $199/yr

  • Unlimited projects and cloud saves
  • AI design analysis and chat assistant
  • Full cost estimates and bill of materials
  • For individual ranchers, farmers, and contractors
Join FieldFlowCAD

Official / district membership

$149/mo

or $1,999/yr

  • Everything in FieldFlowCAD membership
  • District/WaterOps staff, crew, and dispatch tools
  • Your registered customers get full access free
  • For irrigation districts and canal companies
Set up your district

Water operations

Report, schedule, repair, and close the loop.

Water users, officials, and crews need one shared map for infrastructure context. FieldFlowCAD connects reports to canals, headgates, valves, laterals, parts, work history, and schedules.

Customer reports

Map-click reporting ties blowouts, leaks, broken headgates, obstructions, and access notes to exact locations.

Official triage

Priority, assignment, scheduled repair date, parts needed, and official notes stay visible beside the map.

Crew updates

Field personnel can mark in progress, add notes, record parts used, and close work with actual costs.

Repair history

Infrastructure objects become records over time: what failed, what was repaired, what parts were used, and when.

Start from the map

Open the irrigation workspace.

Try your first project free. Upgrade to FieldFlowCAD membership for unlimited projects, AI analysis, and cost estimates — or set up an Official membership for your district, with free access for your own customers.