Bear Lake County, ID Water Table Trend
Is the water table dropping in Bear Lake County, ID?
Bear Lake County's long-term well puts the trend at 1.1 ft per decade, declining, slower than most declining counties, based on 169 measurements since 1967.
This is one representative well, not a county-wide survey, the same grain limit every page here discloses.
Bear Lake County's source well, in detail
Depth to water at the last reading was 21.3 ft below land surface. Readings span 1967-09-19 to 2018-03-29, 169 measurements from USGS well USGS-421433111240401 (13s 43e 35ccd1), part of the National Water Information System. The qualifying bar and the OLS fit behind this trend are documented in the methodology guide.
How Bear Lake County compares nationally
Bear Lake County sits at rank 1089th 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. Bear Lake County, Idaho is home to about 6,779 people. See the fastest-moving counties guide for how Bear Lake County stacks up against the most extreme cases nationally.
If you own a well in Bear Lake County
A dropping water table means a residential pump has to reach deeper and work harder, which shortens its life. In Bear Lake County, that trend is real, not assumed: 1.1 ft per decade over 51 years.
Depth and quality are separate questions
This page answers a depth question, not a quality one. A well in Bear Lake 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.