Hydrogeology and simulation of groundwater flow in the Central Oklahoma (Garber-Wellington) Aquifer, Oklahoma, 1987 to 2009, and simulation of available water in storage, 2010–2059

Mashburn, Shana L.; Ryter, Derek W.; Neel, Christopher R.; Smith, S. Jerrod; Correll, Jessica S.

doi:10.3133/sir20135219

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“…§Pettyjohn and Miller (1982), Mashburn et al (2014), Parkhurst et al (1996), and Oklahoma Water Resources Board (2011).…”

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“…Another major source of water for irrigation is the Rush Springs aquifer in west‐central Oklahoma (Becker and Runkle, 1998). The Garber‐Wellington aquifer in central Oklahoma is heavily used for public and domestic water supply (Mashburn et al, 2014). Other major aquifers in the eastern half of the state, such as the Antlers aquifer in the southeast (Morton, 1992), the Arkansas River aquifer in east‐central Oklahoma (Oklahoma Water Resources Board, 2012), and the Boone aquifer in the northeast (Czarnecki et al, 2009), are not heavily used at present; however, they may come under increasing pressure due to population growth.…”

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Useful Drainage Estimates Obtained from a Large‐Scale Soil Moisture Monitoring Network by Applying the Unit‐Gradient Assumption

Wyatt

Ochsner

Fiebrich

et al. 2017

Vadose Zone Journal

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Groundwater supplies ?20% of global freshwater withdrawals, and accurate information regarding groundwater recharge rates is needed for sustainable groundwater management. Recharge rates are often limited by the rates of drainage from the soil profile, which are influenced by soil moisture conditions. Soil moisture monitoring has expanded dramatically in recent decades with the advent of large-scale networks like the Oklahoma Mesonet, which has monitored soil moisture statewide since 1996. Using those data with site-specific soil hydraulic properties and a unit-gradient assumption, we estimated daily drainage rates at 60 cm for 78 sites for up to 17 yr. Our working hypothesis was that these drainage rates are indicative of potential groundwater recharge rates. Mean annual drainage rates ranged from 6 to 266 mm yr −1 , with a statewide median of 67 mm yr −1 . These rates agreed well with prior recharge estimates for major Oklahoma aquifers. To provide a further independent check on our results, drainage was modeled using HYDRUS-1D for four focus sites across 17 yr. Soil-moisture-based drainage rates and HYDRUS-1D drainage rates agreed to within 10 mm yr −1 at the drier two sites but had discrepancies of > 150 mm yr −1 at two sites with > 1000 mm yr −1 precipitation. Simulations also showed that for a semiarid site the unit-gradient assumption was likely violated at the 60-cm depth, highlighting the need for deeper soil moisture monitoring. Despite these limitations, this simple method for estimating drainage through long-term soil moisture monitoring shows unique potential to provide valuable information for hydrology and groundwater management.Abbreviations: NSE, Nash-Sutcliffe efficiency; RSR, root mean square error observations standard deviation ratio.

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“…§Pettyjohn and Miller (1982), Mashburn et al (2014), Parkhurst et al (1996), and Oklahoma Water Resources Board (2011).…”

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confidence: 99%

Useful Drainage Estimates Obtained from a Large‐Scale Soil Moisture Monitoring Network by Applying the Unit‐Gradient Assumption

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Ochsner

Fiebrich

et al. 2017

Vadose Zone Journal

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“…This was performed to facilitate linking of existing models, such as regional‐scale groundwater models (e.g. Rumman and Payne, ; Christenson et al ., ; Paschke, ; Gannett et al ., ; Mashburn et al ., ). Beyond the overlap area, the original functionality of each model is retained.…”

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Assessing regional‐scale spatio‐temporal patterns of groundwater–surface water interactions using a coupled SWAT‐MODFLOW model

Bailey

Wible

Arabi

et al. 2016

Hydrological Processes

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Interaction between groundwater and surface water in watersheds has significant impacts on water management and water rights, nutrient loading from aquifers to streams, and in-stream flow requirements for aquatic species. Of particular importance are the spatial patterns of these interactions. This study explores the spatio-temporal patterns of groundwater discharge to a river system in a semi-arid region, with methods applied to the Sprague River Watershed (4100 km 2 ) within the Upper Klamath Basin in Oregon, USA. Patterns of groundwater-surface water interaction are explored throughout the watershed during the 1970-2003 time period using a coupled SWAT-MODFLOW model tested against streamflow, groundwater level and field-estimated reachspecific groundwater discharge rates. Daily time steps and coupling are used, with groundwater discharge rates calculated for each model computational point along the stream. Model results also are averaged by month and by year to determine seasonal and decadal trends in groundwater discharge rates. Results show high spatial variability in groundwater discharge, with several locations showing no groundwater/surface water interaction. Average annual groundwater discharge is 20.5 m 3 /s, with maximum and minimum rates occurring in September-October and March-April, respectively. Annual average rates increase by approximately 0.02 m 3 /s per year over the 34-year period, negligible compared with the average annual rate, although 70% of the stream network experiences an increase in groundwater discharge rate between 1970 and 2003. Results can assist with water management, identifying potential locations of heavy nutrient mass loading from the aquifer to streams and ecological assessment and planning focused on locations of high groundwater discharge.Base-flow fraction results are provided by the base-flow separator tool BFLOW (Arnold et al., 1995;Arnold and Allen, 1999) MODFLOW, Modular Ground-Water Flow; SWAT, Soil and Water Assessment Tool. 4428 R. T. BAILEY ET AL.

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“…Deployed by the OGS, the gauge in the Spencer well measures groundwater depths for monitoring the status of the Garber-Wellington (GW) aquifer (Mashburn et al, 2014), which can be obtained from the Oklahoma Water Resource Board (OWRB). Considering lateral variations of seismic velocities, a local dv/v is measured from three seismometers (OK.CHOK, OK.SMO, OK.SWND) surrounding the Spencer well by using the workflow described in Section 2.…”

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“…To represent the circumstance in Oklahoma, we use G = 24.0 GP a, ϕ = 0.3, and ρ 0 = 2.65 g/cm 3 (D. C. Wyllie & Mah, 2004) to approximate the sediment, with ρ w = 1.00 g/cm 3 . The total thickness of the two-layer model is L = L 1 +L 2 = 100 m, which is equivalent to the average thickness of the GW aquifer (Mashburn et al, 2014). When the groundwater level L 1 changes from 5 to 6 m representing the discharge of the GW aqufier, the apparent shear velocity V s,app reduces by 2.9 m/s with dv s /v s = −0.03%, which is comparable to the measured dv/v (±0.04%) from seismic ambient noise recordings (Figure 1B).…”

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Monitoring terrestrial water storage, drought and seasonal changes in central Oklahoma with ambient seismic noise

Zhang¹,

Luo

Ben‐Zion

et al. 2023

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Significant imbalances in terrestrial water storage (TWS) and severe drought have been observed around the world as a consequence of climate changes. Improving our ability to monitor TWS and drought is critical for water-resource management and water-deficit estimation. We use continuous seismic ambient noise to monitor temporal evolution of near-surface seismic velocity, dv/v, in central Oklahoma from 2013 to 2022. The derived dv/v is found to be negatively correlated with gravitational measurements and groundwater depths, showing the impact of groundwater storage on seismic velocities. Seasonal cycling of dv/v follows atmospheric temperature changes with a phase shift, which can be explained by thermo-elastic strain in the uppermost crust and sedimentary cover. The occurrences of droughts appear simultaneously with the local peaks of dv/v, demonstrating the sensitivity of near-surface seismic velocities to droughts. The results illustrate the potential of using seismic data for monitoring TWS and drought at regional to local scales.

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Hydrogeology and simulation of groundwater flow in the Central Oklahoma (Garber-Wellington) Aquifer, Oklahoma, 1987 to 2009, and simulation of available water in storage, 2010–2059

Cited by 5 publications

References 10 publications

Useful Drainage Estimates Obtained from a Large‐Scale Soil Moisture Monitoring Network by Applying the Unit‐Gradient Assumption

Useful Drainage Estimates Obtained from a Large‐Scale Soil Moisture Monitoring Network by Applying the Unit‐Gradient Assumption

Assessing regional‐scale spatio‐temporal patterns of groundwater–surface water interactions using a coupled SWAT‐MODFLOW model

Monitoring terrestrial water storage, drought and seasonal changes in central Oklahoma with ambient seismic noise

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