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
26 measurements from 1968-05-17 to 1996-01-19. Most recent water-level elevation 3852.67 ft, 177.1 ft below ground.
Over the record the level is decreasing at -12.42 ft per decade (p = 0.0, n = 26). 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, 1968-05-17 to 1996-01-19, 26 measurements. The record is decreasing at -12.42 feet per decade (p equals 0.0), 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 | NORTHERN HIGH PLAINS |
|---|---|
| Total depth | 355.0 ft |
| Ground elevation | 4029.77 ft |
| Permit | 12563 |
| Location | 40.23000, -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.