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
92 measurements from 1954-05-07 to 2025-02-03. Most recent water-level elevation 4838.06 ft, 127.73 ft below ground.
Over the record the level is no trend at -1.04 ft per decade (p = 0.3775, n = 92). 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, 1954-05-07 to 2025-02-03, 92 measurements. The record is no trend at -1.04 feet per decade (p equals 0.3775), measured on water-level elevation. Rising elevation means more water. The values are downloadable as CSV from the link above.
The well itself
| Designated basin | LOST CREEK |
|---|---|
| Total depth | 163.0 ft |
| Ground elevation | 4965.79 ft |
| Permit | 14860 |
| Location | 40.02000, -104.43000 |
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.