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
18 measurements from 2006-12-15 to 2024-02-21. Most recent water-level elevation 5321.4 ft, 106.6 ft below ground.
Over the record the level is decreasing at -1.72 ft per decade (p = 0.0003, n = 18). 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, 2006-12-15 to 2024-02-21, 18 measurements. The record is decreasing at -1.72 feet per decade (p equals 0.0003), measured on water-level elevation. Rising elevation means more water. The values are downloadable as CSV from the link above.
The well itself
| Aquifer | OGALLALA |
|---|---|
| Designated basin | NORTHERN HIGH PLAINS |
| Ground elevation | 5428.0 ft |
| Location | 39.43000, -103.52000 |
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.