Cherry County, NE Water Table Trend
Is the water table dropping in Cherry County, NE?
Cherry County's long-term well puts the trend at 0.4 ft per decade, holding roughly steady, based on 134 measurements since 1934.
One well stands in for Cherry 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 4.1 ft below land surface. Readings span 1934-12-12 to 2024-04-04, 134 measurements from USGS well USGS-425636101300901 (34n 36w 1dc 1 Ne-Np-Swr-B), part of the National Water Information System. The qualifying bar and the OLS fit behind this trend are documented in the methodology guide.
Where Cherry County ranks
Of the 1,449 US counties with a usable trend, Cherry County ranks 404th from fastest-rising to fastest-declining, 1 is the fastest-rising water table measured, 1449 the fastest-declining. About 5,558 people live in Cherry County, Nebraska. See the fastest-moving counties guide for how Cherry County stacks up against the most extreme cases nationally.
A dropping table says nothing about water quality
Whether Cherry 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.