Hydrogeological framework, numerical simulation of groundwater flow, and effects of projected water use and drought for the Beaver-North Canadian River alluvial aquifer, northwestern Oklahoma

For more information on the USGS-the Federal source for science about the Earth, its natural and living resources, natural hazards, and the environment-visit https://www.usgs.gov or call 1-888-ASK-USGS.For an overview of USGS information products, including maps, imagery, and publications, visit https://store.usgs.gov.Any use of trade, firm, or product names is for descriptive purposes only and does not imply endorsement by the U.S. Government.Although this information product, for the most part, is in the public domain, it also may contain copyrighted materials as noted in the text. Permission to reproduce copyrighted items must be secured from the copyright owner. AcknowledgmentsThe project documented in this report was conducted as part of the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Cooperative Water Program in cooperation with the Oklahoma Water Resources Board (OWRB). The authors value the contributions of many OWRB and USGS staff that led to the successful completion of the project. The authors thank the OWRB for support on this project and OWRB Water Resources geologist Christopher Neel for help with defining study objectives and providing hydrogeologic data. OWRB geologist Jon Sanford compiled drawdown data from well completion reports.The authors also thank former USGS employees Noel Osborn, who provided initial project coordination and management, and Trevor Grout, who compiled, organized, and analyzed available hydrologic and spatial data. USGS employees Marty Phillips and Martin Schneider measured stream base flow, and Kevin Smith measured hydraulic conductivity and water-table altitudes in addition to siting and maintaining continuous water-level recorder wells. Shana Mashburn provided guidance on recharge estimation techniques and facilitated data entry to the National Water Information System database. The authors acknowledge and appreciate the professionalism, experience, and dedication of these helpful colleagues. Horizontal coordinate information is referenced to the North American Datum of 1983 (NAD 83).Altitude, as used in this report, refers to distance above the vertical datum. Supplemental Information AbstractOn September 8, 1981, the Oklahoma Water Resources Board established regulatory limits on the maximum annual yield of groundwater (343,042 acre-feet per year) and equalproportionate-share (EPS) pumping rate (1.0 acre-foot per acre per year) for the North Fork Red River aquifer. The maximum annual yield and EPS were based on a hydrologic investigation that used a numerical groundwater-flow model to evaluate the effects of potential groundwater withdrawals on groundwater availability in the North Fork Red River aquifer. The Oklahoma Water Resources Board is statutorily required (every 20 years) to update the hydrologic investigation on which the maximum annual yield and EPS were based. Because 20 years have elapsed since the final order was issued, the U.S. Geological Survey, in cooperation with the Oklahoma Water Resources Board, conducted an updated hydrologic investigation and evaluat...

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Hydrogeology and simulated groundwater flow and availability in the North Fork Red River aquifer, southwest Oklahoma, 1980–2013

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Ellis²,

Wagner³

et al. 2017

“…Higher water levels in the surrounding bedrock than in the alluvial deposits indicates that the Canadian River has incised down into the bedrock, with base-flow seepage from bedrock units through the alluvial deposits to the river being part of this hydrologic system. This incision was not observed in the Beaver-North Canadian River alluvial aquifer (Ryter and Correll, 2016). Groundwater in the alluvial deposits typically flows subparallel and downstream with streamflow.…”

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Hydrogeology and simulation of groundwater flow and analysis of projected water use for the Canadian River alluvial aquifer, western and central Oklahoma

Ellis¹,

Mashburn²,

Graves³

et al. 2017

For more information on the USGS-the Federal source for science about the Earth, its natural and living resources, natural hazards, and the environment-visit http://www.usgs.gov or call 1-888-ASK-USGS.For an overview of USGS information products, including maps, imagery, and publications, visit http://store.usgs.gov.Any use of trade, firm, or product names is for descriptive purposes only and does not imply endorsement by the U.S. Government.Although this information product, for the most part, is in the public domain, it also may contain copyrighted materials as noted in the text. Permission to reproduce copyrighted items must be secured from the copyright owner. AcknowledgmentsThe Canadian River alluvial aquifer study was conducted as a part of the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Cooperative Water Program in cooperation with the Oklahoma Water Resources Board (OWRB). The authors thank the board members of the OWRB for their support of this study and the OWRB technical studies section, who provided datasets and field assistance.The authors thank USGS employee Lynette Brooks for her help in conceptual flow model analysis and design. The authors thank Mike Fienen for support with parameter estimation (PEST) settings, singular value decomposition, and regularization. Additionally, the authors thank the Wisconsin and Nebraska Water Science Centers for use of their high-performance computing networks to perform the PEST calibration for the two groundwater-flow models. The authors also thank USGS employee Kevin Smith for his extensive field work and site data collection. Finally, the authors thank the many landowners who provided access to their land and groundwater wells, without whose assistance this study would not have been possible. DatumVertical coordinate information is referenced to the North American Vertical Datum of 1988 (NAVD 88).Horizontal coordinate information is referenced to the North American Datum of 1983 (NAD 83).Altitude, as used in this report, refers to distance above the vertical datum. AbstractThis report describes a study of the hydrogeology and simulation of groundwater flow for the Canadian River alluvial aquifer in western and central Oklahoma conducted by the U.S. Geological Survey in cooperation with the Oklahoma Water Resources Board. The report (1) quantifies the groundwater resources of the Canadian River alluvial aquifer by developing a conceptual model, (2) summarizes the general water quality of the Canadian River alluvial aquifer groundwater by using data collected during August and September 2013, (3) evaluates the effects of estimated equal proportionate share (EPS) on aquifer storage and streamflow for time periods of 20, 40, and 50 years into the future by using numerical groundwater-flow models, and (4) evaluates the effects of present-day groundwater pumping over a 50-year period and sustained hypothetical drought conditions over a 10-year period on stream base flow and groundwater in storage by using numerical flow models. The Canadian River alluvial aquifer is a Qua...

Hydrogeology, numerical simulation of groundwater flow, and effects of future water use and drought for reach 1 of the Washita River alluvial aquifer, Roger Mills and Custer Counties, western Oklahoma, 1980–2015

Ellis¹,

Ryter²,

Fuhrig³

et al. 2020

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