Borden County, TX Water Table Trend
Borden County's groundwater trend, from USGS's own readings
Borden County's representative monitoring well shows depth to water rising, getting shallower over time, a fitted trend of 1.3 ft per decade over 63 years of readings.
One well stands in for Borden 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 23.9 ft below land surface. Readings span 1961-03-01 to 2024-05-28, 66 measurements from USGS well USGS-325550101381501 (Ba-28-03-601), part of the National Water Information System. The qualifying bar and the OLS fit behind this trend are documented in the methodology guide.
Where Borden County ranks
Of the 1,449 US counties with a usable trend, Borden County ranks 197th from fastest-rising to fastest-declining, 1 is the fastest-rising water table measured, 1449 the fastest-declining. About 557 people live in Borden County, Texas. See the fastest-moving counties guide for how Borden County stacks up against the most extreme cases nationally.
A dropping table says nothing about water quality
Whether Borden 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.