Camas County, ID Water Table Trend
Camas County's groundwater trend, from USGS's own readings
Over 68 years of USGS readings, the well tracking Camas County's aquifer is holding roughly steady: 0.3 ft per decade.
One well stands in for Camas 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 97.7 ft below land surface. Readings span 1957-07-23 to 2025-10-30, 12 measurements from USGS well USGS-432136114340001 (01s 16e 04cdb1), part of the National Water Information System. The qualifying bar and the OLS fit behind this trend are documented in the methodology guide.
Where Camas County ranks
Of the 1,449 US counties with a usable trend, Camas County ranks 895th from fastest-rising to fastest-declining, 1 is the fastest-rising water table measured, 1449 the fastest-declining. About 1,247 people live in Camas County, Idaho. See the fastest-moving counties guide for how Camas County stacks up against the most extreme cases nationally.
A dropping table says nothing about water quality
Whether Camas 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.