Ground-water resources of Rusk County, Texas

Sandeen, William M.

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“…Estimates of total recharge from two county studies (Sandeen, 1972;Loskot and others, 1982) were about 1.2 in/yr. However as previously discussed, finite-difference models on average simulate less than total recharge.…”

Section: Simulated and Estimated Water-budget Componentsmentioning

confidence: 92%

Hydrogeology and simulation of ground-water flow and land-surface subsidence in the northern part of the Gulf Coast aquifer system, Texas

Kasmarek¹,

Robinson²

2004

Scientific Investigations Report

107

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Section: Simulated and Estimated Water-budget Componentsmentioning

confidence: 92%

Hydrogeology and simulation of ground-water flow and land-surface subsidence in the northern part of the Gulf Coast aquifer system, Texas

Kasmarek¹,

Robinson²

2004

Scientific Investigations Report

107

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“…per year (in./yr) to 7 in./yr. A few additional studies report recharge rates within this range (Tarver, 1968;Sandeen, 1972;Loskot and others, 1982). An in-depth discussion of the results from previous recharge studies in the study area is available in Kasmarek and Robinson (2004).…”

Section: Groundwater Flow Conditions Recharge and Dischargementioning

confidence: 95%

“…Because aquifer discharge to streams is not well known, such data are not particularly helpful for comparison with simulated data for purposes of calibration; there was little incentive to add more complexity to an already complex model by explicitly computing flow between streams to the aquifers. Although some additional recharge rates have recently been determined (Tarver, 1968;Sandeen, 1972;Loskot and others, 1982;Baker, 1986; and Kasmarek and Robinson, 2004), the additional complexity of including that information specifically, by substituting the GHB package with the River or Stream package and the Recharge package, was determined to be beyond the scope of this report.…”

Section: Recharge and Dischargementioning

confidence: 98%

Hydrogeology and simulation of groundwater flow and land-surface subsidence in the northern part of the Gulf Coast aquifer system, Texas, 1891-2009

Kasmarek¹

2012

Scientific Investigations Report

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In cooperation with the Harris-Galveston Subsidence District, Fort Bend Subsidence District, and Lone Star Groundwater Conservation District, the U.S. Geological Survey developed and calibrated the Houston Area Groundwater Model (HAGM), which simulates groundwater flow and land-surface subsidence in the northern part of the Gulf Coast aquifer system in Texas from predevelopment (before 1891) through 2009. Withdrawal of groundwater since development of the aquifer system has resulted in potentiometric surface (hydraulic head, or head) declines in the Gulf Coast aquifer system and land-surface subsidence (primarily in the Houston area) from depressurization and compaction of clay layers interbedded in the aquifer sediments. The MODFLOW-2000 groundwater flow model described in this report comprises four layers, one for each of the hydrogeologic units of the aquifer system except the Catahoula confining system, the assumed no-flow base of the system. The HAGM is composed of 137 rows and 245 columns of 1-square-mile grid cells with lateral no-flow boundaries at the extent of each hydrogeologic unit to the northwest, at groundwater divides associated with large rivers to the southwest and northeast, and at the downdip limit of freshwater to the southeast. The model was calibrated within the specified criteria by using trial-and-error adjustment of selected model-input data in a series of transient simulations until the model output (potentiometric surfaces, land-surface subsidence, and selected water-budget components) acceptably reproduced field measured (or estimated) aquifer responses including water level and subsidence. The HAGM-simulated subsidence generally compared well to 26 Predictions Relating Effective Stress to Subsidence (PRESS) models in Harris, Galveston, and Fort Bend Counties. Simulated HAGM results indicate that as much as 10 feet (ft) of subsidence has occurred in southeastern Harris County. Measured subsidence and model results indicate that a larger geographic area encompassing this area of maximum subsidence and much of central to southeastern Harris County has subsided at least 6 ft. For the western part of the study area, the HAGM simulated as much as 3 ft of subsidence in Wharton, Jackson, and Matagorda Counties. For the eastern part of the study area, the HAGM simulated as much as 3 ft of subsidence at the boundary of Hardin and Jasper Counties. Additionally, in the southeastern part of the study area in Orange County, the HAGM simulated as much as 3 ft of subsidence. Measured subsidence for these areas in the western and eastern parts of the HAGM has not been documented. June 9, 2001, related to Tropical Storm Allison (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 2012a). The average annual rainfall for the greater Houston area is 47.84 in., and the average annual temperature is about 68.8 degrees Fahrenheit (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 2012).

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“…He agreed with the stratigraphic position of the Burkeville confining layer within the Fleming Formation, but extended the underlying Jasper aquifer deeper into the Catahoula Sandstone. A later study by Sandeen (1968) in nearby San Jacinto County, Texas, recognized the Chicot aquifer above the Evangeline aquifer. Popkin (1971) also recognized the Chicot aquifer above the Evangeline aquifer in Montgomery County, Texas, and in addition divided the Jasper aquifer into two units.…”

Section: C6mentioning

confidence: 99%

Geohydrologic units of the coastal lowlands aquifer system, south-central United States

Weiss¹

1992

Professional Paper

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The Regional Aquifer-System Analysis (RASA) Program was started in 1978 following a congressional mandate to develop quantitative appraisals of the major groundwater systems of the United States. The RASA Program represents a systematic effort to study a number of the Nation's most important aquifer systems, which in aggregate underlie much of the country and which represent an important component of the Nation's total water supply. In general, the boundaries of these studies are identified by the hydrologic extent of each system and accordingly transcend the political subdivisions to which investigations have often arbitrarily been limited in the past. The broad objective for each study is to assemble geologic, hydrologic, and geochemical information, to analyze and develop an understanding of the system, and to develop predictive capabilities that will contribute to the effective management of the system. The use of computer simulation is an important element of the RASA studies, both to develop an understanding of the natural, undisturbed hydrologic system and the changes brought about in it by human activities, and to provide a means of predicting the regional effects of future pumping or other stresses. The final interpretive results of the RASA Program are presented in a series of U.S. Geological Survey Professional Papers that describe the geology, hydrology, and geochemistry of each regional aquifer system. Each study within the RASA Program is assigned a single Professional Paper number, and where the volume of interpretive material warrants, separate topical chapters that consider the principal elements of the investigation may be published. The series of RASA interpretive reports begins with Professional Paper 1400 and thereafter will continue in numerical sequence as the interpretive products of subsequent studies become available.

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Ground-water resources of Rusk County, Texas

Cited by 4 publications

References 17 publications

Hydrogeology and simulation of ground-water flow and land-surface subsidence in the northern part of the Gulf Coast aquifer system, Texas

Hydrogeology and simulation of ground-water flow and land-surface subsidence in the northern part of the Gulf Coast aquifer system, Texas

Hydrogeology and simulation of groundwater flow and land-surface subsidence in the northern part of the Gulf Coast aquifer system, Texas, 1891-2009

Geohydrologic units of the coastal lowlands aquifer system, south-central United States

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