Chemung County, NY Water Table Trend
Chemung County's groundwater trend, from USGS's own readings
Chemung County's representative monitoring well shows depth to water holding roughly steady, a fitted trend of 0 ft per decade over 24 years of readings.
One well stands in for Chemung 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 23.9 ft below land surface. Readings span 2002-10-17 to 2026-09-02, 125 measurements from USGS well USGS-420828076484601 (Local Number, Cm-622, Near Horseheads Ny), part of the National Water Information System. The qualifying bar and the OLS fit behind this trend are documented in the methodology guide.
Where Chemung County ranks
Of the 1,449 US counties with a usable trend, Chemung County ranks 660th from fastest-rising to fastest-declining, 1 is the fastest-rising water table measured, 1449 the fastest-declining. About 81,115 people live in Chemung County, New York. See the fastest-moving counties guide for how Chemung County stacks up against the most extreme cases nationally.
A dropping table says nothing about water quality
Whether Chemung 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.