Broome County, NY Water Table Trend
Broome County, NY: what the water table is actually doing
Broome County's long-term well puts the trend at 0.6 ft per decade, rising, getting shallower over time, based on 291 measurements since 1980.
This is one representative well, not a county-wide survey, the same grain limit every page here discloses.
Broome County's source well, in detail
Depth to water at the last reading was 27.8 ft below land surface. Readings span 1980-09-22 to 2026-10-13, 291 measurements from USGS well USGS-421138075511301 (Local Number, Bm-128, Kattelville Ny), part of the National Water Information System. The qualifying bar and the OLS fit behind this trend are documented in the methodology guide.
How Broome County compares nationally
Broome County sits at rank 336th 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. Broome County, New York is home to about 196,397 people. See the fastest-moving counties guide for how Broome 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 Broome 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.