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NHP-AR-138 (1967-2024)

Monitored well · 717 · Division 1 · Water District 49

Its well permit here · Well permit at DWR ↗ · Download levels (CSV)

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

42 measurements from 1967-04-06 to 2024-01-30. Most recent water-level elevation 3950.28 ft, 155.5 ft below ground.

Over the record the level is decreasing at -9.23 ft per decade (p = 0.0, n = 42). 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, 1967-04-06 to 2024-01-30, 42 measurements. The record is decreasing at -9.23 feet per decade (p equals 0.0), measured on water-level elevation. Rising elevation means more water. The values are downloadable as CSV from the link above.

The well itself

AquiferOGALLALA
Designated basinNORTHERN HIGH PLAINS
Total depth213.0 ft
Perforated interval113.0–213.0 ft
Ground elevation4105.78 ft
Reported yield800.0 gpm
Permit11579
Location39.61000, -102.50000
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.