Virginia L McGuire
Virginia (Ginny) McGuire is a Hydrologist for the U.S. Geological Survey Nebraska Water Science Center in Lincoln, Nebraska.
Virginia (Ginny) McGuire has worked as a hydrologist for the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Nebraska Water Science Center since April 1992. In 2013, she became the Center's Groundwater Specialist; in 2017, she became the Center's Report Specialist. Ginny has worked on a variety of projects dealing with aquifer characteristics, groundwater quality,and hydrogeologic framework.
Professional Experience
2016-present: Part of the groundwater section of the Mississippi Alluvial Plain study
2013-present: As the Center's Groundwater Specialist, oversees groundwater data in the USGS databases.
1997-present: Project chief for the water-level monitoring study for the High Plains aquifer
2013-2017: Part of National Brackish Groundwater Assessment team
1996-2014 Project chief for the several groundwater quality studies
1992-1996 Provided GIS and field/office support for groundwater studies
Education and Certifications
B.S. Math, Creighton University, Omaha, NE
M.S. Geology, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE
Science and Products
High Plains Water-Level Monitoring Study
Groundwater-Quality Monitoring near Ashland, Nebraska
Integrating GRACE Satellite and Ground-based Estimates of Groundwater Storage Changes
Datasets of depth to water, spring 2016, 2018, and 2020, and spring-to-spring water-level change 2016-18, 2018-20, and 2016-20, Mississippi River Valley alluvial aquifer
Spatial data set of mapped water-level changes in the High Plains aquifer, predevelopment (about 1950) to 2017 and 2015 to 2017
Groundwater levels and other covariates useful for statistical modeling for the Mississippi River Valley Alluvial aquifer, Mississippi Alluvial Plain
Datasets used to map the potentiometric surface, Mississippi River Valley alluvial aquifer, spring 2020
Datasets used to map the potentiometric surface, Mississippi River Valley alluvial aquifer, spring 2018
Datasets from maps of water-level changes in the High Plains aquifer in parts of Colorado, Kansas, Nebraska, New Mexico, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Texas, and Wyoming, predevelopment (about 1950) to 2015
Altitude of the potentiometric surface in the Mississippi River Valley alluvial aquifer, spring 2020
Altitude of the potentiometric surface in the Mississippi River Valley alluvial aquifer, spring 2018
Potentiometric surface of the Mississippi River Valley alluvial aquifer, spring 2016
Water-level changes in the High Plains aquifer, Republican River Basin in Colorado, Kansas, and Nebraska, 2002 to 2015
Base of principal aquifer for the Elkhorn-Loup model area, North-Central Nebraska
Water-level and recoverable water in storage changes, High Plains Aquifer, predevelopment to 2019 and 2017 to 2019
Water-level and recoverable water in storage changes, High Plains aquifer, predevelopment to 2017 and 2015–17
Methods to quality assure, plot, summarize, interpolate, and extend groundwater-level information—Examples for the Mississippi River Valley alluvial aquifer
Water-level and recoverable water in storage changes, High Plains aquifer, predevelopment to 2015 and 2013–15
The High Plains aquifer underlies 111.8 million acres (about 175,000 square miles) in parts of eight States—Colorado, Kansas, Nebraska, New Mexico, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Texas, and Wyoming. Water-level declines began in parts of the High Plains aquifer soon after the beginning of substantial irrigation with groundwater in the aquifer area (about 1950). This report presents water-level changes an
Brackish groundwater in the United States
Water-level changes and change in water in storage in the High Plains aquifer, predevelopment to 2013 and 2011-13
Water-level and storage changes in the High Plains aquifer, predevelopment to 2011 and 2009-11
Groundwater depletion and sustainability of irrigation in the US High Plains and Central Valley
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
Altitude, age, and quality of groundwater, Papio-Missouri River Natural Resources District, eastern Nebraska, 1992 to 2009
Water-level changes in the High Plains aquifer, predevelopment to 2009, 2007-08, and 2008-09, and change in water in storage, predevelopment to 2009
Changes in water levels and storage in the High Plains Aquifer, predevelopment to 2009
Source code in R to quality assure, plot, summarize, interpolate, and extend groundwater-level information, visGWDB---Groundwater-level informatics with demonstration for the Mississippi River Valley alluvial aquifer
Science and Products
High Plains Water-Level Monitoring Study
Groundwater-Quality Monitoring near Ashland, Nebraska
Integrating GRACE Satellite and Ground-based Estimates of Groundwater Storage Changes
Datasets of depth to water, spring 2016, 2018, and 2020, and spring-to-spring water-level change 2016-18, 2018-20, and 2016-20, Mississippi River Valley alluvial aquifer
Spatial data set of mapped water-level changes in the High Plains aquifer, predevelopment (about 1950) to 2017 and 2015 to 2017
Groundwater levels and other covariates useful for statistical modeling for the Mississippi River Valley Alluvial aquifer, Mississippi Alluvial Plain
Datasets used to map the potentiometric surface, Mississippi River Valley alluvial aquifer, spring 2020
Datasets used to map the potentiometric surface, Mississippi River Valley alluvial aquifer, spring 2018
Datasets from maps of water-level changes in the High Plains aquifer in parts of Colorado, Kansas, Nebraska, New Mexico, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Texas, and Wyoming, predevelopment (about 1950) to 2015
Altitude of the potentiometric surface in the Mississippi River Valley alluvial aquifer, spring 2020
Altitude of the potentiometric surface in the Mississippi River Valley alluvial aquifer, spring 2018
Potentiometric surface of the Mississippi River Valley alluvial aquifer, spring 2016
Water-level changes in the High Plains aquifer, Republican River Basin in Colorado, Kansas, and Nebraska, 2002 to 2015
Base of principal aquifer for the Elkhorn-Loup model area, North-Central Nebraska
Water-level and recoverable water in storage changes, High Plains Aquifer, predevelopment to 2019 and 2017 to 2019
Water-level and recoverable water in storage changes, High Plains aquifer, predevelopment to 2017 and 2015–17
Methods to quality assure, plot, summarize, interpolate, and extend groundwater-level information—Examples for the Mississippi River Valley alluvial aquifer
Water-level and recoverable water in storage changes, High Plains aquifer, predevelopment to 2015 and 2013–15
The High Plains aquifer underlies 111.8 million acres (about 175,000 square miles) in parts of eight States—Colorado, Kansas, Nebraska, New Mexico, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Texas, and Wyoming. Water-level declines began in parts of the High Plains aquifer soon after the beginning of substantial irrigation with groundwater in the aquifer area (about 1950). This report presents water-level changes an