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Digital model of the Arikaree Aquifer near Wheatland, southeastern Wyoming

Open-File Report 77-676
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https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr77676

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Abstract

A digital model that mathematically simulates the flow of ground water, approximating the flow system as two-dimensional, has been applied to predict the long-term effects of irrigation and proposed industrial pumping from the unconfined Arikaree aquifer in a 400 square-mile area in southeastern Wyoming. Three cases that represent projected maximum, mean, and minimum combined irrigation and industrial ground-water withdrawals at annual rates of 16,176, 11,168, and 6,749 acre-feet, respectively, were considered. Water-level declines of more than 5 feet over areas of 124, 120, and 98 square miles and depletions in streamflow of 14.4, 8.9, and 7.2 cfs from the Laramie and North Laramie Rivers were predicted to occur at the end of a 40-year simulation period for these maximum, mean, and minimum withdrawal rates, respectively. A tenfold incrase in the vertical hydraulic conductivity that was assumed for the streambeds results in smaller predicted drawdowns near the Laramie and North Laramie Rivers and a 36 percent increase in the predicted depletion in streamflow for the North Laramie River. (Woodard-USGS)

Suggested Citation

Hoxie, D.T., 1977, Digital model of the Arikaree Aquifer near Wheatland, southeastern Wyoming: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 77-676, vi, 54 p. :ill., maps ;28 cm.; (88 p. - PGS), https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr77676.

ISSN: 2331-1258 (online)

Publication type Report
Publication Subtype USGS Numbered Series
Title Digital model of the Arikaree Aquifer near Wheatland, southeastern Wyoming
Series title Open-File Report
Series number 77-676
DOI 10.3133/ofr77676
Year Published 1977
Language ENGLISH
Publisher U.S. Geological Survey,
Description vi, 54 p. :ill., maps ;28 cm.; (88 p. - PGS)
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