James Callegary
James Callegary is a Hydrologist in the Arizona Water Science Center, Tucson Office.
Abstracts and Presentations
Fandel, C., Callegary, J., Ferré, T., Norman, L., Scott, C., 2015, Evaluating the effect of gabions on vertical water flux in an ephemeral stream using wildlife cameras and temperature sensors: Annual Conference of the Society of Ecological Restoration – Southwest Chapter, November 20-22, 2015, Tucson, Arizona
Callegary, J., Norman, L., Wiele, S., 2015, A multidisciplinary and multi-method approach to assess the Hydrologic and Geomorphologica Effects of Watershed Restoration: Annual Conference of the Society of Ecological Restoration – Southwest Chapter, November 20-22, 2015, Tucson, Arizona
Callegary, J., Gray, F., Norman, L., Bultman, M., Heilman, J., 2015, Hydrology and water-budget components of an extensively-mined area using geophysics, geochemistry, rainfall-runoff- and sediment-transport modeling: 2015 NGWA Conference on Groundwater in Fractured Rock, September 28-29, 2015, Burlington, Vermont
Page, W.R., Gray, F., Menges, C.M., Berry, M.E., Cosca, M.A., and Callegary, J.B., 2011, Re-evaluating the stratigraphy, structure, and hydrogeology of the Miocene Nogales Formation, Upper Santa Cruz Basin, Southern Arizona and Northern Sonora, Mexico. Geological Society of America Annual Meeting in Minneapolis (9–12 October 2011)
Lincicome-Noriega, A.D., Callegary, J.B., and Brusseau, M.L. Analysis of Pollution Potential of the Upper San Pedro and Upper Santa Cruz Aquifers. The University of Arizona Institute of the Environment - Environmental Research Grad Blitz, November 8, 2011.
Callegary, James, Paretti, Nicholas, Beisner, Kimberly. Surface-to-groundwater transport of contaminants at Tumacácori National Historical Park. Arizona Hydrological Society September 19-21, 2011, Flagstaff, Arizona.
Felipe Caldeira, Laura M. Norman, James Callegary, and Floyd Gray. Nogales , Sonora, Mexico: Is there something in the Water? Santa Cruz River Researcher’s Day March 29, 2011.
Rose M. McAndrew, James B. Callegary, Mark L. Brusseau. Groundwater Contaminant Transport Modeling in the Upper Santa Cruz Basin. El Dia del Agua Student Symposium, University of Arizona, March 31, 2011, Tucson, Arizona. (Received $1000 first place Hargis Award for best poster presentation.)
Callegary, James, Nick Paretti, Floyd Gray, Laura Norman, Kim Beisner, Katie Eddelman, Logan Matti, Diana Papoulias, Charles van Riper, JR Bell, Rose McAndrew, Alexis Lincicome, Mark Brusseau, Dave Alvarez, Chris Scott, Prescott Vandervoet, and Sharon Megdal. 2011. Linking hydrology, geology, chemistry, and biology in the Upper Santa Cruz River Basin. Santa Cruz River Researcher’s Day, March 29, 2
Stewart, Anne M., Hoshin, V. Gupta, Goodrich, David C., Callegary, James C., and Montenegro, Ellen S. 2010. Optimized Numerical Modeling to Estimate Precipitation and Infiltration in Ephemeral Stream Channels, Southeast Arizona. Fall Meeting American Geophysical Union, Dec. 13-17, San Francisco, California.
Sharon Megdal, Roberto Sención, Christopher A. Scott, Florencio Díaz, Lucas Oroz, James Callegary, Robert G. Varady. Institutional Assessment of the Transboundary Santa Cruz and San Pedro Aquifers on the United States-Mexico Border: UNESCO-IAH-UNEP Conference, Paris, 6-8 December 2010.
Caldeira, Felipe, Norman, Laura M., Callegary, James, Nubes Ortiz, Gerardina, O’Rourke, Mary Kay, de Zapien, Jill, Gray, Floyd and Rosales, Cecilia, 2010, Water Quality and Health Analysis in Two Different Colonias of Nogales, Sonora, Mexico, [abs.], Arizona Hydrological Society, Sept 1-4, Tucson, Ariz.
Nie, Wenming, Yuan, Yongping, Norman, Laura M., Tallent-Halsell, Nita and Callegary, James, 2010, Assessing climate change impacts on surface water availability in the Upper Santa Cruz Watershed, [abs.], Arizona Hydrological Society, Sept 1-4, Tucson, Ariz.
Laura M. Norman, James Callegary, Charles van Riper III, Floyd Gray, Nicholas V. Paretti, and Miguel Villarreal. 2009. The Border Environmental Health Initiative: Investigation of the Transboundary Santa Cruz Watershed. American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting 2009.
Callegary, J., Withers, K., Gray, F., Page, W., Vandervoet, P., McAndrew, R., Caldeira, F., Scott, C., and Megdal, S. 2009. Desarrollo Inicial del Marco Hidrogeológico para el Lado Estadounidense de la Cuenca Alta del Río Santa Cruz. VII National Groundwater Congress of the Mexican Geohydrologic Association.
Rose M. McAndrew, James B. Callegary, Mark L. Brusseau, and Floyd Gray. 2009. Contaminant Transport and Predictive Modeling in the Upper Santa Cruz Basin. 2009 Geological Society of America Annual Meeting.
Callegary, J.B., Megdal, S.B., Scott, C.A., and Vandervoet, P. 2009. Transboundary Aquifer Assessment Program. National Ground Water Association’s 2009 Ground Water Summit.
Laura M. Norman, James Callegary, Floyd Gray, Charles van Riper, Joseph J. Fontaine, and Anne Gartner. 2009. Border Environmental Health Initiative (BEHI): Investigation of the Transboundary Upper Santa Cruz Basin. National Ground Water Association’s 2009 Ground Water Summit.
Norman, Laura M., Burns, I. Shea, Levick, Lainie, and Callegary, James, 2009, Planning Land and Water-Resource Management in the Upper Santa Cruz Watershed, Arizona and Sonora, Mexico [abs.]: The Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers (AAG), March 22-27, Las Vegas, NV.
Stewart, A. M., Callegary, J. B., Smith, C. F., Wiele, S. M., Cordova, J. T., Fritzinger, R. A., and Gupta, H. V. 2008. Use of the Continuous Slope-Area Method to Estimate Runoff Through Ephemeral Stream Channels in SE Arizona. American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting 2008.
Semmens, D.J., W.G. Kepner, D.C. Goodrich, L.M. Norman, J.B. Callegary, and C. van Riper III, 2008, Applying the Ecosystem Services Concept for Environmental Management in the Upper San Pedro Basin, Arizona [abs.]: ACES, A Conference on Ecosystem Services, December 8-11, Naples, FL.
Stewart, A.M., James B. Callegary, James Leenhouts, and Hoshin Gupta. 2007. Modeling Recharge to the Ground-Water System through Ephemeral Stream Channels in and downstream of Sierra Vista, Upper San Pedro River Basin, Arizona, Regional Water Symposium, 20th Annual AHS Symposium, Tucson, Arizona (September, 2007).
Kurt Schonauer and James B. Callegary. 2007. Investigations of Rural Watersheds in Southeastern Arizona, Regional Water Symposium, 20th Annual AHS Symposium, Tucson, Arizona (September, 2007).
Pool, D.R., James B.Callegary, and R.W. Groom. Aerial Transient Electromagnetic Surveys of Alluvial Aquifers in Rural Watersheds of Arizona, United States, Fall Meeting of the American Geophysical Union, San Francisco, California (December, 2006).
Gray, Floyd; Page, William R.; Kleinkopf, Merlin D.; Pool, Donald R.; Callegary, James; Wynn, Jeffrey C.; Maldonado, Florian; and Miller, Robert J., 2005, Geological and geophysical studies of the headwaters of the San Pedro River in northern Sonora, Mexico: Geological Society of America 37, no. 7, pp. 450.
Callegary, James B. and Ty P.A. Ferré. “Borehole Geophysics and Surface Electromagnetic Induction Surveys to Describe Ephemeral Channel Recharge in the Sierra Vista Subwatershed of the Upper San Pedro Basin”. Fall Meeting of the American Geophysical Union, San Francisco, California (December, 2001).
Science and Products
Use of the continuous slope-area method to estimate runoff in a network of ephemeral channels, southeast Arizona, USA
A simple method for estimating basin-scale groundwater discharge by vegetation in the basin and range province of Arizona using remote sensing information and geographic information systems
Three-dimensional sensitivity distribution and sample volume of low-induction-number electromagnetic-induction instruments
Multi-gauge Calibration for modeling the Semi-Arid Santa Cruz Watershed in Arizona-Mexico Border Area Using SWAT
Effects of climate change and population growth on the transboundary Santa Cruz aquifer
Water availability and use pilot: Methods development for a regional assessment of groundwater availability, southwest alluvial basins, Arizona
Regional groundwater-flow model of the Redwall-Muav, Coconino, and alluvial basin aquifer systems of northern and central Arizona
Nogales flood detention study
The Border Environmental Health Initiative: Investigating the transboundary Santa Cruz watershed
Developing an ecosystem services online decision support tool to assess the impacts of climate change and urban growth in the Santa Cruz watershed: Where we live, work, and play
Geophysical Methods for Investigating Ground-Water Recharge
Estimated infiltration, percolation, and recharge rates at the Rillito Creek focused recharge investigation site, Pima County, Arizona
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Use of the continuous slope-area method to estimate runoff in a network of ephemeral channels, southeast Arizona, USA
The continuous slope-area (CSA) method is an innovative gaging method for indirect computation of complete-event discharge hydrographs that can be applied when direct measurement methods are unsafe, impractical, or impossible to apply. This paper reports on use of the method to produce event-specific discharge hydrographs in a network of sand-bedded ephemeral stream channels in southeast Arizona,AuthorsAnne M. Stewart, James B. Callegary, Christopher F. Smith, Hoshin V. Gupta, James M. Leenhouts, Robert A. FritzingerA simple method for estimating basin-scale groundwater discharge by vegetation in the basin and range province of Arizona using remote sensing information and geographic information systems
Groundwater is a vital water resource in the arid to semi-arid southwestern United States. Accurate accounting of inflows to and outflows from the groundwater system is necessary to effectively manage this shared resource, including the important outflow component of groundwater discharge by vegetation. A simple method for estimating basin-scale groundwater discharge by vegetation is presented thaAuthorsF.D. Tillman, J.B. Callegary, P.L. Nagler, E.P. GlennThree-dimensional sensitivity distribution and sample volume of low-induction-number electromagnetic-induction instruments
There is an ongoing effort to improve the understanding of the correlation of soil properties with apparent soil electrical conductivity as measured by low‐induction‐number electromagnetic‐induction (LIN FEM) instruments. At a minimum, the dimensions of LIN FEM instruments' sample volume, the spatial distribution of sensitivity within that volume, and implications for surveying and analyses must bAuthorsJames B. Callegary, T.P.A. Ferré, R.W. GroomMulti-gauge Calibration for modeling the Semi-Arid Santa Cruz Watershed in Arizona-Mexico Border Area Using SWAT
In most watershed-modeling studies, flow is calibrated at one monitoring site, usually at the watershed outlet. Like many arid and semi-arid watersheds, the main reach of the Santa Cruz watershed, located on the Arizona-Mexico border, is discontinuous for most of the year except during large flood events, and therefore the flow characteristics at the outlet do not represent the entire watershed. CAuthorsRewati Niraula, Laura A. Norman, Thomas Meixner, James B. CallegaryEffects of climate change and population growth on the transboundary Santa Cruz aquifer
The USA and Mexico have initiated comprehensive assessment of 4 of the 18 aquifers underlying their 3000 km border. Binational management of groundwater is not currently proposed. University and agency researchers plus USA and Mexican federal, state, and local agency staff have collaboratively identified key challenges facing the Santa Cruz River Valley Aquifer located between the states of ArizonAuthorsChristopher A. Scott, Sharon Megdal, Lucas Antonio Oroz, James Callegary, Prescott VandervoetWater availability and use pilot: Methods development for a regional assessment of groundwater availability, southwest alluvial basins, Arizona
Executive Summary: Arizona is located in an arid to semiarid region in the southwestern United States and is one of the fastest growing States in the country. Population in Arizona surpassed 6.5 million people in 2008, an increase of 140 percent since 1980, when the last regional U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) groundwater study was done as part of the Regional Aquifer System Analysis (RASA) progrAuthorsFred D. Tillman, Jeffrey T. Cordova, Stanley A. Leake, Blakemore E. Thomas, James B. CallegaryRegional groundwater-flow model of the Redwall-Muav, Coconino, and alluvial basin aquifer systems of northern and central Arizona
A numerical flow model (MODFLOW) of the groundwater flow system in the primary aquifers in northern Arizona was developed to simulate interactions between the aquifers, perennial streams, and springs for predevelopment and transient conditions during 1910 through 2005. Simulated aquifers include the Redwall-Muav, Coconino, and basin-fill aquifers. Perennial stream reaches and springs that derive bAuthorsD. R. Pool, Kyle W. Blasch, James B. Callegary, Stanley A. Leake, Leslie F. GraserNogales flood detention study
Flooding in Ambos Nogales often exceeds the capacity of the channel and adjacent land areas, endangering many people. The Nogales Wash is being studied to prevent future flood disasters and detention features are being installed in tributaries of the wash. This paper describes the application of the KINEROS2 model and efforts to understand the capacity of these detention features under various floAuthorsLaura M. Norman, Lainie Levick, D. Phillip Guertin, James Callegary, Jesus Quintanar Guadarrama, Claudia Zulema Gil Anaya, Andrea Prichard, Floyd Gray, Edgar Castellanos, Edgar Tepezano, Hans Huth, Prescott Vandervoet, Saul Rodriguez, Jose Nunez, Donald Atwood, Gilberto Patricio Olivero Granillo, Francisco Octavio Gastellum CeballosThe Border Environmental Health Initiative: Investigating the transboundary Santa Cruz watershed
In 2004 the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) launched the Border Environmental Health Initiative (BEHI), a major project encompassing the entire U.S.-Mexico border region. In 2009, a study of the Santa Cruz River Watershed (SCW), located in the border region of Arizona and Sonora, Mexico, was initiated as part of the BEHI. In this borderland region of the desert Southwest, human health and the ecosysAuthorsLaura M. Norman, James Callegary, Charles van Riper, Floyd GrayDeveloping an ecosystem services online decision support tool to assess the impacts of climate change and urban growth in the Santa Cruz watershed: Where we live, work, and play
Using respective strengths of the biological, physical, and social sciences, we are developing an online decision support tool, the Santa Cruz Watershed Ecosystem Portfolio Model (SCWEPM), to help promote the use of information relevant to water allocation and land management in a binational watershed along the U.S.-Mexico border. The SCWEPM will include an ES valuation system within a suite of liAuthorsLaura M. Norman, Nita Tallent-Halsell, William Labiosa, Matt Weber, Amy McCoy, Katie Hirschboeck, James B. Callegary, Charles van Riper, Floyd GrayGeophysical Methods for Investigating Ground-Water Recharge
While numerical modeling has revolutionized our understanding of basin-scale hydrologic processes, such models rely almost exclusively on traditional measurements?rainfall, streamflow, and water-table elevations?for calibration and testing. Model calibration provides initial estimates of ground-water recharge. Calibrated models are important yet crude tools for addressing questions about the spatiAuthorsTy P.A. Ferre, Andrew M. Binley, Kyle W. Blasch, James B. Callegary, Steven M. Crawford, James B. Fink, Alan L. Flint, Lorraine E. Flint, John P. Hoffmann, John A. Izbicki, Marc T. Levitt, Donald R. Pool, Bridget R. ScanlonEstimated infiltration, percolation, and recharge rates at the Rillito Creek focused recharge investigation site, Pima County, Arizona
A large fraction of ground water stored in the alluvial aquifers in the Southwest is recharged by water that percolates through ephemeral stream-channel deposits. The amount of water currently recharging many of these aquifers is insufficient to meet current and future demands. Improving the understanding of streambed infiltration and the subsequent redistribution of water within the unsaturated zAuthorsJohn P. Hoffmann, Kyle W. Blasch, Don R. Pool, Matthew A. Bailey, James B. Callegary