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
30 measurements from 1986-04-29 to 2016-04-15. Most recent water-level elevation 6352.51 ft, 216.0 ft below ground.
Over the record the level is decreasing at -16.59 ft per decade (p = 0.0001, n = 30). 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, 1986-04-29 to 2016-04-15, 30 measurements. The record is decreasing at -16.59 feet per decade (p equals 0.0001), measured on water-level elevation. Rising elevation means more water. The values are downloadable as CSV from the link above.
The well itself
| Designated basin | UPPER BIG SANDY |
|---|---|
| Ground elevation | 6568.51 ft |
| Location | 39.03000, -104.27000 |
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.