The FVR_2016 folder contains the input files needed to run the Fena Valley Reservoir water-balance model and a README_FVR_2016.txt document that describes the contents of this archive and the execution of the water-balance model.

The FVR_2016_historic_future folder contains the input files needed to run the Fena Valley Reservoir water-balance model for the historic and future periods and a README_FVR_2016_historic_future.txt document that describes the contents of this folder and how to execute the water-balance model (https://doi.org/10.5066/F7HH6HV4) with the historic and future input files.

The FVR_2016_historic_future folder contains the input files needed to run the Fena Valley Reservoir water-balance model for the historic and future periods and a README_FVR_2016_historic_future.txt document that describes the contents of this folder and how to execute the water-balance model (https://doi.org/10.5066/F7HH6HV4) with the historic and future input files.

This data release contains the input files for the watershed and water-balance models that simulate historic (1990‒2009) and future (2080‒2099) climate conditions on Guam. These simulations are described in the associated Scientific Investigations Report, “Water Resources on Guam—Potential Impacts of and Adaptive Response to Climate Change" by Stephen B. Gingerich, Adam G. Johnson, Sarah N. Rosa, Mathieu D. Marineau, Scott A. Wright, Lauren E. Hay, Matthew J. Widlansky, John W. Jenson, Corinne I. Wong, Jay L. Banner, Victoria W. Keener, and Melissa L. Finucane (https://doi.org/10.3133/sir20195095). The watershed and water-balance models were previously published in “Supporting data for Fena Valley Reservoir watershed and water-balance model, southern Guam” (Rosa and Hay, 2017). Data are provided in two folders: 1) the PRMS_2016_historic_future folder contains the climate by hydrologic response unit (HRU) data files (CBH_files folder) needed to drive each of the modeled regions in southern Guam for the historic and future periods and a README_PRMS_2016_historic_future.txt document that describes the contents of this folder and how to update the previously published model files (Rosa and Hay, 2017) and run the watershed model with the historic and future datasets; and 2) the FVR_2016_historic_future folder contains the input files needed to run the Fena Valley Reservoir water-balance model for the historic and future periods and a README_FVR_2016_historic_future.txt document that describes the contents of this folder and how to execute the water-balance model (Rosa and Hay, 2017) with the historic and future input files.

This model archive provides input and output for Soil-Water-Balance (SWB) models developed for the Central Sands Lake study in central Wisconsin; this archive supplements the technical appendix in a report to the Wisconsin State Legislature written by the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (WDNR) in response to 2017 Wisconsin Act 10. This legislation directed DNR to determine whether existing and potential groundwater withdrawals are causing or are likely to cause significant reduction of mean seasonal water levels at Pleasant Lake, Long Lake, and Plainfield Lake (s. 281.34(7m)(2)(b), Wis. Stats.) in Waushara County, Wisconsin. The Soil-Water-Balance code (Westenbroek and others, 2018) partitions precipitation into rainfall and snowmelt, simulates the change in soil moisture within the root zone of crops and other vegetation, and estimates potential crop irrigation water requirements based on the needs of the vegetation. The amount of water escaping the root zone of plants (net infiltration or potential recharge) and the estimated crop water demand were fed into a related groundwater flow model in order to evaluate how landscape-level changes in crop type and irrigation requirements end up affecting groundwater and lake levels over time. The associated groundwater flow model is contained in a separate ScienceBase archive (https://doi.org/10.5066/P9BVFSGJ). The period of 2012-2018 was used for parameter estimation (synonymously referred to as "history matching") for the groundwater models. This time period was chosen because it includes the most complete water use records to simulate groundwater withdrawals. The SWB2 model run for this period (called 'regional' under the directory that contains simulation scenarios, run at a resolution of 100m) was used to supply only net infiltration (potential recharge) values to the groundwater flow model. History matching was performed using groundwater elevations, lake stages, and streamflow observations over the 2012-2018 time period and processed observations derived from those raw data. A set of lower-resolution (200m) scenario runs were made to support the WDNR in their charge to evaluate the impact of water withdrawals on lake elevations. Three scenarios were created, driven by daily weather data as estimated by PRISM data (PRISM Climate Group, 2020) spanning the period 1981 to 2018. These scenarios, although based on real daily weather data, rely on three synthetic sets of input data and therefore should not be viewed as representing any specific time period. The scenarios represent: 1) 'current irrigation', in which land-use patterns and irrigation mask inputs are statistically generated based on the current frequency of crop rotations; 2) 'no irrigation, pre-development land-use', in which agricultural lands are converted to some non-irrigated agriculture or other non-agricultural land-use; 3) 'full development', where all lands with potential use for agricultural purposes (appropriate drainage and slope, for example) are converted to land-use and irrigation masks in a manner similar to scenario 1 development. The assumptions behind the scenario generation are detailed in Fienen and others, 2021.

This groundwater-flow model archive contains all of the input and output files for an inset MODFLOW-NWT model extracted from the northern (Wisconsin) half of a published USGS steady-state regional model of the Upper Fox River Basin in the U.S. Upper Midwest. The construction and details of the published USGS steady-state model of the Upper Fox River Basin is outlined in the U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2018-5038 (https://doi.org/10.3133/sir20185038). The regional model is archived in the data release at https://doi.org/10.5066/F76D5R5V. The extracted model was used to demonstrate an innovative new method for delinating fen distribution and discharge using the MODFLOW UZF package. The extracted model incorporates the Mukwonago River Basin, a 10-digit hydrologic unit code (HUC10) basin occupying 86.2 mi2 (223 km2) in southeastern Wisconsin. The extracted model was used to demonstrate how regional and local flow patterns can be enhanced by adding a version of the UZF file that automatically inserts “seepage drains” in cells where the water table is near the land surface (within the “undulation depth”). Details on the extracted model construction and calibration, including preparation of the “stripped-down” UZF file central to the proposed fen delineation method can be found in the supporting information of the journal article in Groundwater (https://doi.org/10.1111/gwat.12931). This USGS data release contains all of the input and output files for the simulations described in the journal article in Groundwater (https://doi.org/10.1111/gwat.12931).

This groundwater-flow model archive contains all of the input and output files for an inset MODFLOW-NWT model extracted from the northern (Wisconsin) half of a published USGS steady-state regional model of the Upper Fox River Basin in the U.S. Upper Midwest. The construction and details of the published USGS steady-state model of the Upper Fox River Basin is outlined in the U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2018-5038 (https://doi.org/10.3133/sir20185038). The regional model is archived in the data release at https://doi.org/10.5066/F76D5R5V. The extracted model was used to demonstrate an innovative new method for delinating fen distribution and discharge using the MODFLOW UZF package. The extracted model incorporates the Mukwonago River Basin, a 10-digit hydrologic unit code (HUC10) basin occupying 86.2 mi2 (223 km2) in southeastern Wisconsin. The extracted model was used to demonstrate how regional and local flow patterns can be enhanced by adding a version of the UZF file that automatically inserts “seepage drains” in cells where the water table is near the land surface (within the “undulation depth”). Details on the extracted model construction and calibration, including preparation of the “stripped-down” UZF file central to the proposed fen delineation method can be found in the supporting information of the journal article in Groundwater (https://doi.org/10.1111/gwat.12931). This USGS data release contains all of the input and output files for the simulations described in the journal article in Groundwater (https://doi.org/10.1111/gwat.12931).

Dataset is a model archive containing all relevant files to document and re-run the models that are discussed in the report: Fenelon, J.M., Halford, K.J., and Moreo, M.T., 2016, Delineation of the Pahute Mesa-Oasis Valley groundwater basin, Nevada: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2015-5175. The dataset is appendix C of the subject report.

The U.S. Geological Survey, in cooperation with the Town of Barnstable, Massachusetts, modified an existing numerical, steady-state regional MODFLOW-2005 groundwater-flow model to evaluate changes in water levels from a reference condition (2015) for nine pumping and wastewater return flow scenarios prepared by the Hyannis Water System. The three-dimensional, steady-state groundwater-flow model used to simulate water level changes is a modified and recalibrated version of an existing model that was used to simulate the potential effects of sea-level rise on groundwater levels of the Sagamore and Monomoy freshwater lenses of the Cape Cod aquifer (Walter and others, 2016) (https://doi.org/10.3133/sir20165058). Two modifications, (1) the addition of spatially variable natural recharge from precipitation, and (2) a revised representation of wastewater return-flow recharge to septic systems in the Town of Barnstable, were made to the existing regional groundwater-flow model for this study. The modified model was recalibrated to the same observations of heads and streamflows as those used in the original model. The modifications and results of the recalibration are described in the appendix of the associated scientific investigations report (https://doi.org/10.3133/sir20195121). The model is a mathematical representation of the groundwater-flow system. Several assumptions and limitations of the modeling approach are discussed in the report, as well as in the scientific investigations report describing the original model (https://doi.org/10.3133/sir20165058). This USGS data release contains all the input and output files for the simulations described in the associated scientific investigations report (https://doi.org/10.3133/sir20195121). The modified model supersedes the original model described by Walter and others (https://doi.org/10.3133/sir20165058).

The U.S. Geological Survey, in cooperation with the Town of Barnstable, Massachusetts, modified an existing numerical, steady-state regional MODFLOW-2005 groundwater-flow model to evaluate changes in water levels from a reference condition (2015) for nine pumping and wastewater return flow scenarios prepared by the Hyannis Water System. The three-dimensional, steady-state groundwater-flow model used to simulate water level changes is a modified and recalibrated version of an existing model that was used to simulate the potential effects of sea-level rise on groundwater levels of the Sagamore and Monomoy freshwater lenses of the Cape Cod aquifer (Walter and others, 2016) (https://doi.org/10.3133/sir20165058). Two modifications, (1) the addition of spatially variable natural recharge from precipitation, and (2) a revised representation of wastewater return-flow recharge to septic systems in the Town of Barnstable, were made to the existing regional groundwater-flow model for this study. The modified model was recalibrated to the same observations of heads and streamflows as those used in the original model. The modifications and results of the recalibration are described in the appendix of the associated scientific investigations report (https://doi.org/10.3133/sir20195121). The model is a mathematical representation of the groundwater-flow system. Several assumptions and limitations of the modeling approach are discussed in the report, as well as in the scientific investigations report describing the original model (https://doi.org/10.3133/sir20165058). This USGS data release contains all the input and output files for the simulations described in the associated scientific investigations report (https://doi.org/10.3133/sir20195121). The modified model supersedes the original model described by Walter and others (https://doi.org/10.3133/sir20165058).