Hydrohistorian
LC-9
Monitored well · 150330 · Division 1 · Water District 1
Its well permit here · Well permit at DWR ↗ · 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
12 measurements from 2015-01-28 to 2026-01-22. Most recent water-level elevation 4886.83 ft, 124.17 ft below ground.
Over the record the level is no trend at 2.38 ft per decade (p = 0.9453, n = 12). 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, 2015-01-28 to 2026-01-22, 12 measurements. The record is no trend at 2.38 feet per decade (p equals 0.9453), 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 | 184.0 ft |
| Perforated interval | 120.0–184.0 ft |
| Ground elevation | 5011.0 ft |
| Reported yield | 550.0 gpm |
| Permit | 14861 |
| Location | 39.98000, -104.41000 |
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.