This data release contains inputs for and outputs from hydrologic simulations for the Hawai‘i (HI) domain using the Precipitation Runoff Modeling System (PRMS) version 5.2.1.1 for the precalibration, by Hydrologic Response Unit (byHRU) release, and by Point Of Interest Observation (byPOIobs) release using the USGS National Hydrologic Model infrastructure (NHM; Regan and others, 2018). These simulations were developed to provide estimates of the water budget for the calendar-year period 1980 to 2021, where the first two years are used for model initialization. Specific file types include: 1) input atmospheric forcings of minimum air temperature, maximum air temperature, and daily precipitation accumulation derived from Daymet Version 4 gridded estimates of daily weather parameters (Thornton and others, 2020) and input parameter and control files for each release (Markstrom and others, 2015), 2) monthly calibration target baselines derived from Global Circulation Model (GCM) simulations (Koczot and others, 2025) that were used in addition to USGS measured streamflow, 3) output files of simulated water budget components for each hydrologic response unit and stream segment and 4) performance statistics at selected streamgage locations. Figure 1 shows the calibration methodology that was used for the model application (see Hay and others, 2023 for additional information). Figure 2 shows all the HRUSs in the geospatial fabric for the HI domain (Bock and others, 2024). Table 1 lists the streamgages that are included in the model application. The first two years of the simulations are considered 'model initialization' and should not be included in any subsequent analysis. The executable used for these simulations may be downloaded from https://www.usgs.gov/software/precipitation-runoff-modeling-system-prms (version 5.2.1.1). A batch file to run the model has also been included.

This metadata record documents a set of 116 comma delimited files and a data dictionary describing the inputs for the U.S. Geological Survey Precipitation Runoff Modeling System (PRMS) which is used to drive the National Hydrologic Model (NHM) for the Hawaiian domain. The National Hydrologic Model database contains parameters for hydrologic response units (HRUs) and stream segments needed to run the NHM. These parameters are generated using python scripts to process input datasets such as digital elevation models, soil maps, and land cover classifications. Many of the parameters were left at their default model value as they would need to be calibrated as part of the PRMS model development process. Please refer to the Supplemental Information and the Process Description elements of this metadata record for more details on the source datasets and scripts used to generate these parameters.

This data release contains inputs for and outputs from hydrologic simulations for the Hawai‘i (HI) domain using the Precipitation Runoff Modeling System (PRMS) version 5.2.1.1 and the USGS National Hydrologic Model infrastructure (NHM, Regan and others, 2018). Historical simulations using the Daymet Version 4 gridded estimates of daily weather parameters (Thornton and others, 2020) were produced for the period 1980–2021. These data document the PRMS climate input data files for these simulations. Input files for the simulations include the PRMS parameter file and control file. The main landing page provides additional information and data dictionaries (parameters_data_dictionary.csv and control_data_dictionary.csv) that describe the parameter and control file values. Daymet forcings include precipitation and minimum and maximum temperature at a daily time-step. Available USGS measured streamflow data are included for 196 USGS streamgage locations from 1980–2021 (U.S. Geological Survey, 2022). CONTENTS OF THIS CHILD PAGE: 1. Precip.day = daily total precipitation climate-by-hydrologic response unit (CBH) file 2. Tmax.day = maximum daily temperature CBH file 3. Tmin.day = minimum daily temperature CBH file. 4. sf_data = daily measured USGS streamflow data 5. PRMS Version 5.2.1.1 = PRMS executable 6. HI_precalibration.param = PRMS parameter file for the HI domain precalibration release 7. HI_precalibration.control = PRMS control file for the HI domain precalibration release 8. HI_byHRU.param = PRMS parameter file for the HI domain byHRU release 9. HI_byHRU.control = PRMS control file for the HI domain byHRU release 10. HI_byPOIobs.param = PRMS parameter file for the HI domain byPOIobs release 11. HI_byPOIobs.control = PRMS control file for the HI domain byPOIobs release 12. HI_NHM_PRMS.bat = batch file that can be edited to run the model.

This data release contains 16 variables from the National Hydrologic Model Infrastructure with the Precipitation-Runoff Modeling System (NHM-PRMS) modeling application forced with Daymet version 4 (Rosa and others, 2025) from 1980 through 2021 that are summarized to a monthly time step and a twelve-digit hydrologic unit code for the spatial extent of Hawaii. The following fluxes and storages are included: total monthly precipitation, evapotranspiration, lateral flow, surface runoff, quickflow, interflow, recharge, groundwater flow, and the average monthly snow water equivalent, interflow storage, groundwater storage, total storage, and soil moisture. These data can be found in the “HI_huc12_monthly_nhmprms_daymet_1980_2021.nc” file. Additionally, two supplementary files are also included in this data release. The first file (“HI_weights_hru_to_huc12_nhmprms_daymet.csv”) contains the spatial weights or fraction that is used to “weight” the modeling output in the area-weighting process. The second file (“HI_summed_weights_per_huc12_nhmprms_daymet.csv”) contains the total fractional area within each twelve-digit hydrologic unit code that is covered by the modeling output and is important for filtering results in the data file (where a fractional coverage may be less than one). In the version 2.0 data release update, a new variable was added to the “HI_huc12_monthly_nhmprms_daymet_1980_2021.nc” file. Additionally, several new netCDF files were added that contain data summarizations from a different production run (output data referenced as "byPOIobs") within the model application data release by Rosa and others (2025). Two of the three files added contain daily estimates of soil moisture fraction ("HI_byPOIobs_huc12_daily_soil_moisture_fraction_nhmprms_daymet_1980_2021.nc") and daily estimates of snow water equivalent ("HI_byPOIobs_huc12_daily_pkwater_equiv_nhmprms_daymet_1980_2021.nc") at the twelve-digit hydrologic unit code spatial regions. The third file added contains monthly estimates of 16 variables from the "byPOIobs" modeling application production run ("HI_byPOIobs_huc12_monthly_nhmprms_daymet_1980_2021.nc"). See the file, “revision_history_nhmprms_daymet_PR.txt” for a full description of the revisions.

This U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) data release record consists of topographic data themes that cover the Hawaiian Geospatial Fabric (HIGF) domain. The 30-meter (m) raster data sets included under Topographic Derivatives are: digital elevation (dem.tif) , topographic wetness index (TWI, twi.tif), slope (rise over run, slope.tif), aspect (asp.tif), flow accumulation (fac.tif), and flow direction (fdr.tif). All file formats are in GeoTIFF (Geographic Tagged Imaged Format).

The Geospatial Fabric is a dataset of spatial modeling units for use within the National Hydrologic Model that covers the conterminous United States (CONUS), Alaska, and most major river basins that flow in from Canada. This U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) data release consists of the geospatial fabric features and other related datasets created to expand the National Hydrologic Model to Hawaii. These datasets are found as child items to this landing page: 1) Data Layers for the Geospatial Fabric for National Hydrologic Modeling, Hawaii Domain, 2) GIS (Geographic Information Systems) Features of the Geospatial Fabric for National Hydrologic Modeling, Hawaii Domain, 3) Parameter Database for the National Hydrologic Modeling, Hawaii Domain, and 4) Topographic derivative datasets for the Geospatial Fabric for National Hydrologic Modeling, Hawaii Domain. See each item for more details.

This dataset contains the streams derived from the Digital Elevation Model (DEM) for Australasia from the Hydrological Derivatives for Modeling and Analysis (HDMA) database. The HDMA database provides comprehensive and consistent global coverage of raster and vector topographically derived layers, including raster layers of digital elevation model (DEM) data, flow direction, flow accumulation, slope, and compound topographic index (CTI); and vector layers of streams and catchment boundaries. The coverage of the data is global (-180º, 180º, -90º, 90º) with the underlying DEM being a hybrid of three datasets: HydroSHEDS (Hydrological data and maps based on SHuttle Elevation Derivatives at multiple Scales), Global Multi-resolution Terrain Elevation Data 2010 (GMTED2010) and the Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM). For most of the globe south of 60º North, the raster resolution of the data is 3-arc-seconds, corresponding to the resolution of the SRTM. For the areas North of 60º, the resolution is 7.5-arc-seconds (the smallest resolution of the GMTED2010 dataset) except for Greenland, where the resolution is 30-arc-seconds. The streams and catchments are attributed with Pfafstetter codes, based on a hierarchical numbering system, that carry important topological information.

This contains the Australasian portion of the Hydrologic Derivatives for Modeling and Analysis (HDMA) database. The HDMA database provides comprehensive and consistent global coverage of raster and vector topographically derived layers, including raster layers of digital elevation model (DEM) data, flow direction, flow accumulation, slope, and compound topographic index (CTI); and vector layers of streams and catchment boundaries. The coverage of the data is global (-180º, 180º, -90º, 90º) with the underlying DEM being a hybrid of three datasets: HydroSHEDS (Hydrological data and maps based on SHuttle Elevation Derivatives at multiple Scales), Global Multi-resolution Terrain Elevation Data 2010 (GMTED2010) and the Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM). For most of the globe south of 60º North, the raster resolution of the data is 3-arc-seconds, corresponding to the resolution of the SRTM. For the areas North of 60º, the resolution is 7.5-arc-seconds (the smallest resolution of the GMTED2010 dataset) except for Greenland, where the resolution is 30-arc-seconds. The streams and catchments are attributed with Pfafstetter codes, based on a hierarchical numbering system, that carry important topological information.

Groundwater levels have declined since the 1940s in the Wailuku area of central Maui, Hawaiʻi, on the eastern flank of West Maui volcano, mainly in response to increased groundwater withdrawals. Available data since the 1980s also indicate a thinning of the freshwater lens and an increase in chloride concentrations of pumped water from production wells. These trends, combined with projected increases in demand for groundwater in central Maui, have led to concerns over groundwater availability and have highlighted a need to improve understanding of the hydrologic effects of proposed groundwater withdrawals in the Waiheʻe, ʻĪao, and Waikapū areas of central Maui. A three-dimensional, variable-density solute-transport model (SUTRA) was developed to evaluate the effects of seven selected withdrawal/recharge scenarios on water levels and salinity of groundwater in central Maui, Hawaiʻi. The model was constructed using water-level and salinity data available for the period from 1926 to 2012. Groundwater recharge for the model was estimated using a daily water budget for the period of interest. Inflow of groundwater at the model boundaries was estimated from an existing island-wide numerical groundwater-flow model (Izuka and others, 2021, available at https://doi.org/10.3133/sir20205126). The data release also includes the SUTRA source code and executable file used to run the simulations. The SUTRA code was modified to include a simplified representation of water-table storage (Gingerich, 2008, available at https://pubs.usgs.gov/sir/2008/5236/; Gingerich and Engott, 2012, available at https://pubs.usgs.gov/sir/2012/5010/). 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/sir20215113).