Model Archive: Water Quality and Estimated Changes in the Plum Creek Watershed 2010-2020

Dates

Publication Date: 2023-03-13
Start Date: 2010-10-26
End Date: 2020-07-11

Citation

Pronschinske, M.A., Horwatich, J.A., Loken, L.C., and Komiskey, M.J., 2023, Water Quality and Estimated Changes in the Plum Creek Watershed 2010-2020 (Data Release and Model Archive): U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P92A0H98.

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This section of the data release supports an archive of the models used in the associated publication. The U.S. Geological Survey and the University of Wisconsin – Green Bay collected hydrologic and water-quality data to assess the effectiveness of agricultural conservation management practice (CMP) implementation at Mainstem Plum Creek and West Plum Creek in northeastern Wisconsin. Monitoring data from 2010–2020 at Mainstem Plum and 2013–2020 at West Plum were used to detect changes in hydrologic and water-quality responses during runoff events. Runoff events were defined by hydrographers and used to compute event loads and event flow-weighted mean concentrations of total phosphorus and total suspended solids – all of which are included [...]

Summary

This section of the data release supports an archive of the models used in the associated publication. The U.S. Geological Survey and the University of Wisconsin – Green Bay collected hydrologic and water-quality data to assess the effectiveness of agricultural conservation management practice (CMP) implementation at Mainstem Plum Creek and West Plum Creek in northeastern Wisconsin. Monitoring data from 2010–2020 at Mainstem Plum and 2013–2020 at West Plum were used to detect changes in hydrologic and water-quality responses during runoff events. Runoff events were defined by hydrographers and used to compute event loads and event flow-weighted mean concentrations of total phosphorus and total suspended solids – all of which are included in the associated data release. Additionally, changes in these parameters were assessed between two time periods (“initial” and “post-CMP implementation”) using the models included in this model archive. Because event discharges, loads, and concentrations are influenced by factors such as weather and the conditions preceding events, random-forest and regression models were developed to control for these factors and to elucidate water-quality changes more directly associated with CMP implementation. Residuals from random-forest models were used to detect changes between the two time periods via Wilcoxon signed-rank tests, and multiple linear regression models were used to determine percent change in responses via time-period dummy variable coefficients. Results indicate statistically insignificant changes in most responses during runoff events.

Contacts

Point of Contact :: Matthew A Pronschinske
Originator :: Matthew A Pronschinske, Judy A Horwatich, Luke C Loken, Matthew J Komiskey
Metadata Contact :: Matthew A Pronschinske
Publisher :: U.S. Geological Survey
Distributor :: U.S. Geological Survey - ScienceBase
SDC Data Owner :: Upper Midwest Water Science Center
USGS Mission Area :: Water Resources

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PlumCreek_ModelArchive_metadata.xml “Model archive metadata” Original FGDC Metadata	View	17.3 KB	application/fgdc+xml
model.zip “All model inputs, source code, and outputs”		246.34 MB	application/zip

Shapefile: MainstemAndWestPlumCreek.zip
MainstemAndWestPlumCreek.shp		28.97 KB
MainstemAndWestPlumCreek.CPG		5 Bytes
MainstemAndWestPlumCreek.dbf		646 Bytes
MainstemAndWestPlumCreek.prj		480 Bytes
MainstemAndWestPlumCreek.sbn		140 Bytes
MainstemAndWestPlumCreek.sbx		116 Bytes
MainstemAndWestPlumCreek.shp.xml		11.75 KB
MainstemAndWestPlumCreek.shx		116 Bytes

Purpose

This model archive is intended to provide documentation of the data and processes used to evaluate changes in water quality at Mainstem Plum Creek and West Plum Creek and assess conservation management practice (CMP) efficacy. The inputs, scripts, and outputs are all archived here to support the larger associated work (https://doi.org/TBD).

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