FLOOD01774

• County: Otero
• Community: La Junta
• Title: Analysis of Hydrologic Factors that Affect Grond-Water Levels in the Arkansas River Alluvial Aquifer near La Junta Colorado 1959-99
• Date: 1/1/2000
• Prepared For: La Junta
• Prepared By: USGS
• Floodplain - Doc Type: Educational/Technical/Reference Information

Table 4. Annual values for hydrologic records in the study area
[Year, calendar year; ground-water withdrawals, based on records of withdrawals for city of La Junta municipal supply wells and
electric power consumption records for irrigation wells (Goff and others, 1998): surface water used for irrigation estimated based on
Fort Lyon Canal diversions as reported in Goff and others, 1998; --, not available]
Flow volume Irrigation
(millions of acre-feet) (feel)
Ground- Gage heighl in
Arkansas Fort Lyon Project Winter Ground-water Surface and Arkansas River
Year withdrawal surface- at discharge of
River Canal water water (feel) water water 60 cubic feet
combined per second
1960 0.08 0.10 0.00 0.00 3.22
196t 0.13 0.13 0.00 0.00 3.86
1962 0.12 0.15 0.00 0.00 3.76
1963 0.06 0.08 0.00 0.00 3.99
1964 0.06 0.07 CWO 0.00 4.03
1965 OA5 0.15 0.00 0.00 3.77
1966 0.09 0.12 0.00 0.00 3.58
1967 0.05 0.11 0.00 0.00 364
1968 0.10 0.12 CWO 0.00 3.64
1969 0.10 0.15 0.00 0.00 3.90
1970 0.15 0.18 0.00 0.00 4.26
1971 0.10 0.11 CWO 0.00 4.37
1972 0.08 0.10 0.00 0.00 2.05 2.17 4.22 4.t6
1973 0.10 0.16 0.00 0.00 1.24 2.17 3.41 4A3
1974 0.07 0.07 CWO 0.00 2.10 1.37 3.47 4.61
1975 0.12 0.11 O.()O 0.00 2.37 2.17 4.54 4.76
1976 0.11 0.07 0.00 0.00 3.10 1.58 4.68 4.68
1977 0.06 0.06 0.00 0.00 3.01 1.02 4.03 4.58
1978 0.09 0.08 0.00 0.00 2.71 1.68 4.39 4.51
1979 0.14 0.09 0.00 0.01 1.67 2.79 4.46 4.70
1980 0.31 0.13 0.00 0.0l 1.37 2A6 3.83 4.75
1981 0.07 0.05 0.00 0.00 2.48 1.26 3.74 4.73
1982 0.20 0.14 0.00 0.02 1.56 2.92 4.48 4.99
1983 0.25 0.18 0.00 0.00 1.19 3.62 4.81 5.28
1984 OA3 0.21 O.()O 0.02 1.18 4A6 5.64 5.19
1985 0.30 0.22 CWO 0.00 1.31 3.92 5.23 5A6
1986 017 0.13 0.00 0.00 0.95 2A2 3.37 4.70
1987 OA3 0.17 0.00 0.00 0.53 3.61 4.14 5.01
1988 0.10 0.11 0.00 0.00 0.99 2.09 3.08 5.29
1989 0.11 om CWO 0.04 1.29 1.78 3.07 5.29
1990 0.17 0.08 om 0.04 1.27 1.86 3.13
1991 0.15 0.08 0.01 0.06 1.42 1.64 3.06 5.49
1992 0.16 0.08 0.01 0.03 1.33 1.81 3.14 5.32
1993 0.19 0.10 0.02 0.07 1.12 2.38 3.50 5A5
1994 0.23 0.10 om 0.04 lAO 2.06 3A6 5.50
1995 0.58 4.98
/996 0.14 0.13 0.01 0.10
1997 0.37 0.21 0.00 0.00 6.08
Mean 0.17 0.12 0.002 0.01 1.64 2.31 3.95 4.60
18 Analysis of Hydrologic Factors That Affect Ground-Water Levels in the Arkansas River Alluvial Aquifer Near La Junta, Colorado,
195!l-99