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![]() A GFLOW model was constructed of the Park Falls Unit as part of a larger study of the Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest. The model supports the goals of the project by providing improved characterization of the groundwater/surface-water system and a tool to evaluate the sensitivity of hydrologic flows and temperature to future climate and land use changes.
![]() The U.S. Geological Survey constructed a steady-state numerical groundwater flow model in cooperation with Des Moines Water Works (DMWW) to simulate groundwater flow conditions in the Des Moines River alluvial aquifer (DMRA) during winter low-flow conditions typical of December 2018-2020. The Des Moines River alluvial aquifer (DMRA) is an important source of water for Des Moines Water Works (DMWW), the municipal water utility that serves residential and commercial water needs in the city of Des Moines, Iowa and surrounding municipalities. A comprehensive understanding of groundwater flow processes in the DMRA is needed for DMWW to make decisions related to the management of this water resource. A three-layered model...
![]() A three-dimensional MODFLOW-NWT model was constructed to better understand the effects of drought stress on the Cedar River alluvial aquifer, the principal source of municipal water for the City of Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Historically, the aquifer supported the production needs of the City of Cedar Rapids and surrounding area but between July 2011 and February 2013, Iowa experienced severe drought conditions that affected water availability for communities that relied on alluvial aquifers for their production needs. During that time, the City of Cedar Rapids observed water level declines in their horizontal collector wells (HCW) of as much as about 11 meters. Pumping from affected production wells had to be halted to...
Situated in a remote corner of northwestern New Mexico, Chaco Culture National Historical Park (CCNHP) was once the center of a sophisticated social, political and architectural civilization with a 50,000-square mile sphere of influence. The park protects the greatest concentration of Chacoan historical sites in the American Southwest and is arguably the most significant prehistoric site in North America. Following decades of unsuccessful attempts to develop usable near-surface water sources, the National Park Service constructed a 3,100-foot deep well into the Gallup Sandstone aquifer in 1972, providing the park with the first reliable drinking water source since it was established in 1907. The ~100-foot thick...
Parameter ensemble files required to run the Groundwater Nitrate Decision Support Tool for Wisconsin
A groundwater Nitrate Decision Support Tool (GW-NDST) for wells in Wisconsin was developed to assist resource managers with assessing how legacy and possible future nitrate leaching rates, combined with groundwater lag times and potential denitrification, influence nitrate concentrations in wells (Juckem et al. 2024). The GW-NDST relies on an ensemble of calibrated parameters to make nitrate predictions and to estimate the uncertainty of those predictions. This data release contains all of the calibrated parameter files required to run the tool. The files are packaged in a single ZIP file. To run the tool, the ZIP package needs to be downloaded and extracted within the pest/ies_parameter_ensembles/ subdirectory...
Types: Map Service,
OGC WFS Layer,
OGC WMS Layer,
OGC WMS Service;
Tags: PEST,
PESTPP-IES,
USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC),
Wisconsin,
hydrology,
![]() A MODFLOW-NWT groundwater flow model was developed to simulate groundwater movement in the area around Anvil Lake, and groundwater inputs and outputs from the lake from 1980 to 2014. Surface-water hydrology was simulated using the lake package. The MODFLOW model was first calibrated for steady-state conditions, or "average" conditions corresponding to January 1, 1980, to December 31, 2014 to estimate spatial hydrogeologic properties. Following the steady-state calibration, the model was applied in transient mode to estimate average monthly hydrologic conditions (groundwater inputs and outputs) for each year from 1980 to 2014.
![]() A MODFLOW-NWT model was used to simulate the water budget for Haskell Lake and Tower Creek in WI using the Lake, Streamflow Routing, and Unsaturated Zone Flow packages. Particle tracking was performed with the MODFLOW solution (using MODPATH 6). This USGS data release contains all of the input and output files for the simulations described in the associated model documentation report (https://doi.org/10.3133/sir20205024).
![]() The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), in cooperation with the Water Replenishment District of Southern California, developed a regional groundwater model of the Los Angeles Coastal Plain (LACP) incorporating new data, analyses, and modeling tools to better understand the hydrogeology of the groundwater basins. The LACP covers about 580 square miles and is the largest coastal plain of semiarid southern California. This aquifer is heavily developed with mostly residential, commercial, and industrial use and relies heavily on groundwater for its water supply. There has been a heavy reliance on groundwater from the LACP for many years. The need to replenish the groundwater basins within the LACP was recognized as far back...
![]() A groundwater-flow model was developed for the Bad River Watershed and surrounding area by using the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) finite-difference code MODFLOW–NWT. The model simulates steady-state groundwater-flow and base flow in streams by using the streamflow routing (SFR) package. The model was calibrated to groundwater levels and base flows obtained from the USGS National Water Information System (NWIS) database, and groundwater levels obtained from the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources and Bad River Band well-construction databases. Calibration was performed via nonlinear regression by using the parameter-estimation software suite PEST.
This dataset was developed for the BLM-Rapid Ecoregional Assessment (REA) project for the Seward Peninsula - Nulato Hills - Kotzebue Sound Lowlands. This datasets represents the Change Agent, pests and disease, specifically identifiying beetle infestations. The information was collected, cooperatively by aerial surveys by both the USFS, Forest Health Protection (FHP) and ADNR, Div. of Forestry with beetle data clipped to the REA project boundary. The data represents a 10 year cumulative effect for 1989-2010.
![]() The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), in cooperation with the U.S Fish and Wildlife Service, has investigated the hydrology of the Great Dismal Swamp (Swamp) National Wildlife Refuge (Refuge) in Virginia and North Carolina and developed a three-dimensional numerical model to simulate groundwater and surface-water hydrology. The model was developed with MODFLOW-NWT, a USGS numerical groundwater flow modeling program, in combination with the Surface-Water Routing Process, a software package that simulates dynamic surface-water flows, water-control-structure management, and groundwater/surface-water interactions. The steady-state model was calibrated to average spring conditions using automated parameter estimation software...
![]() Hypothetical two-dimensional, steady-state groundwater flow models of a previously published 1988 model calibration exercise were developed using the finite-difference computer code, MODFLOW-2005, to demonstrate the power of modern parameter estimation and uncertainty approaches. For this study, an initial run recreated the 1988 "truth" model. The true model was then simplified to account for information not provided the participants in the 1988 calibration exercise. Increasing sophistication was brought to bear to demonstrate how problems identified in 1988 were overcome using modern software approaches. This USGS data release contains all of the input and output to run the model simulations described in the associated...
![]() A three-dimensional, groundwater model (MODFLOW-2005) was developed to determine effects of future (2019–2100) groundwater development on water levels and natural discharges in the Alkali Flat–Furnace Creek Ranch (AFFCR), Ash Meadows, Pahute Mesa–Oasis Valley (PMOV), and Pahrump to Death Valley South (PDVS) groundwater basins, southern Nevada and California. Two pumping scenarios were developed. Scenario 1 assumed pumping continues at the current (2018) rate through 2100. Scenario 2 assumed all pumping stops in 2018 so that recovery can be observed from 2019–2100. Input and output files for the predictive simulations are in the model and output directories, respectively. The predictive model was calibrated with...
![]() The model simulates two-dimensional groundwater flow and base flow in streams in the Medford Unit of the Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest using the analytic element program GFLOW (Haitjema, 1995). Significant streams and lakes in the model domain are represented at varying levels of detail as linesink elements fully connected to the groundwater system. The highest level of detail is given to surface water features within the Forest Unit, while greatly simplified features around the perimeter of the model provide a boundary condition for the groundwater flow system. Groundwater discharge to the linesinks is computed, and routed through the surface water network as base flow. Recharge to the groundwater system...
![]() The model simulates two-dimensional groundwater flow and base flow in streams in the northern Nicolet Unit of the Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest using the analytic element program GFLOW (Haitjema, 1995). Significant streams and lakes in the model domain are represented at varying levels of detail as linesink elements fully connected to the groundwater system. The highest level of detail is given to surface water features within the Forest Unit, while greatly simplified features around the perimeter of the model provide a boundary condition for the groundwater flow system. Groundwater discharge to the linesinks is computed, and routed through the surface water network as base flow. Recharge to the groundwater...
![]() A new groundwater flow model was created for Dane County, Wisconsin, to replace an earlier model developed in the 1990s by the Wisconsin Geological and Natural History Survey (WGNHS) and the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). This modeling study was conducted cooperatively by the WGNHS, the Capital Area Regional Planning Commission, and the USGS. Although the overall conceptual model of the groundwater system remains largely unchanged, the incorporation of newly acquired, high-quality datasets, recent research findings, and improved modeling and calibration techniques have led to the development of a much more detailed and sophisticated model representation of the groundwater system. The new model is three-dimensional...
Categories: Data;
Tags: Ancell Group,
Dane County,
Eau Claire Formation,
Groundwater,
Groundwater Model,
![]() The Little Plover River groundwater flow model simulates three-dimensional groundwater movement in and around Wisconsin’s Little Plover River basin under steady-state and transient conditions. The groundwater flow model uses the U.S. Geological Survey’s MODFLOW-NWT modeling code. This model explicitly includes all high-capacity wells in the model domain and simulates seasonal variations in recharge and well pumping. The model represents the Little Plover River, and other significant streams and drainage ditches in the model domain, as fully connected to the groundwater system, computes stream base flow resulting from groundwater discharge, and routes the flow along the stream channel. A separate soil-water-balance...
![]() Data represent presence/absence for cedar decline occurrence. Cedar decline refers to the dying or decline of yellow-cedar (Chamaecyparis nootkatensis) forests in Southeast Alaska and is characterized by red or yellow foliage in trees currently dying, or by white-gray snags of old mortality. Mapped snags can be standing dead as long as eighty years. The data were collected via aerial sketch mapping techniques and recorded on 1:250,000 USGS base maps from 500-3000 foot above ground level(AGL) observations. Survey coverage has been most intense for forests adjacent to shorelines and waterways. Data are collected, refined and updated on an annual basis. This data represent not one year's mortality but the cumulative...
Categories: Data;
Types: ArcGIS REST Map Service,
Map Service;
Tags: Aerial,
Alaska,
Damage,
Disease,
Forest,
This data represents areas of forest damage due to insect infestation, fire, flood, landslides, and windthrow. The information was collected, cooperatively by aerial surveys by both the USFS, Forest Health Protection (FHP) and ADNR, Div. of Forestry. Surveys are conducted primarily in July and August so that pest "signatures" may be identified during the optimal period for symptom development of ocular estimation. The aerial survey is coordinated such that the maximum extent of recent bark beetle damage (fading trees) and insect defoliation (discoloration, foliage loss) patterns may be determined. Surveys are flown in Southeast Alaska, Southcentral Alaska and Interior Alaska. The data represents a 10 year cumulative...
![]() A three-dimensional, groundwater-flow model (MODFLOW-2005) was developed to estimate the hydraulic properties (e.g., transmissivity, hydraulic conductivity, specific yield, and specific storage) of volcanic rocks in Pahute Mesa, Nye County, Nevada. The model was calibrated using parameter estimation (PEST) by fitting estimated drawdowns to simulated drawdowns from 16 multiple-well aquifer tests. Water-level models were used to estimate drawdowns from continuous water-level data collected during multiple-well aquifer testing. This USGS data release contains all of the input and output files for the simulations described in the associated model documentation report (http://doi.org/10.3133/sir20165151). This data release...
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