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
23 measurements from 1977-09-10 to 2012-09-26. Most recent water-level elevation 6532.85 ft, 226.75 ft below ground.
Over the record the level is no trend at -2.71 ft per decade (p = 0.3156, n = 23). 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, 1977-09-10 to 2012-09-26, 23 measurements. The record is no trend at -2.71 feet per decade (p equals 0.3156), 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 | 378.0 ft |
| Ground elevation | 6759.6 ft |
| Location | 38.93000, -108.03000 |
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.