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
49 measurements from 1945-12-01 to 1985-03-26. Most recent water-level elevation 6362.7 ft, 6.75 ft below ground.
Over the record the level is no trend at 0.25 ft per decade (p = 0.071, n = 49). 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, 1945-12-01 to 1985-03-26, 49 measurements. The record is no trend at 0.25 feet per decade (p equals 0.071), 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 |
|---|---|
| Total depth | 44.0 ft |
| Ground elevation | 6369.45 ft |
| Location | 39.08000, -104.31000 |
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.