This is an example of groundwater modeling. The base map was available in ARC-Info and was converted to Data Explorer format utilizing the gis2dx conversion tools. The coverages used were digital terrain(grid), river network(lines) and the river basin boundary(lines). The challenge was to model the change in the groundwater over a 10 year period. The groundwater simulation was Modflow. This is a three layer Modflow model with each layer at 600 ft. depth increments. The data was provided by the USGS, and consisted of yearly averages for a 10 year period. The Modflow model was georeferenced with the surface base map and then a animation was created to see the change in the groundwater over a 10 year period. The red outline is the boundary of the watershed area and is repeated both at the top of the topography and around the middle model layer. The location of one specific surface well is indicated with a grey tube.
These data are provided as informative about water models in general, not to infer specific information about Paradise Valley. The Paradise Valley study has been published as: D.E.Prudic, and M.E.Herman, Ground-water hydrology and simulated effects of development in Paradise Valley, a basin tributary to the Humboldt River in Humboldt County, Nevada: U.S.Geological Survey Professional Paper 1409-F.
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