Beckham County, OK Water Table Trend
Is the water table dropping in Beckham County, OK?
Beckham County's long-term well puts the trend at 0.4 ft per decade, holding roughly steady, based on 31 measurements since 1980.
This is one representative well, not a county-wide survey, the same grain limit every page here discloses.
Beckham County's source well, in detail
Depth to water at the last reading was 21.4 ft below land surface. Readings span 1980-03-06 to 2017-01-04, 31 measurements from USGS well USGS-352328099560001 (11n-26w-34 Aaa 1), part of the National Water Information System. The qualifying bar and the OLS fit behind this trend are documented in the methodology guide.
How Beckham County compares nationally
Beckham County sits at rank 394th 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. Beckham County, Oklahoma is home to about 22,248 people. See the fastest-moving counties guide for how Beckham County stacks up against the most extreme cases nationally.
Depth and quality are separate questions
This page answers a depth question, not a quality one. A well in Beckham 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.