Hydrohistorian
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
14 measurements from 1977-09-17 to 2001-09-12. Most recent water-level elevation 7672.18 ft, 502.56 ft below ground.
Over the record the level is no trend at -11.27 ft per decade (p = 0.7, n = 14). 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, 1977-09-17 to 2001-09-12, 14 measurements. The record is no trend at -11.27 feet per decade (p equals 0.7), measured on water-level elevation. Rising elevation means more water. The values are downloadable as CSV from the link above.
The well itself
| Aquifer | MESA VERDE GROUP |
|---|---|
| Designated basin | WEST SLOPE |
| Total depth | 604.0 ft |
| Ground elevation | 8174.74 ft |
| Location | 38.90000, -107.67000 |
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.