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MODFLOW-OWHM used to characterize the flow system of the Petaluma River Watershed, Sonoma County, California

Dates

Release Date
2022-01-01
Start Date
1959-10-01
End Date
2015-09-30
Publication Date

Citation

Traum, J.A., 2022, MODFLOW-OWHM used to characterize the flow system of the Petaluma River Watershed, Sonoma County, California: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P965IDQZ.

Summary

The Petaluma Valley integrated hydrologic model (PVIHM) was developed by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) in cooperation with the Sonoma County Water Agency and the City of Petaluma. The PVIHM simulates the 99,000-acre Petaluma valley watershed and includes 54,000 acres where groundwater flow is active. The model simulates 56 years of historical hydrology (water years 1960–2015) that includes a range of wet and dry climatic conditions. The model incorporates data collected from local (Sonoma County Water Agency and City of Petaluma), State, and Federal sources. The PVIHM is an integrated hydrologic model that simulates groundwater-flow, surface-water flow, and land-surface process systems in a single model using MODFLOW-OWHM. The [...]

Contacts

Point of Contact :
Jonathan A. Traum, U.S. Geological Survey
Originator :
Jonathan A. Traum
Metadata Contact :
U.S. Geological Survey
SDC Data Owner :
California Water Science Center
USGS Mission Area :
Water Resources

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sir2022-5009.xml
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View 		13.47 KB application/fgdc+xml
readme.txt 9.58 KB text/plain
modelgeoref.txt 753 Bytes text/plain
ancillary.zip 92.08 MB application/zip
bin.zip 7.58 MB application/zip
georef.zip 16.46 KB application/zip
model.zip 75.4 MB application/zip
source.zip 55.53 MB application/zip
sir2022-5009Thumbnail.jpg thumbnail 520.14 KB image/jpeg
output.zip 313.21 MB application/zip

Purpose

The Petaluma Valley Integrated Hydrologic Model (PVIHM) provides a tool that local water managers, such as the Petaluma Valley Groundwater Sustainability Agency (GSA), Sonoma County Water Agency (SCWA), and the city of Petaluma, can use to evaluate groundwater sustainability. The PVIHM simulates groundwater altitudes, groundwater storage, and groundwater and surface-water exchange, which are three of the six criteria used to evaluate groundwater sustainability under the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA). Model-simulated scenarios can evaluate natural changes, such as the hydrologic effects of historical and future climate scenarios. In addition, model simulations can be used to evaluate effects of management actions, such as water conservation; enhanced recharge projects; and the conjunctive use of surface water, recycled water, and groundwater. This USGS data release contains all of the input and output files for the PVIHM model, which are described in the associated Scientific Investigation Report (https://doi.org/10.3133/sir20225009)
Image of the model domain and active area of the model.
Image of the model domain and active area of the model.

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These data were originally released on the Water Mission Area National Spatial Data Infrastructure Node and were migrated to sciencebase.gov in 2023.

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DOI https://www.sciencebase.gov/vocab/category/item/identifier doi:10.5066/P965IDQZ

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