Bowman County, ND Water Table Trend
Is the water table dropping in Bowman County, ND?
Over 49 years of USGS readings, the well tracking Bowman County's aquifer is holding roughly steady: 0 ft per decade.
One well stands in for Bowman 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 6.6 ft below land surface. Readings span 1972-08-01 to 2021-08-10, 227 measurements from USGS well USGS-461039103282803 (131-102-07ddd3), part of the National Water Information System. The qualifying bar and the OLS fit behind this trend are documented in the methodology guide.
Where Bowman County ranks
Of the 1,449 US counties with a usable trend, Bowman County ranks 620th from fastest-rising to fastest-declining, 1 is the fastest-rising water table measured, 1449 the fastest-declining. About 2,886 people live in Bowman County, North Dakota. See the fastest-moving counties guide for how Bowman County stacks up against the most extreme cases nationally.
A dropping table says nothing about water quality
Whether Bowman 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.