Blaine County, NE Water Table Trend
Blaine County's groundwater trend, from USGS's own readings
Over 83 years of USGS readings, the well tracking Blaine County's aquifer is holding roughly steady: 0.1 ft per decade.
One well stands in for Blaine County's whole aquifer here, the honest simplification every page on this site carries.
What the well actually measured
The most recent reading put water 3.6 ft below land surface. Readings span 1934-12-16 to 2018-04-26, 966 measurements from USGS well USGS-414958100061501 (22n 24w33ca 1 Ne-Np-Swr-B), part of the National Water Information System. The qualifying bar and the OLS fit behind this trend are documented in the methodology guide.
Where Blaine County ranks
Of the 1,449 US counties with a usable trend, Blaine County ranks 610th from fastest-rising to fastest-declining, 1 is the fastest-rising water table measured, 1449 the fastest-declining. About 454 people live in Blaine County, Nebraska. See the fastest-moving counties guide for how Blaine County stacks up against the most extreme cases nationally.
A dropping table says nothing about water quality
Whether Blaine County's water table is rising or falling is independent of what's actually in the water. Depletion can concentrate naturally-occurring minerals, so it's worth checking directly with a water test rather than assuming a depth trend says anything about quality.