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The San Juan Generating Station in Waterflow, NM, owned by the Public Service Company of New Mexico (PNM) is a coal-fired power plant that operates on coal mined on the same property. This plant is scheduled to shut down in 2022. In light of this impending closure, the Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation) is interested in purchasing the plant's raw-water reservoir for use in the Navajo-Gallup Water Supply Project (NGWSP). Concerns about contamination leaking from the reservoir or being mobilized by groundwater flow affected by the leaking reservoir have resulted in Reclamation eliciting a short study of the water and sediment chemistry surrounding the reservoir and the recovery system set up by PNM. The U.S. Geological...
The Rio Grande is a vital water source for the southwestern States of Colorado, New Mexico, and Texas and for northern Mexico. The river serves as the primary source of water for irrigation in the region, has many environmental and recreational uses, and is used by more than 13 million people including those in the Cities of Albuquerque and Las Cruces, New Mexico; El Paso, Texas; and Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua, Mexico. However, concern is growing over the increasing gap between water supply and demand in the Upper Rio Grande Basin. As populations increase and agricultural crop patterns change, demands for water are increasing, at the same time the region is undergoing a decrease in supply due to drought and climate...
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This dataset contains input parameter and data files, as well as output files for simulations before calibration (pre-calibration) and after calibration (post-calibration) of solar radiation and potential evapotranspiration (ET) parameters. Simulated solar radiation and potential ET for nine near-native subbasins and three selected subareas [16, 71, 124] are included for parts of the Upper Rio Grande Basin in Colorado, New Mexico, Texas, and northern Mexico using the Precipitation-Runoff Modeling System (PRMS). Input data include pre-calibration input parameters for the entire Upper Rio Grande Basin developed from the National Hydrologic Model (NHM) parameter database, and model parameters after calibration (post-calibration)...
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This dataset contains projected climate data (precipitation, maximum temperature, minimum temperature) from 27 climate scenarios used as input to the Precipitation-Runoff Modeling System (PRMS), and baseline PRMS simulated streamflow at 63 sites in the Upper Rio Grande Basin under each of the 27 scenarios. Projected climate data, obtained from the USGS South Central Climate Adaptation Science Center (Wooten, 2020), were generated using three general circulation models, run under three emission scenarios (RCP 2.6, RCP 4.5, RCP 8.5), and downscaled using three different methods (delta SD, equidistant quantile mapping, piecewise asynchronous regression). Together, the three models, RCPs, and downscaling methods resulted...
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This dataset contains input parameter and data files, as well as output files for simulations prior to the distribution of parameters from near-native subbasins to uncalibrated hydrologic response units (HRUs) (pre-distribution) and after parameters are distributed to HRUs (post-distribution). Simulated and observed streamflow for sites along the mainstem of the Rio Grande River are included for parts of the Upper Rio Grande Basin in Colorado, New Mexico, Texas, and northern Mexico using the Precipitation-Runoff Modeling System (PRMS). Input data include pre-distribution input parameters for the entire Upper Rio Grande Basin. Pre-distribution parameters used as input to PRMS for step 3 are the post-calibration parameters...
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This U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) data release presents the geospatial data used to assess the hydrologic and soil resources and the potential effects from grazing, infrastructure, and land-management decisions in the Bureau of Land Management Organ Mountains-Desert Peaks National Monument, New Mexico. Publicly available and previously unpublished data were used to assess these resources and effects and to identify data gaps in the Organ Mountains-Desert Peaks National Monument area. Data created from already published data such as landform, infiltration, geology, and grazing potential coverages are also included in this data release. These data support the following publication: Blake, J.M., Mitchell, A.C.,...
The Rangeland Hydrologic Erosion Model (RHEM) is an online model developed by the United States Department of Agriculture that is used to predict erosion and runoff in rangelands. The model was used to determine runoff and erosion predicitions for five different scenarios in the Organ Mountains-Desert Peaks National Monument. The five scenarios that RHEM was used to look at in the monument include current conditions as of 2016; climate variability; scrub encroachment; drought, heavy grazing, or land-use pressure; and vegetation removal. The inputs for each scenario were created using an R script and compiled into separate csv files. For the purpose of this data release, the five csv files were then compiled into...
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The Rio Grande is a vital water source for the southwestern States of Colorado, New Mexico, and Texas and for northern Mexico. Because streamflow in the basin is highly altered, disentangling the impacts of climate change and changes in streamflow due to anthropogenic influences such as dams, diversions, and other forms of water use is difficult. Therefore, a model that simulates naturalized flow (defined as streamflow that would occur in the absence of anthropogenic modifications) was developed to determine to what degree changes in streamflow can be attributed to potential changes in future temperature and precipitation without quantifying future changes in anthropogenic influences. In this study, the calibrated...
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The Rio Grande Basin Study (Basin Study) is a stakeholder-led project funded through the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation that is developing climate adaptation strategies to address the growing gap between water supply and demand in the Upper Rio Grande Basin in Colorado, New Mexico, and Texas. The role of the USGS in the Basin Study is to simulate future streamflow using downscaled climate model projection data as input to the Upper Rio Grande Basin Precipitation-Runoff Modeling System (PRMS) (Chavarria and others, 2020). Simulated streamflow for 27 climate scenarios at 63 sites along the mainstem Rio Grande and its tributaries is used as baseline hydrologic response to climate-change emission scenarios and downscaling...
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This U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) data release presents the geospatial data used to assess the hydrologic and soil resources of the Organ Mountains-Desert Peaks National Monument managed by the U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) in Doña Ana County, New Mexico. The USGS, in cooperation with the BLM, conducted a study to assess the hydrologic and soil resources and potential effects of infrastructure and grazing within the monument area. Publicly available data as well as data provided by the BLM were used to assess these resources and effects and to identify data gaps in the monument area. The input and output files for the Rangeland Hydrologic Erosion Model are also included in this data release. This model was...
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This U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) data release contains results from the 2019 geomorphic survey of North Fork Eagle Creek, New Mexico. The 2019 geomorphic survey was conducted by the USGS, in cooperation with the Village of Ruidoso, New Mexico, and is the third in a planned series of five annual geomorphic surveys of the stream reach located between the North Fork Eagle Creek near Alto, New Mexico, streamflow-gaging station (USGS site 08387550) and the Eagle Creek below South Fork near Alto, New Mexico, streamflow-gaging station (USGS site 08387600). Specifically, this data release includes the results from 14 cross-section surveys (including locations and elevations of all cross-section points), the locations...
Observed streamflow and climate data are used to test the hypothesis that climate change is already affecting the streamflow volume derived from snow accumulation in ways consistent with climate model-based projections of 21st century streamflow. Annual and monthly changes in streamflow volume and surface climate variables on the upper Rio Grande (URG) near its headwaters in southern Colorado are assessed for water years 1958-2015. Trends in discharge are examined together with variations in snow water equivalent and surface climate variables. Results indicate that temperatures in the basin have increased significantly primarily in the winter and spring seasons, April 1 snow water equivalent has decreased by approximately...
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This data release contains inputs for and outputs from hydrologic simulations of the Upper Rio Hondo Subbasin, New Mexico using the Precipitation-Runoff Modeling System (PRMS). Input data for the entire Upper Rio Hondo Subbasin were developed, but output data only from the North Fork Eagle Creek subwatershed were used. Input data include parameter files for two PRMS models calibrated to prefire conditions and postfire conditions. Synthetic flow data used to calibrate PRMS for prefire conditions and postfire conditions are also included. Output data include output variable files for four PRMS models: two calibrated models (one for prefire conditions and one for postfire conditions) and two models used for scenarios...
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The Rio San Jose Integrated Hydrologic Model (RSJIHM) is a sequentially linked, integrated hydrologic model utilizing the Precipitation-Runoff Modeling System (PRMS) (version 5.2.0) and MODFLOW-NWT (version 1.2.0) that was developed to provide a tool for analyzing the hydrologic system response to historical water use and potential changes in water supplies and demands in the Rio San Jose Basin. PRMS and MODFLOW-NWT were run uncoupled using the U.S. Geological Survey developed GSFLOW executable (version 2.2.0). The study area encompasses about 6,300 square miles in west-central New Mexico and includes the communities of Grants, Bluewater, and San Rafael and three Native American tribal lands: the Acoma and Laguna...
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This U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) data release contains results from the 2020 and 2021 geomorphic survey of North Fork Eagle Creek, New Mexico. Both geomorphic surveys were conducted by the USGS, in cooperation with the Village of Ruidoso, New Mexico, and are the last set of surveys in a planned series of five annual geomorphic surveys of the stream reach located between the North Fork Eagle Creek near Alto, New Mexico, streamflow-gaging station (USGS site 08387550) and the Eagle Creek below South Fork near Alto, New Mexico, streamflow-gaging station (USGS site 08387600). Specifically, there are two data release files, one each for the 2020 and 2021 surveys, that include the results from 14 cross-section surveys...
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This data release contains input and output data from hydrologic simulations of naturalized or near-native streamflow conditions in the Upper Rio Grande Basin (URGB) in Colorado, New Mexico, Texas, and northern Mexico by using the Precipitation-Runoff Modeling System (PRMS). The Upper Rio Grande Basin PRMS model was calibrated in a three step process by (1) calibrating solar radiation and potential evapotranspiration parameters by subarea for hydrologic response units (HRU) in the model domain, (2) calibrating streamflow parameters in nine subbasins identified to be “near-native” subbasins, or basins with low anthropogenic disturbance, and (3) distributing calibrated parameters from near-native subbasins to uncalibrated...
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This dataset contains input parameter and data files, as well as output files for simulations prior to (pre-calibration) and after calibration (post-calibration) of streamflow parameters for nine near-native subbasins. Simulated and observed streamflow for nine near-native subbasins are included for parts of the Upper Rio Grande Basin in Colorado, New Mexico, Texas, and northern Mexico using the Precipitation-Runoff Modeling System (PRMS). Input data include pre-calibration input parameters for the entire Upper Rio Grande Basin. Pre-calibrated parameters used as input to PRMS for step 2 are the post-calibration parameters in Step 1-Solar Radiation and Potential ET calibration. Post-calibration model parameters include...


    map background search result map search result map Model input and output for prefire and postfire hydrologic simulations in the Upper Rio Hondo Basin, New Mexico using the Precipitation-Runoff Modeling System (PRMS) Database Associated with the Assessment of Soil and Water Resources in The Organ Mountains-Desert Peaks National Monument, New Mexico Geodatabase of files associated with the Assessment of Soil and Water Resources in The Organ Mountains-Desert Peaks National Monument, New Mexico Input and Output Data for the Application of the Precipitation-Runoff Modeling System (PRMS) to Simulate Near-Native Streamflow in the Upper Rio Grande Basin Input and Output Data Metadata, Step 1: Input and output data for pre-/post-calibration simulations of solar radiation and potential evapotranspiration for nine near-native subbasins and calibrated subareas Input and Output Data Metadata, Step 2: Input and output data for pre-/post-calibration of streamflow for nine near-native subbasins Input and Output Data Metadata, Step 3: Input and output data pre-/post-distribution of calibrated parameters to non-calibrated areas in the Upper Rio Grande Basin Water and sediment leachate chemistry from the San Juan Generating Station, Waterflow, NM, January 2021 Hydrologic simulations using projected climate data as input to the Precipitation-Runoff Modeling System (PRMS) in the Upper Rio Grande Basin (ver. 2.0, September 2021) Input and output data for baseline simulations of streamflow using the Upper Rio Grande Basin Precipitation-Runoff Modeling System (PRMS) and downscaled climate projections Data supporting the 2019 geomorphic survey of North Fork Eagle Creek, New Mexico Data supporting the 2020 and 2021 geomorphic survey of North Fork Eagle Creek, New Mexico GSFLOW, used to run PRMS and MODFLOW-NWT models, to simulate the effects of natural and anthropogenic impacts on water resources in the Rio San Jose Basin and surrounding areas, New Mexico Data supporting the 2019 geomorphic survey of North Fork Eagle Creek, New Mexico Data supporting the 2020 and 2021 geomorphic survey of North Fork Eagle Creek, New Mexico Water and sediment leachate chemistry from the San Juan Generating Station, Waterflow, NM, January 2021 Model input and output for prefire and postfire hydrologic simulations in the Upper Rio Hondo Basin, New Mexico using the Precipitation-Runoff Modeling System (PRMS) Database Associated with the Assessment of Soil and Water Resources in The Organ Mountains-Desert Peaks National Monument, New Mexico Geodatabase of files associated with the Assessment of Soil and Water Resources in The Organ Mountains-Desert Peaks National Monument, New Mexico GSFLOW, used to run PRMS and MODFLOW-NWT models, to simulate the effects of natural and anthropogenic impacts on water resources in the Rio San Jose Basin and surrounding areas, New Mexico Hydrologic simulations using projected climate data as input to the Precipitation-Runoff Modeling System (PRMS) in the Upper Rio Grande Basin (ver. 2.0, September 2021) Input and output data for baseline simulations of streamflow using the Upper Rio Grande Basin Precipitation-Runoff Modeling System (PRMS) and downscaled climate projections Input and Output Data for the Application of the Precipitation-Runoff Modeling System (PRMS) to Simulate Near-Native Streamflow in the Upper Rio Grande Basin Input and Output Data Metadata, Step 1: Input and output data for pre-/post-calibration simulations of solar radiation and potential evapotranspiration for nine near-native subbasins and calibrated subareas Input and Output Data Metadata, Step 2: Input and output data for pre-/post-calibration of streamflow for nine near-native subbasins Input and Output Data Metadata, Step 3: Input and output data pre-/post-distribution of calibrated parameters to non-calibrated areas in the Upper Rio Grande Basin