AQUAMAP

Version 3.0.1

DOCUMENTATION
AND
INSTRUCTIONS

Colorado Division of Water Resources

1313 Sherman Street
Room 818
Denver, CO 80203
 Table of Contents

SUMMARY OF THE AQUAMAP INTERFACE .................................................... 1

DWR AQUAMAP INTERFACE ............................................................................ 1
MAP NAVIGATION .............................................................................................. 1
Map Navigator.................................................................................................. 1
Location Map ................................................................................................... 2
Slider Scale .................................................................................................. 2
Back Arrow Button ...................................................................................... 2
Forward Arrow Button ................................................................................. 2
Info Button ....................................................................................................... 3
Full Extent Button ........................................................................................... 3
Zoom Button .................................................................................................... 3
Pan Button ....................................................................................................... 3
Re-Center Button ............................................................................................. 3
Measure Button ............................................................................................... 4
Data Display ..................................................................................................... 4
Background Image ...................................................................................... 5
Table 1: Denver Basin Atlases ................................................................ 5
Counties ....................................................................................................... 6
Highways/Roads.............................................................................................. 7
Hydrography .................................................................................................... 7
PLSS ............................................................................................................. 7
Well Permits ..................................................................................................... 7
Table 2: Well Permit Information Field Descriptions ............................ 9
Table 4: Activity Codes .......................................................................... 11
Table 5: Designated Basin Codes ......................................................... 12
Table 6: Groundwater Management District Codes ............................ 12
Table 7: Aquifer Codes .......................................................................... 12
Table 8: Codes for Usecode1 and Usecode2 ....................................... 12
Table 9: Codes for Usecode3 ................................................................ 13
Table 10: Codes for Statcode and Trancode ....................................... 13
DWR Parcels .............................................................................................. 13
More Data Button ....................................................................................... 14
Table 11: Additional Layer Details ........................................................ 15
Location ......................................................................................................... 18
Section ........................................................................................................... 18
Township .................................................................................................... 18
Range .......................................................................................................... 18
Meridian ...................................................................................................... 18
Open PLSS Locator Button .......................................................................... 18
Open Quick Zoom Button ............................................................................. 19
Printing .............................................................................................................. 20
Output Scale .................................................................................................. 20
Page Size ....................................................................................................... 20
Create PDF Button ........................................................................................ 21
 User ................................................................................................................ 21
Details ............................................................................................................ 21
Example of how to View a Denver Basin Well Permit or DWRParcel ........... 22
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SUMMARY OF THE AQUAMAP INTERFACE

This section of the document will briefly outline the functionality of the various
tabs and check boxes shown on the AquaMap interface. Each item shown on
the interface will be briefly discussed. The picture below shows how
AquaMap will appear on your screen when it is first opened.

DWR AQUAMAP INTERFACE

The DWR AquaMap Interface comprises of a map on the left portion of the
screen and the tools and controls on the right portion of the screen. By
default, you will see the county boundaries and well notification areas when
the program is opened. The red crosshair represents your location. The map
dimensions are given across the bottom and up the right side of the map.

MAP NAVIGATION
Map Navigator
The Map Navigator is located in the top right corner of the screen. The Map
Navigator provides a few simple tools to help with moving around on the map
and providing information. The various tools that are available are outlined in
the sections below.
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Location Map
The Location Map is located near the top center of the screen. The location
map is shaded in blue to show the area of the State that is displayed on the
map.

Vertical Slider Scale

Next to the Location Map is a slider scale that allows you to zoom to different
scales. To zoom in on a location, move the slider bar up. To zoom out from
a location, move the slider bar down. Alternatively, you can click on the
„zoom in‟ button at the top of the slider or the „zoom out‟ button at the bottom
of the slider.

The “Output Scale” box in the middle of the screen will display the scale at
which you are zoomed to. Click on the upside down triangle and it will display
a variety of scales. The scale represents 1 unit = xxxx units. For instance,
1:24,000 means 1 inch equals 24,000 inches or 1 mile equals 24,000 miles.
Any unit can be substituted because the scale represents a proportional
fraction.

Back Arrow Button

The back arrow works just like the back arrow of a browser. It
takes you back to the previous view or scale.

Forward Arrow Button

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The forward arrow works just like the forward arrow in a
browser. It takes you forward to the view or scale you just left
using the back arrow.

Info Button
The info button provides information regarding the different
layers in AquaMap. It must be selected (clicked) when using
the mouse-over feature to obtain data regarding a specific
layer. The information obtained from using the info button will
be discussed in a later section.

Full Extent Button

The full extent button takes you back to the full extent of the
map which is the Colorado state boundary.

Zoom Button
The zoom button allows you to zoom in on a location by
dragging a rectangle around the area you want to zoom into.
The red cross hair will be in the center of the area you zoom
into. Click and hold your mouse button down as you slide
your mouse over the map. A red rubber-banding box will
appear to show the area

You must wait for the map to redraw before executing another command.

Pan Button
The pan button allows you to hold down the left mouse
button and drag the map to a new location by slicing your
mouse.

Re-Center Button
The re-center button allows you to define a new center of the
map. If you click somewhere on the map, the map will
recenter around that point.
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Measure Button
The measure button allows you to measure distances in feet
between two or more points. The measurement appears in
the „Details‟ section on the bottom right of the screen. To end
the measure tool, double-click the last point. To erase the line
generated by the measure tool, click the „Info‟ button (the „I‟
button).

Beneath the Map Navigation buttons is a line which provides information on

what each button does and what mode you are currently in. You will also see
the UTM coordinates and latitude/longitude coordinates for the point where
your mouse cursor is at. The UTM X is the easting. The UTM Y is the
northing. All UTM coordinates are based on NAD83, Zone 13.

Data Display
The Data Display portion of the screen is directly below the Map Navigation
Box. This box is where you can turn on/off the most commonly used data by
checking and unchecking the box next to the data layer name. There are
eight base layers that you can turn on/off. Additional data can be found by
clicking on the „More Data‟ button.
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NOTE: It is critical that you wait until one layer has been completely
drawn before clicking on another layer or any other buttons.

Background Image
The background image consists of all the raster background images. Using
the drop down menu, you can choose from aerial photographs, quad maps,
designated basins maps, and the Denver Basin Atlases.

2005 Aerials - Color aerial photography for the entire State. It appears
between scales of 1:3.5 Million and 1:1200.

Quad Maps - USGS 7.5‟ topographic maps. These maps do not contain any
drawings. It appears between scales of 1:150000 and 1:1200.

MapCab(Main) - Scanned topographic work maps. If multiple copies of a

map exist, they were scanned into MapCab (#2) and MapCab(#3). Multiple
copies contain different information. The scanned quad maps will appear
between scales of 1:25000 and 1:1200.

88-01 Aerials - Black and white aerial photography of the State between the
years 1988-2001. To view the year of the photo, turn on the „Quad Index‟
layer list under the „More Data‟ button, click on the „Information‟ tool and move
your cursor over the map. The year will appear under the „Details‟ section.
The aerials appear between scales of 1:3.5 Million and 1:1200.

SHP/UBS/UBS - Black and white aerial photography for the Southern High
Plains, Upper Big Sandy, and Upper Black Squirrel areas of the Designated
Basins. It appears between scales of 1:3,000,000 and 1:1200.

Subdivision - Plat maps of select subdivisions.

Mylar (Aquifer) – Scanned mylar work maps of the Denver Basin by aquifer.
The scanned mylars will appear between scales 1:250,000 and 1:1200.

Denver Atlas Maps – Scans of each individual map. Each map appears
between scales of 1:300000 and 1:1200. Table 1 shows how the background
maps in AquaMap correlate to the paper Denver Basin Atlases.

Table 1: Denver Basin Atlases

Background Layer Name Map Name Figure
Number
Dawson Base Structural Contour Map of the Figure 1A
Base of the Dawson Aquifer
Denver Atlas Location of Not Nontributary Figure 2D
Groundwater in the Denver
Aquifer
Denver Sands Sandstone/Siltstone Isolith Map Figure 2C
of the Denver Aquifer
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Dawson Atlas Location of Not Nontributary Figure 1G
Groundwater in the Dawson
Aquifer
Dawson Sands Sandstone Isolith Map for the Figure 1E
Dawson Aquifer
L Dawson Atlas Location of Not Nontributary Figure 1F
Groundwater in the Lower
Dawson Aquifer
L Dawson Sands Sandstone Isolith Map for the Figure 1C
Lower Dawson Aquifer
N Arapahoe Atlas Location of Not Nontributary Figure 3H
Groundwater in the Arapahoe
Aquifer
S Arapahoe Atlas Location of Not Nontributary Figure 3H
Groundwater in the Arapahoe
Aquifer
Arapahoe Sands Sandstone/Siltstone Isolith Map Figure 3E
for the Arapahoe Aquifer
L Arapahoe Atlas Location of Not Nontributary Figure 3G
Groundwater in the Lower
Arapahoe Aquifer
L Arapahoe Sands Sandstone/Siltstone Isolith Map Figure 3F
for the Lower Arapahoe Aquifer
N LarFox Atlas Location of Not Nontributary Figure 4E
Groundwater in the Laramie-Fox
Hills Aquifer
S LarFox Atlas Location of Not Nontributary Figure 4C
Groundwater in the Laramie-Fox
Hills Aquifer
LarFox Sands Sandstone/Siltstone Isolith Map Figure 4C
for the Arapahoe Aquifer

To turn on the images, you must click in the box next to “Background Image”.
The raster images may take some time to load so you must be patient. If you
do not see the background image, you may be zoomed out too far. If you do
not see the background image after waiting for a minute or so, try zooming in
to a smaller scale.

The transparency slider bar allows you to set the transparency (opaqueness)
of the background image.

The high-low option sets the resolution of the image when it is sent for
printing. When printing, it is wise to set the resolution to low unless the map is
too grainy to read. The map generation and printing will take much, much
longer when the resolution is set to high.

No mouse-over information is available for the background images.

Counties
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The Counties layer shows the county boundaries. The boundaries are
displayed as a brown line. The county outlines will appear down to a scale of
1:1200.

No mouse-over information is available for the Counties Layer.

Highways/Roads
The Highways/Roads layer shows highways and roads. The highways and
roads are displayed as a red line. The shapefile will appear on all maps
unless turned off from the full scale down to a scale of 1:1200.

Mouse-over information provided for the Highways/Roads layer is the name

of the feature. This information is only available if you are in the Info Mode.

Hydrography
The Hydrography layer shows 1:24,000 hydrography for rivers, streams,
lakes, reservoirs, etc. The rivers and streams are displayed as a blue line.
The lakes and reservoirs will appear as a blue polygon. The data is viewable
from scales between 1:3,000,000 and 1:6000.

Mouse-over information provided for the Hydrography layer is the name of the
feature. This information is available only if you are in the Info Mode.

PLSS
The PLSS layer shows the township, section, and quarter-quarters
information. The sections are displayed as a green line. The quarter-
quarters are displayed as pink lines. The section lines appear between
scales of 1:25000 and 1:1200. The quarter-quarters appear at scales of
between 1:24000 and 1:1200.

No mouse-over information is available for the PLSS Layer. The current

section is located directly below the data layers. The section displayed is the
location of the red „X‟ in the center of the map.

Water Well Application

The Water Well Application layer displays well permit application locations.
The data is updated nightly. Constructed wells are shown as a green dots.
Wells without construction information on file are shown as red dots. If there
are multiple wells for a single location, small squares will spiral around the dot
representing the additional wells. The wells are displayed from scales
between 1:250000 and 1:6000.
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Mouse-over information provided for the Well Permit layer is the owner name
on file, receipt number, permit number, permit suffix, permit replacement,
aquifer, activity code, yield, and depth. The aquifer and activity code
information is given as abbreviations (See Tables 4 and 7). Blank fields
represent no information and may have to be manually looked up in our
records. This information is only available if you are in the Info Mode.

The full information on the well is available by double clicking on the well
permit of interest. The table will contain all of the information available in
Hydrobase. A description for each field along with any associated codes is
listed in tables 2 through 10. This information is only available if you are in
the Info Mode.
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Table 2: Well Permit Information Field Descriptions
Field Name Description
Receipt Receipt number assigned by the Division of Water Resources
Div Division number
Cty County number (See Table 3)
Permitno Permit number assigned by the Division of Water Resources
Permitsuf Permit suffix – Used with non-exempt well permit numbers
Permitrpl Permit replacement – Used for wells that have been replaced
Parcel_no County parcel number
Actdate Date the application was received by DWR
Actcode Activity Code – Relates to the major actions taken on a permit. (See Table
4)
WD Water District in which the well is located
Basin Designated Basin (See Table 5)
MD Groundwater Management District (See Table 6)
Full_name Name of well owner on file with DWR
Address1 Mailing address of well owner on file with DWR
Address2 Mailing address of well owner on file with DWR
City City for the mailing address
St State for the mailing address
Zip Zip code for the mailing address
Phone_number Well owner‟s phone number
Pm Principal Meridian in which the well is located
Rng Range number
Rnga Identifies the half range
Rdir Range direction
Ts Township number
Tsa Identifies the half township
Tdir Township direction
Sec Section
Seca Section designation for Ute correction sections
Q160 Quarter = 160 acres
Q40 Quarter-quarter = 40 acres
Q10 Quarter-quarter-quarter = 10 acres
Coordsns Distances (in feet) from north or south section line
Coordsns_dir Direction from the north or south section line
Coordsew Distances (in feet) from the east or west section line
Coordsew_dir Direction from east or west section line
Utm_x UTM coordinate for the Easting
Utm_y UTM coordinate for the Northing
Loc_source Source of data for location information – Spotted from section lines, user
supplied UTM coordinates, quartered, etc.
Aquifer1 Aquifer in which the well is completed (See Table 7)
Aquifer2 Aquifer in which the well is completed (See Table 7)
Subdiv_name Subdivision name shown on the permit
Lot Lot number shown on the permit
Block Block number shown on the permit
Filing Filing number shown on the permit
Engineer Staff member initials who approved the well permit
Well_name Name of well given on the application by the applicant
Use1 Permitted use of the well (See Table 8)
Use2 Permitted use of the well (See Table 8)
Use3 Use of the Well (See Table 9)
Driller_lic License number of the driller who constructed the well
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Pump_lic License number of the pump installer who installed the pump
Field Name Description
Pidate Date pump installation report was received by DWR
Statute Statute under which the permit was issued
Statdate Date of the status code action
Statecode Interim status of the application or permit (See Table 10)
Npdate Date the permit, denial, or monitoring hole was issued
Wadate Date the Well Construction and Test Report was received by DWR
Trancode Last action that was updated (See Table 10)
Trandate Date the last action was taken
Sadate Date of first beneficial use
Sbudate Date the Statement of Beneficial Use was received by DWR
Exdate Expiration date of the well permit
Abrdate Date the Abandonment Report was received by DWR
Abcodate Date the well was plugged and abandoned
Abreq Used internally to show if abandonment is required for a well
Acreft Annual appropriation for the well (shown in acre-feet)
Tperf Depth to top of the first perforated casing
Bperf Depth to the base of the last perforated casing
Case_no Water court case number
Yield Yield of well (Shown in gallons per minute)
Depth Total depth of the well
Level Depth to the static water level
Elev Ground surface elevation of the well
Area_irr Amount of land irrigated
Irr-Meas Units for the amount of land irrigated (square feet or acres)
Comment Comments
Meter Totalizing flow meter required and/or installed
Wellxno Cross reference to another well permit number
Wellxsuf Cross reference to another well permit suffix
Wellxrpl Cross reference to another well permit replacement
Nwcdate Notice of Well Construction Report received
Nbudate Notice of Commencement of Beneficial Use received
Wcdate Date well was completed
Pcdate Date pump installation was completed
Log Flag to indicated if a geophysical log is required and received
Qual Water quality information available (yes or no)
User1 Initials of the last staff member to update the file
Pyield Proposed yield of the well shown on the application
Pdepth Proposed depth of the well shown on the application
Pacreft Proposed amount of water to be withdrawn from the well
Parcelsize Number of acres in the parcel
Noticedate Date that the Notice of Expiration was sent out
Completed_well Date the well was completed
Display_utm_x Easting displayed
Display_utm_y Northing displayed
Latdecdeg Latitude in decimal degrees
Longdecdeg Longitude in decimal degrees
NOTE: Not all fields may be populated. If a field is not populated, the information
may not be available or it may be available in the actual permit file.
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Table 3: County Codes
County Code County Name County Code County Name
1 Adams 33 Lake
2 Alamosa 34 La Plata
3 Arapahoe 35 Larimer
4 Archuleta 36 Las Animas
5 Baca 37 Lincoln
6 Bent 38 Logan
7 Boulder 39 Mesa
8 Chaffee 40 Mineral
9 Cheyenne 41 Moffat
10 Clear Creek 42 Montezuma
11 Conejos 43 Montrose
12 Costilla 44 Morgan
13 Crowley 45 Otero
14 Custer 46 Ouray
15 Delta 47 Park
16 Denver 48 Phillips
17 Dolores 49 Pitkin
18 Douglas 50 Prowers
19 Eagle 51 Pueblo
20 Elbert 52 Rio Blanco
21 El Paso 53 Rio Grande
22 Fremont 54 Routt
23 Garfield 55 Saguache
24 Gilpin 56 San Juan
25 Grand 57 San Miguel
26 Gunnison 58 Sedgwick
27 Hinsdale 59 Summit
28 Huerfano 60 Teller
29 Jackson 61 Washington
30 Jefferson 62 Weld
31 Kiowa 63 Yuma
32 Kit Carson 64 Broomfield

Table 4: Activity Codes

Code Explanation Code Explanation
AP New application received CP Amended household use permit to allow
watering of user‟s noncommercial domestic
1
animals.
AD Application denied EX Well permit expiration date extended
AW Application for a well permit is MH Monitoring hole notice of construction
withdrawn received
AV Verbal approval granted to well NP Well permit issued
contractor to construct a well w/o a
2
permit in place.
BD Determination of available water in the RI Well permit reinstated pursuant to Policy
Denver Basin Aquifers inside the 2001-04
Designated Basins
CA Cancelled well permit TH Test hole notice received
CD Change description of acres irrigated TW Test well notice received
(Designated Basins)
CO Application to commingle wells
(Designated Basins)
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1
This code is no longer used since State Statutes do not allow this use anymore.
2
This code is no longer used since verbal permission is no longer granted.
Table 5: Designated Basin Codes
Code Designated Basin Name
1 Northern High Plains
2 Kiowa-Bijou
3 Southern High Plains
4 Upper Black Squirrel Creek
5 Lost Camp
6 Camp Creek
7 Upper Big Sandy
8 Upper Crow Creek

Table 6: Groundwater Management District Codes

Code Management District Name Code Management District Name
1 Plains 8 Eastern Cheyenne
2 Sand Hills 9 Lost Creek
3 Arikaree 10 Southern High Plains
4 Frenchman 11 Marks Butte
5 Central Yuma 12 Upper Black Squirrel
6 W-Y 13 Upper Big Sandy
7 North Kiowa-Bijou

Table 7: Aquifer Codes

Aquifer Symbol Aquifer Name Aquifer Symbol Aquifer Name
GW All Un-named Aquifers KI Iles
KA Arapahoe KL Laramie
UKA Upper Arapahoe KLF Laramie-Fox Hills
LKA Lower Arapahoe ML Leadville Limestone
JMB Brushy Basin KM Mancos
KDB Burro Canyon KMV Mesa Verde Group
KCH Cheyenne JM Morrison
CON Confined San Luis Valley TO Ogallala
KD Dakota KP Pierre Shale
TDW Dawson KPU Purgatorie
UTDW Upper Dawson JMS Salt Wash
LTDW Lower Dawson UNC Unconfined San Luis Valley
TKD Denver TW Wasatch
JE Entrada TW White River
TG Green River KW Williams Fork
PH Hermosa

Table 8: Codes for Usecode1 and Usecode2

Usecode Explanation Usecode Explanation
1 Crop Irrigation 9 Livestock
2 Municipal G Geothermal
3 Commercial H Household use only
4 Industrial K Snowmaking
5 Recreation O Other or Monitoring Hole/Well
6 Fishery Q Special uses for Monitoring Holes
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7 Fire R Recharge
8 Domestic E Exchange and Augmentation
Table 9: Codes for Usecode3
Usecode Explanation
A Augmentation – The well is covered under a water court approved augmentation plan.
M Permitted monitoring well
Z Household Use Wells Issued Prior to HB1111 that have been amended prior to 3(b)(II)(b) by
$25 application – No longer available
L Permit issued under presumption 3(b)(II)(A) for domestic/livestock uses as the only well on
35 acres
G Gravel pit well permit
C Closed loop geothermal well
P Geothermal production well
S Other types of holes constructed especially for cathodic protection
5 Identifies that the permit was issued pursuant to Senate Bill 5 – 137(4)

Table 10: Codes for Statcode and Trancode

Code Explanation
AB Well plugged and sealed
AR Application for well permit was resubmitted to DWR
AU Application returned to applicant for correction or additional information
AH Application on hold for more information
EP Expired well permit
LC Location of the well has been corrected
NC Notice of well construction received for a permitted well
NS Exempt wells where no state of use is required (No longer used)
OC Change in ownership accepted and updated
PI Pump installation report received
PU Pump installation report returned to responsible party for correction
RC A portion of the record was changed
S5 Notice of Well Construction received for a non-tributary well under 137(4)
SA Statement of Beneficial Use accepted
SP Statement of Beneficial Use received but not accepted
ST Supplemental test well
SR Statement of Beneficial Use resubmitted to DWR
SU Statement of Beneficial Use returned to owner for correction
WA Well construction report received
WU Well construction report returned to responsible party for correction
YY General update by permitting and records staff
ZZ General update by records staff adding existing data to the system

DWR Parcels
The DWR Parcels displays parcels (polygons) created by DWR personnel in
AquaMap instead of on the paper maps. Polygons will appear with specific
colors for the different categories of polygons. Table 11 provides the
symbology for DWR Parcels. The data is viewable from scales between
1:250000 and 1:6000.

The default is to display all parcel types. To view only certain parcel types,
click the „More Data‟ button. The „Parcel‟ refers to all data categories
statewide. The „Aquifer‟ refers only to Denver Basin. These categories allow
you to choose which aquifer and which parcel type you wish to view. For
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example if you wish to view only the Presumption Wells in the Denver Aquifer,
turn on the DWR Parcels and Well Permits layers. Then on the „More Data‟
screen, click the Presumption Well category and Tkd Aquifer to display the
subset of data.

Mouse-over information provided for the DWR Parcels layer is the type of
polygon, the user initials of the person who created the parcel, the creation
date of the polygon, the calculated acreage, the receipt number, WDID
number, Case number, and Subdivision number. This information is only
available if you are in the Info Mode.

NOTE: Care must be utilized when using the calculated acreage

because it may be different than the permitted acreage shown on the
permit application, plat map, or survey that was submitted with the
application.

More Data Button

The “More Data” button will open an additional window that allows you to
select a variety of other data layers that can be turned on/off.

This menu also allows you to designate the category and aquifer you wish to
see for the DWRParcels located within the Denver Basin. By default all the
Parcel Categories and Aquifer Categories are turned on.

The other data layers that can be turned on are grouped by subject.

The layers are viewable between the scales shown in the Table 11.
Note: Most of the layers will provide information in the way of a mouse-over.
If you don‟t see information regarding a specific layer, make sure that you are
zoomed into the appropriate scale. If you still don‟t see any information, try
turning off some of the other layers you have turned on.
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Note: You must be in “Info” mode to see the information. To get in the “Info”
mode, press the “I” button on the AquaMap interface.
Table 11: Additional Layer Details
Layer Max Scale Min Scale Color Comments
DWR Boundary
Denver Basin 1 to 3.4 1 to 12000 Black Line Provides the extents of the Denver
Million Gray Fill Basin. The mouse-over provides the
name of the top aquifer at that location.
Designated 1 to 3.4 1 to 12000 Purple Line Provides the boundaries of the
Basin Million No Fill Designated Basins. The mouse-over
provides the Designated Basin Name
and the date of formation.
Management 1 to 3.4 1 to 12000 Green Line Provides the boundaries of the
District Million No Fill Groundwater Management Districts in
the Designated Basins. The mouse-over
provides the
DWR Water 1 to 3.4 1 to 12000 Black Line Provides the boundaries of the DWR
District Million No Fill Water Districts. Mouse-over provides
the division and water district numbers.
DWR Division 1 to 3.4 1 to 12000 Red Line Provides the boundaries of the DWR
Million No Fill Divisions. Mouse-over provides the
division number.
Critical Area 1 to 2 Million 1 to 6000 Pink Line Boundaries of the water critical areas in
No Fill Divisions 6 and 7. The mouse-over
provides the name of the water critical
area.
Other Boundary
Quad Index 1 to 1 Million 1 to 12000 Red Line Provides the Quad Map name and SEO
No Fill Map Number as a mouse-over.
Geology 1 to 3.4 1 to 12000 Red Line Provides the surface geology for the
Million State. Mouse-over provides the geologic
symbol for the formation.
Municipal 1 to 3.4 1 to 12000 Red Line Provides Municipal Water District
Water District Million Gray Fill boundaries. The data was obtained from
the DOLA shapefile. The mouse-over
provides the name of the water district.
Municipal 1 to 3.4 1to 12000 Red Line Provides Municipal Water and Sewer
Water/Sewer Million Gray Fill District boundaries. The data was
District obtained from the DOLA shapefile. The
mouse-over provided the name of the
district.
Climate
Evaporation Blue Evaporation station
Station Square
Precipitation Green Precipitation station
Station Square
Temperature Pink Temperature station
Station Square
Solar Radiation 1 to 3.4 1 to 6000 Brown Line Shows the NOAA solar radiation contour
2
(MJ/m ) Million lines. The mouse-over provides the
2
annual solar radiation in MJ/m
Precipitation 1 to 3.4 1 to 6000 Red Line Shows the NOAA precipitation contour
Contours Million lines. The mouse-over provides annual
precipitation amount in inches.
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Layer Max Scale Min Scale Color Comments
Evaporation 1 to 3.4 1 to 6000 Red Line Shows the NOAA evaporation contour
Contours Million lines. The mouse-over provides annual
evaporation in inches.
Gridded 1 to 500000 1 to 1200 Blue Line Not Available
Ppct/Evap No Fill
Division 2 – Arkansas
Dakota 1 to 3.4 1 to 6000 Black Line Provides the extents of the Dakota
Program Million Gray Fill Program.
Upper Coming Soon
Arkansas WCD
Division 3 – Rio Grande
Div 3 Clay 1 to 3.4 1 to 6000 Black Line Provides the extents of the HRS clay
Extent Million No Fill map. The mouse-over indicates if the
location is within the map extents.
DWR Depth to 1 to 3.4 1 to 6000 Black Line Provides the extents of the blue clay
Clay Million No Fill layer. The mouse-over provides the
depth to the top of the blue clay layer.
HRS Depth to 1 to 3.4 1 to 6000 Orange Provides the contours for the HRS depth
Clay Million Line to clay. The mouse-over provides the
depth to the top of the clay layer as
determined by HRS.
Division 5 – Colorado
Div 5 A-B Line 1 to 3.4 1 to 6000 Pink Line Provides the location of the Division 5 A-
Million No Fill B line. The mouse-over indicates if the
location is in the A, B, or C area.
Div 5 Calling Coming Soon
Structures
Gages
Real Time Green Real time gages, active
Gage Circles
Historical Gage Red Gages, inactive
Circles
Parcel Category

Presumption 1 to 200000 1 to 2000 Light Blue A tract of land of 35 acres or more that is
Well Polygon Fill "encumbered" by a well permit issued
pursuant to 37-92-602(3)(b)(II)(A),
C.R.S. for full domestic use, or a parcel
that is smaller than 35 acres that is
"encumbered" by a well permit issued
pursuant to 37-92-602(3)(b)(II)(A),
C.R.S. for household use only, or a
Cluster Development parcel that is
"encumbered" by a well permit issued
pursuant to 37-92-602(3)(b)(II)(A),
C.R.S.
Exempt Well / 1 to 200000 1 to 2000 Light A tract of land that was claimed by an
Small Capacity Purple Fill exempt well permit applicant to quantify
Well Polygon water in the Denver Basin pursuant to
37-92-602(3)(b)(I), C.R.S. and the April
23, 1986 policy, or a tract of land that
was claimed by a small capacity well
permit applicant to quantify water in the
Denver Basin pursuant to 37-90-105
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where, in both cases, the issuance of the
well permit includes an evaluation of land
area and a determination of no injury.

Layer Max Scale Min Scale Color Comments

Non-Exempt 1 to 200000 1 to 2000 Purple Fill One or more pieces of land that were
Well / Large claimed in an application to the water
Capacity Well court to adjudicate Denver Basin ground
Polygon water underlying the subject land
pursuant to 37-92-302, C.R.S.
Decreed 1 to 200000 1 to 2000 Light One or more pieces of land that were
Denver Basin Green claimed in an application to the water
Adj Outline court to adjudicate Denver Basin ground
water underlying the subject land
pursuant to 37-92-302, C.R.S.
Determination 1 to 200000 1 to 2000 Green Fill One or more pieces of land that were
of Water Right claimed in an application to the Ground
Water Commission to quantify Denver
Basin ground water underlying the
subject land and determine a water right
pursuant to 37-90-107, C.R.S.
Determination 1 to 200000 1 to 2000 Gray Fill Not currently used
of Water
Rights – Place
of Use
Approved 1 to 200000 1 to 2000 Black Line The piece of land that was created
Subdivision with gray pursuant to 30-28-133, C.R.S. and
Fill whose water supply is subject of the
SEO review pursuant to 30-28-136,
C.R.S. This will include subdivisions
whose water supply is individual, exempt
or small capacity, on-lot wells; individual,
non-exempt or large capacity, on-lot
wells; community wells; or municipal
/quasi-municipal water suppliers.
Cluster 1 to 200000 1 to 2000 Black Line The piece of land that was created
Development with no Fill pursuant to the provisions and definition
in 30-28-401 through 30-28-404, C.R.S.
It is made up of the entire Cluster
Development including the open space
area.
Deemed 1 to 200000 1 to 2000 Pink Fill The land area that is claimed by a water
Consent supplier pursuant to 37-90-137(8) or
Ground Water Commission Rule 5.3.10
Non-Critical 1 to 200000 1 to 2000 Light Not currently used
Area Green Fill
Pre-213 1 to 200000 1 to 2000 Light A circle that represents an
Cylinder Reddish - "appropriation" by a well constructed
Brown Fill before July 6, 1973 outside of the
Designated Basins and before
November 19, 1973 in the Designated
Basins. This could be a stored polygon
or created, based a radius attribute of a
well permit record. In either case, it must
be visible. (Note: some pre-213
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cylinders will not have a well permit, just
a court decree.)
Municipal / 1 to 200000 1 to 2000 Light Red The established service boundaries of a
Quasi Fill municipal/quasi-municipal water supplier
Municipal
Water Supplier
Permitted 1 to 200000 1 to 2000 Green Fill Not currently used
Irrigated Acres
Aquifer 1 to 250000 1 to 6000 Green or Shows the well permits based on
Category Red aquifer(s)

Location
Section
Drop down menu showing the section number. You cannot type in the box;
you must select the appropriate section from the drop down menu.

Township
Drop down menu showing the township number and direction. You cannot
type in the box; you must select the appropriate township from the drop down
menu. You must also select the appropriate direction from the drop down
menu.

Range
Drop down menu showing the range number and direction. You cannot type
in the box; you must select the appropriate range from the drop down menu.
You must also select the appropriate direction from the drop down menu.

Meridian
Drop down menu showing the principal meridian. You cannot type in the box;
you must select the appropriate principal meridian from the drop down menu.

Open PLSS Locator Button

The “Open PLSS Menu” button opens the PLSS menu which allows you to
convert between UTMs and distances from section lines.

To convert from UTMs to distances from section lines, enter the

easting in the “UTM X” box and the northing in the “UTM Y” box.
o Click the up arrow to determine distances from section lines.
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To convert from distances from section lines to UTMs, enter the
section, township, and range using the drop down menus and then
enter the distances from the section lines.
o Click the down arrow to determine the UTM coordinates.
o After getting the UTM coordinates, you can zoom to those
coordinates by clicking on the “Zoom to Map” button.
o If you zoomed to a location using one of the other zoom tools, you
can use the “Copy from Map” button to determine the distances
from section lines and UTM coordinates of the location. The exact
location is the red „X‟ in the center of the screen.
You can convert between Zone 12 and Zone 13 UTM coordinates by
clicking on the “Zone Conversions” tab.
o Enter the UTM coordinates in the appropriate zone boxes and use
the up and down arrows to convert between the two zones.

You can convert between Zone 13 UTM coordinates and

latitude/longitude coordinates by clicking on the “Lat-Long” tab.
o To convert from latitude/longitude to UTM coordinates, choose the
format that your latitude/longitude coordinates are in from the drop
down menu.
o Enter the latitude/longitude coordinates in the appropriate boxes.
Use a negative (-) sign for the longitude.
o Click the down arrow button to get your UTM coordinates.
o To convert from UTM coordinates to latitude/longitude, enter the
easting and northing in the appropriate boxes.
o Click the up arrow button to get your latitude/longitude coordinates.

Open Quick Zoom Button

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The “Open Quick Zoom” Button opens the Quick Zoom menu that provides a
variety of zooming methods.

1. The “Zoom to UTM Value” button allows you to enter the easting and
northing and then zooms to that point.
2. The “Zoom to Section” button allows you to enter the section,
township, range, and principal meridian from the drop down menus on
the AquaMap interface and then zooms to the center of the designated
section.
3. The “Zoom to Address” button allows you to enter a street address and
town and then zooms to the vicinity of the given address.
4. The “Zoom to Permit #” button allows you to enter a permit number
and a county and zooms to that well.
5. The “Zoom to Receipt #” button allows you to enter a receipt number of
an issued well permit and then zooms to the permitted well location.
6. The “Zoom to WDID” buttons allows you to enter a WDID (water district
identifier) and zooms to that structure.
7. The “Zoom to Parcel #” is a work in progress to link parcel id numbers
assigned by the county to a well. Most well records lack a parcel id
number to link the information.

Printing
This portion of the screen is located below the Location box. This box
provides menus that are related to printing maps. The sections below
describe the various options available for printing.

Output Scale
The output scale is a drop down menu that allows you to automatically zoom
to a pre-determined scale. The pre-determined scale ranges from 3.5 million
to 1200. If you are printing, the scale listed in this box will be the scale of the
output map.

Page Size
Page size is related to the output scale and is used to create printable maps.
There are two page sizes to choose from: 8.5” by 11” or 11” by 17”.
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Create PDF Button

The “Create PDF” button creates a PDF file that can be printed out to scale.
Once you click on the “Create PDF” button, you will see a message above the
button that says the „PDF creating…‟. When the program has created the
PDF, the message changes to “Open PDF file”. Clicking on the Open PDF
message will launch Adobe Acrobat and the map that was created will open.

Note: If the map opens in the same browser window as AquaMap, you will
lose your AquaMap session when closing the window. To fix this, open
Acrobat. Go to Edit – Preferences – Internet. There is an option that says
“Display PDF in Browser”. Make sure that the box is not checked.

Note: To print a scaled PDF document, you must disable the scaling option
on the print menu in Adobe Acrobat Reader.

User
The user‟s initials are entered in this box. The initials are used to show who
created a parcel and/or map. This box must be filled in before a parcel can
be saved or a map can be printed.

Details
The details area is located directly below the Map Control Layers area. This
is where the mouse-over information will appear.
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Example of how to View a Denver Basin Well Application or

DWR Parcel
1. Open AquaMap
2. Enter the section, township, range, and principal meridian for the parcel.
3. Click on the “Quick Zoom” button located beneath the Location portion of
the AquaMap interface.
4. Click on the “Zoom to Section” button.
5. Turn on the “Map Cab(Main)” background layer.
6. Turn on the “Water Well Application” background layer.
7. Turn on the “DWR Parcels” background layer.
8. If the output scale is not set to 18000 or 24000, choose one of those
options from the “Output Scale” dropdown menu.
9. You should see all of the parcels that have been drawn in AquaMap along
with the wells that have been historically permitted by DWR.

10. Click on the “More Data”

11. Click on the box next to “All Parcels” under the Parcel Category turning off
all parcels.
12. Click on the box next to “All Aquifers” under the Aquifer Category turning
off all aquifers.
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13. You should note that all wells and polygons disappeared from the screen.
14. Check the “Presumption Well Polygon” box.
15. Check the “KLF” aquifer box.
16. You should see only the wells and parcels that are in the Presumption
Well Polygon category and in the Laramie-Fox Hills aquifer.