Free Irrigation Zone Calculator

Determine how many irrigation zones are needed based on available water flow and sprinkler head demand.

GPM
GPM

Zones Required

4

Heads per Zone6
Total System Demand48.0 GPM

Zones Required vs Available Water Flow

Irrigation Zone Sizing

Heads per Zone = Available GPM / GPM per Head

Zones = Total Heads / Heads per Zone

Each zone runs one at a time, so the available water flow only needs to support one zone. Group heads with similar precipitation rates into the same zone for uniform coverage.

Example Calculation

24 heads at 2 GPM each, with 12 GPM available.

  1. 01Heads per zone = floor(12 / 2) = 6
  2. 02Zones = ceil(24 / 6) = 4 zones
  3. 03Each zone runs 6 heads at a time.

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