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MODFLOW 6
Plans
| Plan | Billed and limits | Price |
|---|---|---|
| MODFLOW 6 | No charge stated · No price or usage limits stated | Free |
As usgs.gov lists them, read 14 Nov 2026. The maker's own page has the final word.
Facts from MODFLOW 6's own pages
- Audience
- USGS says MODFLOW has been widely used by academics, private consultants, and government scientists. · usgs.gov, 14 Nov 2026
- Energy and particle tracking
- GWE simulates thermal energy transport, while PRT calculates advective particle trajectories in flowing groundwater. · usgs.gov, 14 Nov 2026
- Founded
- 2017 · usgs.gov, 19 Oct 2026
- Grid support
- GWF models can use regular or unstructured grids; PRT currently supports DIS and DISV, but not DISU grids. · usgs.gov, 14 Nov 2026
- Groundwater flow
- The GWF model simulates three-dimensional transient groundwater flow using a generalized control-volume finite-difference approach. · usgs.gov, 14 Nov 2026
- GUI and visualization
- ModelMuse supports creating, running, and post-processing MODFLOW-based models; ModelViewer visualizes MODFLOW 6 grids and data in 3D. · usgs.gov, 14 Nov 2026
- Legacy conversion
- The distribution includes a converter for MODFLOW-2005, MODFLOW-NWT, and MODFLOW-LGR Version 2 models. · usgs.gov, 14 Nov 2026
- Model coupling
- Models may be independent, exchange information, or be tightly coupled in the same numerical solution. · usgs.gov, 14 Nov 2026
- Model types
- It includes groundwater flow, groundwater transport, groundwater energy, and particle tracking models. · usgs.gov, 14 Nov 2026
- Publication and release
- The cited current release is MODFLOW 6 version 6.8.2, dated October 30, 2026. · usgs.gov, 14 Nov 2026
- Purpose
- MODFLOW 6 is an object-oriented program and framework for supporting multiple models and types of models within one simulation. · usgs.gov, 14 Nov 2026
- Related tools
- The USGS identifies FloPy as a Python package for creating, running, and post-processing MODFLOW-based models. · usgs.gov, 14 Nov 2026
- Solute transport
- The GWT model simulates three-dimensional transport of a single solute species in flowing groundwater. · usgs.gov, 14 Nov 2026
- Support contact
- The listed contact is the USGS MODFLOW Team at [email protected]. · usgs.gov, 14 Nov 2026
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