Banner County, NE Water Table Trend
Is the water table dropping in Banner County, NE?
Banner County's representative monitoring well shows depth to water declining faster than most declining counties, a fitted trend of 10.9 ft per decade over 50 years of readings.
This is one representative well, not a county-wide survey, the same grain limit every page here discloses.
Banner County's source well, in detail
Depth to water at the last reading was 173.2 ft below land surface. Readings span 1974-08-14 to 2024-03-27, 211 measurements from USGS well USGS-414107102233801 (20n 53w26abab1 Chimney Rock (Rw03)), part of the National Water Information System. The qualifying bar and the OLS fit behind this trend are documented in the methodology guide.
How Banner County compares nationally
Banner County sits at rank 1401st 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. Banner County, Nebraska is home to about 665 people. See the fastest-moving counties guide for how Banner County stacks up against the most extreme cases nationally.
If you own a well in Banner County
A dropping water table means a residential pump has to reach deeper and work harder, which shortens its life. In Banner County, that trend is real, not assumed: 10.9 ft per decade over 50 years.
Depth and quality are separate questions
This page answers a depth question, not a quality one. A well in Banner 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.