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NHP-EC-012 SMELKER FARMS CO
Monitored well · 1088 · Division 1 · Water District 49
Its well permit here · Well permit at DWR ↗ · DWR structure record ↗ · Its structure dossier here · Download levels (CSV)
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
27 measurements from 1997-01-14 to 2026-01-18. Most recent water-level elevation 4456.7 ft, 108.3 ft below ground.
Over the record the level is no trend at 1.2 ft per decade (p = 0.2732, n = 27). 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, 1997-01-14 to 2026-01-18, 27 measurements. The record is no trend at 1.2 feet per decade (p equals 0.2732), 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 | 155.0 ft |
| Perforated interval | 115.0–145.0 ft |
| Ground elevation | 4565.0 ft |
| Reported yield | 65.0 gpm |
| Permit | 15548 |
| Location | 39.02000, -102.66000 |
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.