SFRmaker is a python package for automating construction of stream flow routing networks from hydrography data. Hydrography are input from a polyline shapefile and intersected with a structured grid defined using a shapefile or a Flopy StructuredGrid instance. Attribute data are supplied via .dbf files (NHDPlus input option) or via specified fields in the hydrography shapefile. Line fragments representing intersections between the flowlines and model grid cells are converted to SFR reaches using the supplied attribute data. MODFLOW-NWT/2005 or MODFLOW-6 SFR package input can then be written, along with shapefiles for visualizing the SFR package dataset.

See the SFRmaker documentation

See the Installation Instructions

Leaf, A.T., Fienen, M.N. and Reeves, H.W., 2021. SFRmaker and Linesink-maker: Rapid construction of streamflow routing networks from hydrography data, Groundwater xx (x), xx–xx (in revision). <waiting on DOI from journal>

Leaf, A.T., Fienen, M.N. and Reeves, H.W., 2021, SFRmaker version 0.7.1: U.S. Geological Survey Software Release, xx Jan. 2021, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9U2T031

This software is preliminary or provisional and is subject to revision. It is being provided to meet the need for timely best science. The software has not received final approval by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). No warranty, expressed or implied, is made by the USGS or the U.S. Government as to the functionality of the software and related material nor shall the fact of release constitute any such warranty. The software is provided on the condition that neither the USGS nor the U.S. Government shall be held liable for any damages resulting from the authorized or unauthorized use of the software.