Hydrohistorian
High Plains / Ogallala
Effectively non-recharging in eastern Colorado; declines are storage depletion, a separate ledger line.
Because this aquifer does not recharge on a human timescale, a decline here is storage being removed, not a stream being short. It is kept out of the stream-depletion math for that reason.
Water-level record
87 measurements from 1960-07-15 to 2026-01-18. Most recent water-level elevation 4511.71 ft, 208.6 ft below ground.
Over the record the level is increasing at 0.13 ft per decade (p = 0.0177, n = 87). Mann–Kendall with the Hamed–Rao autocorrelation correction, on water-level elevation; rising elevation means more water.
Chart: water level at this well over time, 1960-07-15 to 2026-01-18, 87 measurements. The record is increasing at 0.13 feet per decade (p equals 0.0177), measured on water-level elevation. Rising elevation means more water. The values are downloadable as CSV from the link above.
The well itself
| Aquifer | OGALLALA |
|---|---|
| Designated basin | NORTHERN HIGH PLAINS |
| Total depth | 214.0 ft |
| Ground elevation | 4720.31 ft |
| Location | 39.02000, -102.77000 |
What this page is not
Monitoring records are irregular: measurements cluster where somebody chose to look, so a trend describes this well's record, not the aquifer as a whole. Levels are DWR's published measurements, unedited. A trend here is not a prediction, and it is not a determination about anyone's water right.