ModelMuse
The facts below are what the maker publishes about ModelMuse, checked and dated. Our editors have not written about it yet.
Plans and prices
From ModelMuse's own pricing page, checked 14 Nov 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| ModelMuse | Free | No price stated; Windows operating systems |
The facts
Each one read from ModelMuse's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- Current release
- The current release listed by USGS is version 5.5.checked 14 Nov 2026
- Data import and results
- Model data can be imported from varied sources, and model results can be viewed in ModelMuse.checked 14 Nov 2026
- Drawing tools
- Users define spatial inputs by drawing points, lines, or polygons on model-domain views.checked 14 Nov 2026
- Flexible discretization
- Spatial and temporal model data can be defined independently of grid and stress-period discretization.checked 14 Nov 2026
- Input creation
- ModelMuse creates model input files, including flow and transport input for PHAST.checked 14 Nov 2026
- Installation options
- USGS recommends installing with the installer, with zip extraction as an alternative.checked 14 Nov 2026
- Parameter estimation
- It supports UCODE with MODFLOW-2005 and MODFLOW-NWT, and PEST with MODFLOW and SUTRA except MODFLOW-LGR.checked 14 Nov 2026
- Purpose
- ModelMuse is a graphical user interface for groundwater models.checked 14 Nov 2026
- Separate model software
- Model executables such as MODFLOW and SUTRA must be installed separately from ModelMuse.checked 14 Nov 2026
- Storage formats
- ModelMuse stores model data in one file, commonly GPT text or compressed MMZLib binary format.checked 14 Nov 2026
- Support contact
- The help page directs users to contact the USGS MODFLOW email for assistance when listed troubleshooting does not resolve a model run issue.checked 14 Nov 2026
- Supported models
- It supports MODFLOW variants, MODPATH, ZONEBUDGET, PHAST, SUTRA, MT3D-USGS, WellFootprint, and MT3DMS.checked 14 Nov 2026
- Supported-option limit
- The current version does not support every MODFLOW option.checked 14 Nov 2026