Butler County, NE Water Table Trend
Butler County's groundwater trend, from USGS's own readings
Butler County's long-term well puts the trend at 0.1 ft per decade, holding roughly steady, based on 156 measurements since 1946.
This is one representative well, not a county-wide survey, the same grain limit every page here discloses.
Butler County's source well, in detail
Depth to water at the last reading was 11.1 ft below land surface. Readings span 1946-01-08 to 2025-04-08, 156 measurements from USGS well USGS-412254097014401 (16n 3e 1cd 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 Butler County compares nationally
Butler County sits at rank 603rd 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. Butler County, Nebraska is home to about 8,439 people. See the fastest-moving counties guide for how Butler 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 Butler 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.