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
8 measurements from 1975-06-05 to 1983-09-29. Most recent water-level elevation 5182.63 ft, 120.11 ft below ground.
Chart: water level at this well over time, 1975-06-05 to 1983-09-29, 8 measurements. Rising elevation means more water. The values are downloadable as CSV from the link above.
The well itself
| Designated basin | KIOWA-BIJOU |
|---|---|
| Total depth | 225.0 ft |
| Ground elevation | 5302.74 ft |
| Location | 39.56000, -103.97000 |
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.