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
2 measurements from 1965-03-12 to 1978-08-07. Most recent water-level elevation 5781.91 ft, 89.1 ft below ground.
Chart: water level at this well over time, 1965-03-12 to 1978-08-07, 2 measurements. Rising elevation means more water. The values are downloadable as CSV from the link above.
The well itself
| Designated basin | KIOWA-BIJOU |
|---|---|
| Total depth | 144.0 ft |
| Ground elevation | 5871.01 ft |
| Location | 39.38000, -104.24000 |
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.