Hydrohistorian
SHP-45 TWN.OF SPRINGFIELD
Monitored well · 1164 · Division 2 · Water District 67
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
36 measurements from 1965-02-25 to 2026-03-02. Most recent water-level elevation 4172.76 ft, 237.35 ft below ground.
Over the record the level is decreasing at -41.77 ft per decade (p = 0.0007, n = 34). 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, 1965-02-25 to 2026-03-02, 36 measurements. The record is decreasing at -41.77 feet per decade (p equals 0.0007), 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 / DAKOTA |
|---|---|
| Designated basin | SOUTHERN HIGH PLAINS |
| Total depth | 360.0 ft |
| Ground elevation | 4410.11 ft |
| Reported yield | 400.0 gpm |
| Permit | 6837 |
| Location | 37.38000, -102.61000 |
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.