Baca County, CO Water Table Trend
Is the water table dropping in Baca County, CO?
Baca County's long-term well puts the trend at 1.2 ft per decade, declining, slower than most declining counties, based on 45 measurements since 1949.
This is one representative well, not a county-wide survey, the same grain limit every page here discloses.
Baca County's source well, in detail
Depth to water at the last reading was 87.3 ft below land surface. Readings span 1949-09-20 to 2017-02-27, 45 measurements from USGS well USGS-370557102504800 (Sc03404808bcc), part of the National Water Information System. The qualifying bar and the OLS fit behind this trend are documented in the methodology guide.
How Baca County compares nationally
Baca County sits at rank 1114th of 1,449 ranked counties, ordered rising-to-declining, so a low number means a rising water table and a high one means fast decline. Baca County, Colorado is home to about 3,367 people. See the fastest-moving counties guide for how Baca County stacks up against the most extreme cases nationally.
If you own a well in Baca County
A dropping water table means a residential pump has to reach deeper and work harder, which shortens its life. In Baca County, that trend is real, not assumed: 1.2 ft per decade over 67 years.
Depth and quality are separate questions
This page answers a depth question, not a quality one. A well in Baca County can be stable in depth and still worth testing for quality, or declining and still test clean, the two are measured separately, and only a direct test settles the second one.