From f9da244347f6e076e8e5d65562efc06640b07677 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Oscar  Sanchez <39230212+oscarfasanchez@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 21 Jan 2025 21:25:59 +0800
Subject: [PATCH] fix(cvfdutil): fix skip_hanging_node_check (#2423)

---
 flopy/utils/cvfdutil.py | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/flopy/utils/cvfdutil.py b/flopy/utils/cvfdutil.py
index 76d31a84a..de02cb6ea 100644
--- a/flopy/utils/cvfdutil.py
+++ b/flopy/utils/cvfdutil.py
@@ -223,10 +223,11 @@ def to_cvfd(
     # Now, go through each vertex and look at the cells that use the vertex.
     # For quadtree-like grids, there may be a need to add a new hanging node
     # vertex to the larger cell.
+    vertexdict_keys = list(vertexdict.keys())
     if not skip_hanging_node_check:
         if verbose:
             print("Checking for hanging nodes.")
-        vertexdict_keys = list(vertexdict.keys())
+
         finished = False
         while not finished:
             finished = True