Method of controlling soil moisture, water accumulation and fertilizer distribution in land

A system for controlling soil moisture and water accumulation in land, comprising:

• a processing system having one or more processors and memory coupled to the one or more processors, the processing system configured to:
• analyze topographic data to determine elevations and locations of defined areas of the land;
• compute wetness indices for the defined areas of the land;
• and
• determine and alleviate risk based on the determined wetness indices by identifying at risk defined areas of land that are at risk of accumulating water and controlling removal of water from the at risk defined areas of land;
• and
• a water transport mechanism configured to transport water from the at risk defined areas of land.

A computer program product for controlling soil moisture and water accumulation in land, the computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer readable storage medium having program instructions embodied therewith, the program instructions being executable by a computer to cause the computer to perform a method comprising:

• employing elevation and location data from pixels of a topographic image to determine wetness indices for defined areas of land based on a slope between two or more defined areas of land and an upslope contributing area per unit contour length for the defined areas of land;
• based on the wetness indices, identifying at risk defined areas of land that are at risk of accumulating water;
• and
• controlling transport of water from the at risk defined areas of land to reduce the risk of accumulating water in the at risk defined areas of land and enhance crop growth potential.