Nebraska Water Science Center
Lincoln, Nebraska, United States
USGS Nebraska Water Science Center scientists publish results of their research in USGS series reports as well as in peer-reviewed journals.
2024
Water-Level and Recoverable Water in Storage Changes, High Plains Aquifer, Predevelopment to 2019 and 2017 to 2019, Virginia L. McGuire and Kellan R. Strauch
2023
Simulation of Monthly Mean and Monthly Base Flow of Streamflow Using Random Forests for the Mississippi River Alluvial Plain, 1901 to 2018, Benjamin J. Dietsch, William H. Asquith, Brian K. Breaker, Stephen M. Westenbroek, and Wade H. Kress
Selected Anthropogenic Contaminants in Groundwater, Papio-Missouri River Natural Resources District, Eastern Nebraska, 1992–2020, Brent M. Hall, Cory L. Kavan, Amanda Flynn, and Mikaela L. Cherry
Floodwater Drainage Assessment of Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska, 2020–22, Christopher M. Hobza
Flood-inundation Maps for an 8-mile Reach of Papillion Creek Near Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska, 2022, Kellan R. Strauch and Christopher M. Hobza
An Integrated Hydrologic Model to Support the Central Platte Natural Resources District Groundwater Management Plan, Central Nebraska, Jonathan (JP) Traylor, Moussa Guira, and Steven M. Petersen
2022
A Pivotal New Approach to Groundwater Quality Assessment, M. L. Cherry, T. Gilmore, T. Messer, Y. Li, and J. Westrop
Virtual Training Prepared for the Former Afghanistan Ministry of Energy and Water—Streamgaging, Fluvial Sediment Sampling, Bathymetry, and Streamflow and Sediment Modeling, Joel T. Groten, Joshua F. Valder, Brenda K. Densmore, Logan W. Neal, Justin Krahulik, and Thomas J. Mack
Age and Water-quality Characteristics of Groundwater Discharge to the South Loup River, Nebraska, 2019, Christopher M. Hobza and John E. Solder
Water-level and Recoverable Water in Storage Changes, High Plains Aquifer, Predevelopment to 2017 and 2015–17, Virginia L. McGuire and Kellan R. Strauch
Main-stem Seepage and Base-flow Recession Time Constants in the Niobrara National Scenic River Basin, Nebraska, 2016–18, Kellan R. Strauch and Philip J. Soeksen
2021
U.S. Geological Survey Science for the Wyoming Landscape Conservation Initiative—2018 Annual Report, Patrick J. Anderson, Cameron L. Aldridge, Jason S. Alexander, Timothy J.` Assal, Steven Aulenbach, Zachary H. Bowen, Anna D. Chalfoun, Geneva W. Chong, Holly Copeland, David R. Edmunds, Steve Germaine, Tabitha Graves, Julie A. Heinrichs, Collin G. Homer, Christopher G. Huber, Aaron N. Johnston, Matthew J. Kauffman, Daniel J. Manier, Ryan R. McShane, Cheryl A. Eddy-Miller, Kirk A. Miller, Adrian P. Monroe, Michael S. O'Donnell, Anna Ortega, Annika W. Walters, Daniel J. Wieferich, Teal B. Wyckoff, and Linda Zeigenfuss
The 3H/3He Groundwater Age-Dating Method And Applications, T. Gilmore, M. Cherry, D. Gastmans, D. K. Solomon, and E. C. Humphrey
Groundwater Quality and Age of Secondary Bedrock Aquifers in the Glaciated Portion of Eastern Nebraska, 2016–18, Christopher M. Hobza and Amanda T. Flynn
Continuous Turbidity Data Used to Compute Constituent Concentrations in the South Loup River, Nebraska, 2017–18, David L. Rus and Brenda K. Densmore
Assessment of Water Availability in the Osage Nation Using an Integrated Hydrologic-flow Model, Jonathan (JP) Traylor, Shana L. Mashburn, Randall T. Hanson, and Steven M. Peterson
2020
Recharge Seasonality Based on Stable Isotopes: Nongrowing Season Bias Altered by Irrigation in Nebraska, Mikaela Cherry, Troy E. Gilmore, Aaron R. Mittelstet, Didier Gastmans, Vinicius Santos, and John Gates
Modeling Escherichia coli in the Missouri River near Omaha, Nebraska, 2012–16, Brenda K. Densmore, Brent M. Hall, and Matthew T. Moser
Trends in Streamflow and Precipitation for Selected Sites in the Elkhorn River Basin and in Streamflow in the Salt Creek and Platte River Basins, Nebraska, 1961–2011, Benjamin J. Dietsch and Kellan R. Strauch
Interpretation of Hydrogeologic Data to Support Groundwater Management, Bazile Groundwater Management Area, Northeast Nebraska, 2019—A Case Demonstration of the Nebraska Geocloud, Christopher M. Hobza and Gregory V. Steele
Increased drought severity tracks warming in the United States’ largest river basin, Justin T. Martin, Gregory T. Pederson, Connie A. Woodhouse, Edward R. Cook, Gregory J. McCabe, Kevin J. Anchukaitis, Erika K. Wise, Patrick J. Erger, Larry Dolan, Marketa McGuire, Subhrendu Gangopadhyay, Katherine J. Chase, Jeremy S. Litell, Stephen T. Gray, Scott St. George, Jonathan M. Friedman, David J. Sauchyn, Jeannine-Marie St-Jacques, and John King
Altitude of the Potentiometric Surface in the Mississippi River Valley Alluvial Aquifer, Spring 2018, Virginia L. McGuire, Ronald C. Seanor, William H. Asquith, Anna M. Nottmeier, David C. Smith, Roland W. Tollett, Wade H. Kress, and Kellan R. Strauch
Groundwater Availability of the Northern High Plains Aquifer in Colorado, Kansas, Nebraska, South Dakota, and Wyoming, Steven M. Peterson, Jonathan P. Traylor, and Moussa Guira
2019
Isotopic Composition of Groundwater and Precipitation in Nebraska, USA, Mikaela L. Cherry, Troy E. Gilmore, Aaron R. Mittelstet, Didier Gastmans, and John Gates
Pawnee Dam Inflow Design Flood (IDF) Update and Stage-Frequency Curve Development Using RMCRFA, Jennifer P. Christensen and Joshua J. Melliger
Flood-inundation Maps of the Meramec River from Eureka to Arnold, Missouri, 2018, Benjamin J. Dietsch and Kellan R. Strauch
Groundwater Movement and Interaction with Surface Water Near the Confluence of the Platte and Elkhorn Rivers, Nebraska, 2016–18, Christopher M. Hobza, Mason J. Johnson, Paul W. Woodward, Kellan R. Strauch, and Aaron R. Schepers
Comparing Reservoir Sediment Yield, Depletion, and Sustainability within the Missouri River Basin, Daniel B. Pridal, Paul M. Boyd, and Larry J. Morong
Sediment Monitoring to Support Modeling a Reservoir Sediment Flush on a Sand-bed River in Northern Nebraska, Nathaniel J. Schaepe and Paul M. Boyd
Flood-Inundation Maps for the North Platte River at Scottsbluff and Gering, Nebraska, 2018, Kellan R. Strauch
Improved Flow Frequency Techniques with Frequency-Based Storms and Bulletin 17C, Katherine M. Werner
2018
Simulation of Groundwater Flow, 1895–2010, and Effects of Additional Groundwater Withdrawals on Future Stream Base Flow in the Elkhorn and Loup River Basins, Central Nebraska—Phase Three, Amanda T. Flynn and Jennifer S. Stanton
Groundwater Discharge Characteristics for Selected Streams within the Loup River Basin, Nebraska, 2014–16, Christopher M. Hobza and Aaron R. Schepers
Irrigated agriculture and future climate change effects on groundwater recharge, northern High Plains aquifer, USA, Zachary H. Lauffenburger, Jason J. Gurdak, Chris Hobza, and Duane Woodward
Relating Cyanobacteria and Physicochemical Water-quality Properties in Willow Creek Lake, Nebraska, 2012–14, David L. Rus, Brent M. Hall, and Steven A. Thomas
Documentation of Particle-size Analyzer Time Series, and Discrete Suspended-sediment and Bed-Sediment Sample Data Collection, Niobrara River Near Spencer, Nebraska, October 2014, Nathaniel J. Schaepe, Anthony M. Coleman, and Ronald B. Zelt
2017
Flood-inundation Maps for the Meramec River at Valley Park and at Fenton, Missouri, 2017, Benjamin J. Dietsch and Jacob N. Sappington
Water-Level and Recoverable Water in Storage Changes, High Plains Aquifer, Predevelopment to 2015 and 2013–15, Virginia L. McGuire
Brackish Groundwater and Its Potential to Augment Freshwater Supplies, Jennifer S. Stanton, Kevin F. Dennehy, Sharon L. Qi, and Alta C. Harris
Suitability of River Delta Sediment as Proppant, Missouri and Niobrara Rivers, Nebraska and South Dakota, 2015, Ronald B. Zelt, Christopher M. Hobza, Bethany L. Burton, Nathaniel J. Schaepe, and Nadine M. Piatak-Hackley
2016
Sediment Loads and Transport at Constructed Chutes along the Missouri River-Upper Hamburg Chute Near Nebraska City, Nebraska, and Kansas Chute Near Peru, Nebraska, Brenda K. Densmore, David L. Rus, Matthew T. Moser, Brent M. Hall, and Michael J. Andersen
Groundwater-flow Model of the Northern High Plains Aquifer in Colorado, Kansas, Nebraska, South Dakota, and Wyoming, Steven M. Peterson, Amanda T. Flynn, and Jonathan (JP) Traylor
Effects of Streamflows on Stream-channel Morphology in the Eastern Niobrara National Scenic River, Nebraska, 1988–2010, Nathaniel J. Schaepe, Jason S. Alexander, and Kiernan Folz-Donahue
Flood-inundation Maps for a 12.5-mile Reach of Big Papillion Creek at Omaha, Nebraska, Kellan R. Strauch, Benjamin J. Dietsch, and Kayla J. Anderson
Water Balance Monitoring for Two Bioretention Gardens in Omaha, Nebraska, 2011–14, Kellan R. Strauch, David L. Rus, and Kent E. Holm
2015
Hydrographic Surveys at Seven Chutes and Three Backwaters on the Missouri River in Nebraska, Iowa, and Missouri, 2011-13, Justin R. Krahulik, Brenda K. Densmore, Kayla J. Anderson, and Cory L. Kavan
Simulation of Groundwater Flow and Analysis of the Effects of Water-management Options in the North Platte Natural Resources District, Nebraska, Steven M. Peterson, Amanda T. Flynn, Joseph Vrabel, and Derek W. Ryter
Characteristics of Sediment Transport at Selected Sites along the Missouri River, 2011–12, David L. Rus, Joel M. Galloway, and Jason S. Alexander
Flood-inundation Maps for the St. Marys River at Decatur, Indiana, Kellan R. Strauch
2014
Repeated Multibeam Echosounder Hydrographic Surveys of 15 Selected Bridge Crossings along the Missouri River from Niobrara to Rulo, Nebraska, during the Flood of 2011, Benjamin J. Dietsch, Brenda K. Densmore, and Kellan R. Strauch
Hydrographic Survey of Chaktomuk, the Confluence of the Mekong, Tonlé Sap, and Bassac Rivers Near Phnom Penh, Cambodia, 2012, Benjamin J. Dietsch, Brenda K. Densmore, and Richard C. Wilson
Lithologic Influences on Groundwater Recharge through Incised Glacial Till from Profile to Regional Scales: Evidence from Glaciated Eastern Nebraska, John L. Gates, Gregory V. Steele, Paolo Nasta, and Jozsef Szilagyi
Capacitively Coupled and Direct-current Resistivity Surveys of Selected Reaches of Cozad, Thirty-Mile, Orchard-Alfalfa, Kearney, and Outlet Canals in Nebraska, 2012-13, Christopher M. Hobza, Bethany L. Burton, Jeffrey E. Lucius, and Ryan E. Tompkins
Hydrostratigraphic Interpretation of Test-hole and Borehole Geophysical Data, Kimball, Cheyenne, and Deuel Counties, Nebraska, 2011-12, Christopher M. Hobza and Steven S. Sibray
Water-level Changes and Change in Water in Storage in the High Plains Aquifer, Predevelopment to 2013 and 2011-13, Virginia L. McGuire
Microbial Water Quality during the Northern Migration of Sandhill Cranes (Grus canadensis) at the Central Platte River, Nebraska, Matthew T. Moser
Relations of Water-quality Constituent Concentrations to Surrogate Measurements in the Lower Platte River Corridor, Nebraska, 2007 through 2011, Nathaniel J. Schaepe, Philip J. Soenksen, and David L. Rus
Water Movement through the Unsaturated Zone of the High Plains Aquifer in the Central Platte Natural Resources District, Nebraska, 2008-12, Gregory V. Steele, Jason J. Gurdak, and Christopher M. Hobza
2013
Emergent Sandbar Dynamics in the Lower Platte River in Eastern Nebraska: Methods and Results of Pilot Study, 2011, Jason S. Alexander, Devin M. Schultze, and Ronald B. Zelt
Climate change beliefs, concerns, and attitudes toward adaptation and mitigation among farmers in the Midwestern United States, J. Gordon Arbuckle, Linda Stalker Prokopy, Tonya Haigh, Jon Hobbs, Tricia Knoot, Cody Knutson, Adam Loy, Amber Saylor Mase, Jean McGuire, Lois Wright Morton, John Tyndall, and Melissa Widhalm
Hydrographic Surveys of the Missouri and Yellowstone Rivers at Selected Bridges and through Bismarck, North Dakota, during the 2011 Flood, Brenda K. Densmore, Kellan R. Strauch, and Benjamin J. Dietsch
Hydrographic Surveys of Four Narrows within the Namakan Reservoir System, Voyageurs National Park, Minnesota, 2011, Brenda K. Densmore, Kellan R. Strauch, and Jeffrey R. Kiegweid
Comparison of Water Consumption in Two Riparian Vegetation Communities along the Central Platte River, Nebraska, 2008–09 and 2011, Brent M. Hall and David L. Rus
Riparian Evapotranspiration in Nebraska, Brent M. Hall and David L. Rus
Assessing Total Nitrogen in Surface-water Samples: Precision and Bias of Analytical and Computational Methods, David L. Rus, Charles J. Patton, David K. Mueller, and Charles G. Crawford
Impacts of Migratory Sandhill Cranes (Grus canadensis) on Microbial Water Quality in the Central Platte River, Nebraska, USA, Jason R. Vogel, Dale W. Griffin, Hon S. Ip, Nicholas J. Ashbolt, Matthew T. Moser, Jingrang Lu, Mary K. Beitz, Hodon Ryu, and Jorge W. Santo Domingo
2012
A Brief History and Summary of the Effects of River Engineering and Dams on the Mississippi River System and Delta, Jason S. Alexander, Richard C. Wilson, and W. Reed Green
Hydrostratigraphic Interpretation of Test-hole and Surface Geophysical Data, Elkhorn and Loup River Basins, Nebraska, 2008 to 2011, Christopher M. Hobza, Paul A. Bedrosian, and Benjamin R. Bloss
Saturated Thickness and Water in Storage in the High Plains Aquifer, 2009, and Water-level Changes and Changes in Water in Storage in the High Plains Aquifer, 1980 to 1995, 1995 to 2000, 2000 to 2005, and 2005 to 2009, Virginia L. McGuire, Kris D. Lund, and Brenda K. Densmore
Altitude, Age, and Quality of Groundwater, Papio-Missouri River Natural Resources District, Eastern Nebraska, 1992 to 2009, Virginia L. McGuire, Derek W. Ryter, and Amanda T. Flynn
Water-Level and Storage Changes in the High Plains Aquifer, Predevelopment to 2011 and 2009–11, V. L. McGuire
Agricultural Advisors: A Receptive Audience for Weather and Climate Information?, Linda Stalker Prokopy, Tonya Haigh, Amber Saylor Mase, Jim Angel, Chad Hart, Cody Knutson, Maria Carmen Lemos, Yun Jia Lo, Jean McGuire, Lois Wright Morton, Jennifer Perron, Dennis Todey, and Melissa Widhalm
Groundwater depletion and sustainability of irrigation in the US High Plains and Central Valley, Bridget R. Scanlon, Claudia C. Faunt, Laurent Longuevergne, Robert C. Reedy, William M. Alley, Virginia L. McGuire, and Peter B. McMahon
2011
Hydrostratigraphic Interpretation of Test-hole and Geophysical Data, Upper Loup River Basin, Nebraska, 2008-10, Christopher M. Hobza, Theodore H. Asch, and Paul A. Bedrosian
Changes in Water Levels and Storage in the High Plains Aquifer, Predevelopment to 2009, Virginia L. McGuire
Sediment Samples and Channel-geometry Data, Lower Platte River Watershed, Nebraska, 2010, Nathaniel J. Schaepe and Jason S. Alexander
Helicopter Electromagnetic and Magnetic Geophysical Survey Data, Swedeburg and Sprague Study Areas, Eastern Nebraska, May 2009, B. D. Smith, J. D. Abraham, J. C. Cannia, B. J. Minsley, L. B. Ball, Gregory V. Steele, and M. Deszcz-Pan
Selected Approaches to Estimate Water-budget Components of the High Plains, 1940 through 1949 and 2000 through 2009, Jennifer S. Stanton, Sharon L. Qi, Derek W. Ryter, Sarah E. Falk, Natalie A. Houston, Steven M. Peterson, Stephen M. Westenbroek, and Scott C. Christenson
Characteristics of Suspended and Streambed Sediment within Constructed Chutes and the Main Channel at Upper Hamburg and Glovers Point Bends, Missouri River, Nebraska, 2008, Brenda K. Woodward and David L. Rus
2010
Hydrogeomorphic Segments and Hydraulic Microhabitats of the Niobrara River, Nebraska, with Special Emphasis on the Niobrara National Scenic River, Jason S. Alexander, Ronald B. Zelt, and Nathaniel J. Schaepe
Quantifying Canal Leakage Rates using a Mass-balance Approach and Heat-based Hydraulic Conductivity Estimates in Selected Irrigation Canals, Western Nebraska, 2007 through 2009, Christopher M. Hobza and Michael J. Andersen
The Influence of Nutrients and Physical Habitat in Regulating Algal Biomass in Agricultural Streams, Mark D. Munn, Jeffrey Frey, and Anthony Tesoriero
Simulation of Groundwater Flow and Effects of Groundwater Irrigation on Stream Base Flow in the Elkhorn and Loup River Basins, Nebraska, 1895-2055: Phase Two, Jennifer S. Stanton, Steven M. Peterson, and Michael N. Fienen
2009
Geomorphic Segmentation, Hydraulic Geometry, and Hydraulic Microhabitats of the Niobrara River, Nebraska—Methods and Initial Results, Jason S. Alexander, Ronald B. Zelt, and Nathaniel J. Schaepe
Thresholds of Climate Change in Ecosystems: Final Report, Synthesis and Assessment Product 4.2, Craig D. Allen; Charles Birkeland; F. Stuart Chapin, III; Peter M. Groffman; Glenn . R. Guntenspergen; Alan K. Knapp; A. David McGuire; Patrick J. Mulholland; Debra P.C. Peters; Daniel D. Roby; and George Sugihara
Trends in Streamflow Characteristics of Selected Sites in the Elkhorn River, Salt Creek, and Lower Platte River Basins, Eastern Nebraska, 1928–2004, and Evaluation of Streamflows in Relation to Instream-Flow Criteria, 1953–2004, Benjamin J. Dietsch, Julie A. Godberson, and Gregory V. Steele
Hydrodynamic Simulations of Physical Aquatic Habitat Availability for Pallid Sturgeon in the Lower Missouri River, at Yankton, South Dakota, Kenslers Bend, Nebraska, Little Sioux, Iowa, and Miami, Missouri, 2006–07, Robert B. Jacobson, Harold E. Johnson III, and Benjamin J. Dietsch
Changes in Water Levels and Storage in the High Plains Aquifer, Predevelopment to 2007, V. L. McGuire
Water-Level Changes in the High Plains Aquifer, Predevelopment to 2007, 2005–06, and 2006–07, V. L. McGuire
2008
Hydrogeology, Chemical Characteristics, and Transport Processes in the Zone of Contribution of a Public-Supply Well in York, Nebraska, Matthew K. Landon, Brian R. Clark, Peter B. McMahon, Michael J. Turco, and Virginia L. McGuire
Evapotranspiration Rates of Riparian Forests, Platte River, Nebraska, 2002–06, Matthew K. Landon, David L. Rus, Benjamin J. Dietsch, Michaela R. Johnson, and Kathleen D. Eggemeyer
2005
Evaluation of Models and Data for Assessing Whooping Crane Habitat in the Central Platte River, Nebraska, Adrian H. Farmer, Brian S. Cade, James W. Terrell, Jim H. Henriksen, and Jeffery T. Runge
Age and Quality of Ground Water and Sources of Nitrogen in the Surficial Aquifers in Pumpkin Creek Valley, Western Nebraska, 2000, G. V. Steele, J. C. Cannia, S. S. Sibray, and V. L. McGuire
2004
Stream Bank Stability in Eastern Nebraska, Philip J. Soenksen, Mary J. Turner, Benjamin J. Dietsch, and Andrew Simon
2003
Streambed Adjustment and Channel Widening in Eastern Nebraska, David L. Rus, Benjamin J. Dietsch, and Andrew Simon
Stream Bank Stability in Eastern Nebraska, Philip J. Soenksen, Mary J. Turner, Benjamin J. Dietsch, and Andrew Simon
2001
Comparison of Instream Methods for Measuring Hydraulic Conductivity in Sandy Streambeds, Matthew K. Landon, David L. Rus, and F. Edwin Harvey
Comparison of Instream Methods for Measuring Hydrolic Conductivity in Sandy Streambeds, Matthew K. Landon, David L. Rus, and F. Edwin Harvey
Vertical Profiles of Streambed Hydraulic Conductivity Determined Using Slug Tests in Central and Western Nebraska, David L. Rus, Virginia L. McGuire, Brian R. Zurbuchen, and Vitaly A. Zlotnik