Catron County, NM Water Table Trend
Catron County, NM: what the water table is actually doing
Over 76 years of USGS readings, the well tracking Catron County's aquifer is holding roughly steady: 0.3 ft per decade.
One well stands in for Catron 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 194.1 ft below land surface. Readings span 1950-08-12 to 2026-02-26, 23 measurements from USGS well USGS-340103107461701 (03s.09w.28.240), part of the National Water Information System. The qualifying bar and the OLS fit behind this trend are documented in the methodology guide.
Where Catron County ranks
Of the 1,449 US counties with a usable trend, Catron County ranks 886th from fastest-rising to fastest-declining, 1 is the fastest-rising water table measured, 1449 the fastest-declining. About 3,795 people live in Catron County, New Mexico. See the fastest-moving counties guide for how Catron County stacks up against the most extreme cases nationally.
A dropping table says nothing about water quality
Whether Catron 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.