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GroMoPo Metadata for Elkhorn/Loup USGS model


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Abstract

The U.S. Geological Survey, in cooperation with the Lewis and Clark, Lower Elkhorn, Lower Loup, Lower Platte North, Lower Niobrara, Middle Niobrara, Upper Elkhorn, and the Upper Loup Natural Resources Districts, designed a study to refine the spatial and temporal discretization of a previously modeled area. This updated study focused on a 30,000-square-mile area of the High Plains aquifer and constructed regional groundwater-flow models to evaluate the effects of groundwater withdrawal on stream base flow in the Elkhorn and Loup River Basins, Nebraska. The model was calibrated to match groundwater-level and base-flow data from the stream-aquifer system from pre-1940 through 2010 (including predevelopment [pre-1895], early development [1895-1940], and historical development [1940 through 2010] conditions) using an automated parameter-estimation method. The calibrated model then was used to simulate hypothetical development conditions (2011 through 2060). Predicted changes to stream base flow based on simulated changes to groundwater withdrawal will aid in developing strategies for management of hydrologically connected water supplies. Additional wells were simulated throughout the model domain and pumped for 50 years to assess the effect of wells on aquifer depletions, including stream base flow. The percentage of withdrawal for each well after 50 years, which was compensated by aquifer reductions to stream base flow, storage, or evapotranspiration, was computed and mapped. These depletions are influenced by aquifer properties, time, and distance from the well. Stream base-flow depletion results showed that the closer the added well was to a stream, the greatest the effect on the stream base flow. Areas of stream base-flow depletion percentages greater than 80 percent were generally within 1 mile (mi) from the stream. The distance increased to 6 mi near the confluence of the Dismal and Middle Loup Rivers, and the North Loup and Calamus Rivers. The percentage of stream base-flow depletion decreased as the distance from the stream increased. Areas more than 10 mi from the stream generally had a stream base-flow depletion of 10 percent or less. Evapotranspiration depletion was largest in areas closest to streams, specifically in the Elkhorn River watershed. It was also larger in areas of interdunal wetlands within the Sand Hills. Evapotranspiration depletion was negligible in areas greater than 5 mi from a stream, with the exception of interdunal areas in Cherry, Grant, and Arthur Counties. The storage depletion percentage increased as the distance from a stream increased. Storage depletion was largest in areas between streams. Areas experiencing the smallest amount of storage depletion were adjacent to streams. Calibrated model outputs and streamflow depletion analysis are publicly available online. Accuracy of the simulations is affected by input data limitations, system simplifications, assumptions, and resources available at the time of the simulation construction and calibration. Most of the important limitations relate either to data used as simulation inputs or to data used to estimate simulation inputs. Development of the regional simulations focused on generalized hydrogeologic characteristics within the study area and did not attempt to describe variations important to local-scale conditions. These simulations are most appropriate for analyzing groundwater-management scenarios for large areas and during long periods and are not suitable for analysis of small areas or short periods.

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Coverage

Spatial

Coordinate System/Geographic Projection:
WGS 84 EPSG:4326
Coordinate Units:
Decimal degrees
Place/Area Name:
United States
North Latitude
42.9147°
East Longitude
-97.0460°
South Latitude
40.4788°
West Longitude
-102.2095°

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Additional Metadata

Name Value
DOI 10.3133/sir20185106
Depth
Scale < 100 000 km²
Layers 2-5 layers
Purpose groundwater resources
GroMoPo_ID 52
IsVerified True
Model Code MODFLOW
Model Link https://doi.org/10.3133/sir20185106
Model Time 1895-2010, 2011-2060
Model Year 2018
Model Authors A.T. Flynn, J.S. Stanton
Model Country United States
Data Available input and output publicly available;model code
Developer Email aflynn@usgs.gov
Dominant Geology unconsolidated
Developer Country USA
Publication Title Simulation of groundwater flow, 1895-2010, and effects of additional groundwater withdrawals on future stream base flow in the Elkhorn and Loup River Basins, central Nebraska-Phase three
Original Developer No
Additional Information Model was built to simulate the stream-aquifer system from pre-1940 through 2010. The model was split into three models: the pre groundwater development model, which covered pre1940 (pre-1895, approximated using a 1,000-year transient stress period) and early development (1895–1940, using two transient stress periods modeling the start of surface water canal diversions); historical groundwater development (1940 through 2010, using monthly transient stress periods); and future hypothetical development (2011 through 2060, using a single stress period)
Integration or Coupling None of the above
Evaluation or Calibration dynamic water levels;baseflow
Geologic Data Availability

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GroMoPo, C. Mohan (2023). GroMoPo Metadata for Elkhorn/Loup USGS model, HydroShare, http://www.hydroshare.org/resource/3d22952121834243845457670596ba7b

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