Hydrohistorian
ANDERSEN, LU GALE
Monitored well · 780 · Division 1 · Water District 65
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
47 measurements from 1977-08-09 to 2024-02-21. Most recent water-level elevation 5535.08 ft, 72.7 ft below ground.
Over the record the level is decreasing at -0.72 ft per decade (p = 0.0077, n = 46). 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, 1977-08-09 to 2024-02-21, 47 measurements. The record is decreasing at -0.72 feet per decade (p equals 0.0077), 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 |
| Total depth | 102.0 ft |
| Perforated interval | 60.0–80.0 ft |
| Ground elevation | 5607.78 ft |
| Reported yield | 15.0 gpm |
| Permit | 20730 |
| Location | 39.36000, -103.59000 |
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.