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Monthly Diversions from the Surface-Water Network of the Central Valley Hydrologic Model (CVHM)
This digital dataset contains the monthly diversions from the surface-water network for the Central Valley
Hydrologic Model (CVHM). The Central Valley encompasses an approximate 50,000 square-kilometer
region of California. The complex hydrologic system of the Central Valley is simulated using the USGS
numerical modeling code MODFLOW-FMP (Schmid and others, 2006). This simulation is referred to
here as the CVHM (Faunt, 2009). Utilizing MODFLOW-FMP, the CVHM simulates groundwater and
surface-water flow, irrigated agriculture, land subsidence, and other key processes in the Central
Valley on a monthly basis from 1961-2003. The total active modeled area is 20,334 square-miles.
The CVHM includes complex surface-water management processes. The hydrology of the present-day
Central Valley and the CVHM model are driven by surface-water deliveries and associated groundwater
pumpage. The Streamflow Routing Package (SFR1) is linked to MODFLOW-FMP to facilitate the
simulated conveyance of surface-water deliveries. If surface-water deliveries do not meet the farm-delivery
requirement, the FMP invokes simulated groundwater pumping to meet the demand. The surface-water
network represents a subset of the entire stream network in the valley. Even so, it covers about 3,000
kilometers of surface-water and is simulated using 208 stream segments that represent 2244 stream
reaches, with 43 inflows and 66 diversion locations providing 64 routed and 41 non-routed deliveries.
Most of these inflows are regulated by dams and most of the deliveries are conveyed through an
extensive canal network. The routed deliveries are conveyed through the simulated surface-water
network, while the non-routed delivery conveyance typically occurs through small canals or diversion
ditches and are not directly simulated. Much of the surface-water diversion and delivery information
was compiled by the California Department of Water Resources (DWR) for 21 water-balance subregions
(WBSs) covering the valley floor (C. Brush, California Department of Water Resources, written commun.,
February 21, 2007). The CVHM is the most recent regional-scale model of the Central Valley developed
by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). The CVHM was developed as part of the USGS Groundwater
Resources Program (see "Foreword", Chapter A, page iii, for details).
Complete Metadata
| @id | http://datainventory.doi.gov/id/dataset/07255bf094a5411b0c0ee0aefe78d3b1 |
|---|---|
| bureauCode |
[ "010:12" ] |
| identifier | USGS:f27b33fa-c74e-4790-ae66-11255168c800 |
| spatial | -123.831528,34.519871,-117.916328,40.748631 |
| theme |
[ "geospatial" ] |
