← Basin groundwater

Other bedrock

Bedrock aquifer; no assumed human-timescale recharge without local evidence.

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 1991-11-08 to 2025-08-14.

Over the record the level is decreasing at -7.83 ft per decade (p = 0.0021, n = 20). 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, 1991-11-08 to 2025-08-14, 26 measurements. The record is decreasing at -7.83 feet per decade (p equals 0.0021), measured on water-level elevation. Rising elevation means more water. The values are downloadable as CSV from the link above.

The well itself

AquiferDAKOTA / BURRO CANYON
Designated basinWEST SLOPE
Total depth138.0 ft
Ground elevation6870.1 ft
Permit14294
Location38.66000, -107.71000
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.