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Samples were collected from Willow Creek Lake approximately monthly during May through September by the Nebraska Department of Environmental Quality as a part of the Ambient Lake Monitoring Program since at least 1989. Lake samples were analyzed for several constituents, including nutrients and chlorophyll. Though several different station identification numbers have been used over the course of monitoring, the general location of sampling corresponds to the deep site referenced in Rus and others (2018).
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The High Plains aquifer extends from approximately 32 to 44 degrees north latitude and 96 degrees 30 minutes to 106 degrees west longitude. The aquifer underlies about 175,000 square miles in parts of Colorado, Kansas, Nebraska, New Mexico, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Texas, and Wyoming. This digital dataset consists of a raster of water-level changes for the High Plains aquifer, predevelopment (about 1950) to 2019. It was created using water-level measurements from 2,741 wells measured in both the predevelopment period (about 1950) and in 2019, the latest available static water level measured in 2015 to 2018 from 71 wells in New Mexico and using other published information on water-level change in areas with few water-level...
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These data were released prior to the October 1, 2016 effective date for the USGS’s policy dictating the review, approval, and release of scientific data as referenced in USGS Survey Manual Chapter 502.8 Fundamental Science Practices: Review and Approval of Scientific Data for Release. This data set consists of digital water-level-change contours for the High Plains aquifer in the central United States, predevelopment (about 1950) to 2007. The High Plains aquifer extends from south of 32 degrees to almost 44 degrees north latitude and from 96 degrees 30 minutes to 104 degrees west longitude. The aquifer underlies about 174,000 square miles in parts of Colorado, Kansas, Nebraska, New Mexico, Oklahoma, South Dakota,...
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These datasets are raster files that represent water depths associated with each flood inundation boundary for 157 flooding scenarios in an 8-mile reach of the Papillion Creek near Offutt Air Force Base. These raster files were created by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) in cooperation with the U.S. Air Force, Offutt Air Force Base for use within the USGS Flood Inundation Mapping program. The flood-inundation maps, which can be accessed through the USGS Flood Inundation Mapping Science website at https://www.usgs.gov/mission-areas/water-resources/science/flood-inundation-mapping-fim-program, depict estimates of the areal extent and depth of flooding corresponding to selected water levels (stages) at the USGS streamgages...
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These data were released prior to the October 1, 2016 effective date for the USGS’s policy dictating the review, approval, and release of scientific data as referenced in USGS Survey Manual Chapter 502.8 Fundamental Science Practices: Review and Approval of Scientific Data for Release. This data set consists of digital water-level-change contours for the High Plains aquifer in the Central United States, 1980 to 1996. The High Plains aquifer extends from south of 32 degrees to almost 44 degrees north latitude and from 96 degrees 30 minutes to 104 degrees west longitude. The aquifer underlies about 174,000 square miles in parts of Colorado, Kansas, Nebraska, New Mexico, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Texas, and Wyoming....
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Chemistry data were collected or compiled from stream water, lake water, and groundwater. Stream water samples were collected more frequently to capture the range of streamflow conditions. Discretely collected samples were analyzed for nitrogen content (total Kjeldahl nitrogen and nitrate plus nitrite nitrogen) and phosphorus (total phosphorus and phosphate as phosphorus). A subset of samples were analyzed for nitrogen and oxygen isotopes associated with nitrate and phosphate, respectively, to identify nutrient sources in Willow Creek Lake.
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The retention or release of nutrients into the water column from sediment, also known as internal loading, is another source of nutrients to the lake water column. Sediment cores collected from Willow Creek Lake in September 2013 and June 2014 were incubated for 7 days to assess potential for sediment to produce or consume water column phosphorus under aerobic (oxic) and anaerobic (anoxic) conditions using techniques similar to Penn and others (2000); the oxic conditions served as a control and the anoxic conditions represented typical lake sediment environments. Phosphate as phosphorus and total dissolved phosphorus release rates (milligrams phosphorus per square meter per day) were estimated by dividing the change...
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These data were released prior to the October 1, 2016 effective date for the USGS’s policy dictating the review, approval, and release of scientific data as referenced in USGS Survey Manual Chapter 502.8 Fundamental Science Practices: Review and Approval of Scientific Data for Release. The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), in cooperation with the Lewis and Clark Natural Resources District (NRD), Lower Elkhorn NRD, Lower Loup NRD, Lower Platte North NRD, Lower Niobrara NRD, Middle Niobrara NRD, Upper Elkhorn NRD, and Upper Loup NRD, have agreed to cooperatively study water resources from prior to the beginning of irrigation development to 2005 in the Elkhorn-Loup Model (ELM) area using a ground-water-flow model. The...
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The data set contains vertical profiles of physical (water temperature, specific conductance, pH, dissolved oxygen, and turbidity) and biological measurements (chlorophyll-a and phycocyanin) that were measured hourly and then summarized on a daily basis within Willow Creek Lake during the non-winter seasons.
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These data were released prior to the October 1, 2016 effective date for the USGS’s policy dictating the review, approval, and release of scientific data as referenced in USGS Survey Manual Chapter 502.8 Fundamental Science Practices: Review and Approval of Scientific Data for Release. The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), in cooperation with the Lewis and Clark Natural Resources District (NRD), Lower Elkhorn NRD, Lower Loup NRD, Lower Platte North NRD, Lower Niobrara NRD, Middle Niobrara NRD, Upper Elkhorn NRD, and Upper Loup NRD, have agreed to cooperatively study water resources from prior to the beginning of irrigation development to 2005 in the Elkhorn-Loup Model (ELM) area using a ground-water-flow model. The...
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These data were released prior to the October 1, 2016 effective date for the USGS’s policy dictating the review, approval, and release of scientific data as referenced in USGS Survey Manual Chapter 502.8 Fundamental Science Practices: Review and Approval of Scientific Data for Release. This data release includes a polygon shapefile of grid cells attributed with values representing the simulated base-flow, evapotranspiration, and groundwater-storage depletions as a percentage of hypothetical well pumpage for the 2006-2055 time period. Depletions were simulated by the Phase-Two Elkhorn-Loup Model (ELM), constructed using MODFLOW-2005 (Harbaugh, 2005) with the Groundwater Vistas, version 5, software (Environmental...
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The High Plains aquifer extends from approximately 32 to 44 degrees north latitude and 96 degrees 30 minutes to 106 degrees west longitude. The aquifer underlies about 175,000 square miles in parts of Colorado, Kansas, Nebraska, New Mexico, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Texas, and Wyoming. This dataset consists of a raster of estimated water-level changes for the High Plains aquifer from pre-irrigation season 2017 to pre-irrigation season 2019. This digital dataset was created using water-level measurements from 7,195 wells measured in both 2017 and 2019. The map was reviewed for consistency with the relevant data at a scale of 1:1,000,000. Negative raster-cell values correspond to decline in water level and positive...
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As a part of the statewide Public Beach Monitoring Program–Bacteria and Microcystin, the Lower Elkhorn Natural Resources District collected weekly samples at Willow Creek Lake to monitor microcystin concentrations. The monitoring generally followed the procedures described by Graham and others (2008) for recreational areas. Sampling occurred weekly during May through September, 2006 to 2014, though data provided in this Data Release are limited to 2012 to 2014. Grab samples were collected from the water surface by wading at the south-shore swimming beach. In the laboratory, the samples underwent three freeze-thaw cycles to lyse the cells prior to analysis using the enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay technique to...
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These data-sets are polygon shapefiles that represent flood inundation boundaries for 157 flooding scenarios in an 8-mile reach of the Papillion Creek near Offutt Air Force Base. These shapefiles were created by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) in cooperation with the U.S. Air Force, Offutt Air Force Base for use within the USGS Flood Inundation Mapping program. The flood-inundation maps, which can be accessed through the USGS Flood Inundation Mapping Science website at https://www.usgs.gov/mission-areas/water-resources/science/flood-inundation-mapping-fim-program, depict estimates of the areal extent and depth of flooding corresponding to selected water levels (stages) at the USGS streamgages on the Papillion...
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This data release contains the inputs and outputs from the development of Escherichia coli (E. coli) concentration models for the four Missouri River sites near Omaha, Nebraska. Model development, models, and results are published in the associated U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) report Densmore and others, 2020. Load Estimator models (LOADEST) (Runkel and others, 2004) were developed from the first 5 years of data (July 2012–September 2016). Sites include Missouri River at NP Dodge Park at Omaha, Nebr. (USGS Site ID 412126095565201), Missouri River at Freedom Park Omaha, Nebr. (USGS Site ID 411636095535104), Missouri River near Council Bluffs, Iowa (USGS Site ID 06610505), and Missouri River near La Platte, Nebr....
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Several pre-existing datasets that characterize portions of the Northern High Plains aquifer base were merged together in order to define the entire base of the Northern High Plains aquifer. This digital dataset consists of the aquifer base elevation contours (100-foot contour interval) for the northern portion of the High Plains aquifer in the central United States. The boundaries were chosen to simplify boundary conditions for a computer simulation model being used for a hydrologic study of the Northern High Plains.
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The High Plains aquifer extends from approximately 32 to 44 degrees north latitude and from 96 degrees 30 minutes to 106 degrees west longitude. The aquifer underlies about 175,000 square miles in parts of Colorado, Kansas, Nebraska, New Mexico, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Texas, and Wyoming. This digital dataset contains water-level measurements from wells screened in the High Plains aquifer and measured in both predevelopment (about 1950) and for 2019. There were 2,741 wells measured in both predevelopment (about 1950) and 2019 as well as 71 wells located in New Mexico, which were measured in predevelopment and at least once between 2015 and 2018. These water-level measurements were used to map water-level changes,...
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Flow interaction between Willow Creek Lake and groundwater was calculated from a lake water balance (Healy and others, 2007) in which all of the other flow components were either measured or estimated between 2012 and 2014 (as described in Rus and others, 2018) and the interaction was the residual term. Inflow terms consisted of streamflow at three sites (Foster, NT, and ST) as well as the direct precipitation onto the lake. Measured outflow terms consisted of the streamflow at the outflow site and the direct evaporation from the lake. Increases in lake storage had the same effect on the water balance as an outflow. All components of the water balance were tabulated on a daily basis and converted to units of acre-feet...
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A meteorological station was deployed on the dam to measure hourly relative humidity, wind speed and direction, and photosynthetically active radiation between August 3, 2012 and October 30, 2014, with air temperature and solar radiation added on April 30, 2013. Additional meteorological data were obtained from the National Climatic Data Center (2015): Precipitation data were obtained from Pierce, Nebr.; Air temperature, wind speed, and wind direction data were obtained from Norfolk, Nebr., and were used to fill gaps in measured meteorological datasets. These gaps primarily corresponded to the period between the beginning of the furnished data (January 1, 2012) and the onset of measurements on the dam (August 3,...
Categories: Data; Tags: Willow Creek Lake, meteorology
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The High Plains aquifer extends from about 32 degrees to almost 44 degrees north latitude and from about 96 degrees 30 minutes to 106 degrees west longitude. The aquifer underlies about 175,000 square miles in parts of Colorado, Kansas, Nebraska, New Mexico, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Texas, and Wyoming. This digital dataset consists of three sets of water-level measurements. The first set are the supplemental water-level measurements for 547 wells screened in the High Plains aquifer, not located in New Mexico, measured in predevelopment and at least once for 2015 through 2018, but not for 2019. These supplemental measurements were used to calculate historical water-level change values for predevelopment to 2015 to...


map background search result map search result map Monitoring Data for Willow Creek Lake, Nebraska, 2012–14—Lake Chemistry Monitoring Data for Willow Creek Lake, Nebraska, 2012–14—Meteorology Monitoring Data for Willow Creek Lake, Nebraska, 2012–14—Microcystin Monitoring Data for Willow Creek Lake, Nebraska, 2012–14—Profiler Monitoring Data for Willow Creek Lake, Nebraska, 2012–14—Sampling Data Monitoring Data for Willow Creek Lake, Nebraska, 2012–14—Sediment Nutrients Monitoring Data for Willow Creek Lake, Nebraska, 2012–14—Water Balance Modeling Escherichia coli in the Missouri River near Omaha, Nebraska, 2012-16: Model Inputs and Outputs Base of aquifer contours for the Northern High Plains aquifer Digital data set of water-level changes in the High Plains aquifer in parts of Colorado, Kansas, Nebraska, New Mexico, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Texas, and Wyoming, 1980 to 1996 Digital map of the configuration of the base of the principal aquifer in the Elkhorn-Loup Model area, north-central Nebraska Digital map of the test-hole and well data used to estimate the configuration of the base of the principal aquifer and the geologic units underlying the principal aquifer in the Elkhorn-Loup model area, north-central Nebraska Digital map of water-level changes in the High Plains aquifer in parts of Colorado, Kansas, Nebraska, New Mexico, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Texas, and Wyoming, predevelopment (about 1950) to 2007 Percentage of Hypothetical Well Pumpage Causing Depletions to Simulated Base Flow, Evapotranspiration, and Groundwater Storage in the Elkhorn and Loup River Basins, 2006 through 2055 Shapefile of flood inundation maps for Papillion Creek near Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska Depth grids of flood inundation maps for Papillion Creek near Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska F01_hpwicpd19t_Raster dataset of mapped water-level changes in the High Plains aquifer, predevelopment (about 1950) to 2019 F02_hpwicpd19pt_Water-level change data from wells used to map water-level changes in the High Plains aquifer, predevelopment (about 1950) to 2019 F03_hpw1cpd19sp_Supplemental water-level change data from wells used to substantiate the map of water-level changes in the High Plains aquifer, predevelopment (about 1950) to 2019 F04_hpwlc1719t_Raster dataset of mapped water-level changes in the High Plains aquifer, 2017 to 2019 Monitoring Data for Willow Creek Lake, Nebraska, 2012–14—Lake Chemistry Monitoring Data for Willow Creek Lake, Nebraska, 2012–14—Meteorology Monitoring Data for Willow Creek Lake, Nebraska, 2012–14—Microcystin Monitoring Data for Willow Creek Lake, Nebraska, 2012–14—Profiler Monitoring Data for Willow Creek Lake, Nebraska, 2012–14—Sediment Nutrients Shapefile of flood inundation maps for Papillion Creek near Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska Depth grids of flood inundation maps for Papillion Creek near Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska Modeling Escherichia coli in the Missouri River near Omaha, Nebraska, 2012-16: Model Inputs and Outputs Monitoring Data for Willow Creek Lake, Nebraska, 2012–14—Sampling Data Monitoring Data for Willow Creek Lake, Nebraska, 2012–14—Water Balance Percentage of Hypothetical Well Pumpage Causing Depletions to Simulated Base Flow, Evapotranspiration, and Groundwater Storage in the Elkhorn and Loup River Basins, 2006 through 2055 Digital map of the test-hole and well data used to estimate the configuration of the base of the principal aquifer and the geologic units underlying the principal aquifer in the Elkhorn-Loup model area, north-central Nebraska Digital map of the configuration of the base of the principal aquifer in the Elkhorn-Loup Model area, north-central Nebraska Base of aquifer contours for the Northern High Plains aquifer F03_hpw1cpd19sp_Supplemental water-level change data from wells used to substantiate the map of water-level changes in the High Plains aquifer, predevelopment (about 1950) to 2019 F02_hpwicpd19pt_Water-level change data from wells used to map water-level changes in the High Plains aquifer, predevelopment (about 1950) to 2019 Digital data set of water-level changes in the High Plains aquifer in parts of Colorado, Kansas, Nebraska, New Mexico, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Texas, and Wyoming, 1980 to 1996 Digital map of water-level changes in the High Plains aquifer in parts of Colorado, Kansas, Nebraska, New Mexico, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Texas, and Wyoming, predevelopment (about 1950) to 2007 F01_hpwicpd19t_Raster dataset of mapped water-level changes in the High Plains aquifer, predevelopment (about 1950) to 2019 F04_hpwlc1719t_Raster dataset of mapped water-level changes in the High Plains aquifer, 2017 to 2019