Cimarron County, OK Water Table Trend
Cimarron County, OK: what the water table is actually doing
Cimarron County's long-term well puts the trend at 7.7 ft per decade, declining faster than most declining counties, based on 35 measurements since 1967.
This is one representative well, not a county-wide survey, the same grain limit every page here discloses.
Cimarron County's source well, in detail
Depth to water at the last reading was 267.7 ft below land surface. Readings span 1967-01-25 to 2017-09-12, 35 measurements from USGS well USGS-363730102142001 (02n-08e-19 Dbb 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 Cimarron County compares nationally
Cimarron County sits at rank 1362nd 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. Cimarron County, Oklahoma is home to about 2,133 people. See the fastest-moving counties guide for how Cimarron County stacks up against the most extreme cases nationally.
If you own a well in Cimarron County
A dropping water table means a residential pump has to reach deeper and work harder, which shortens its life. In Cimarron County, that trend is real, not assumed: 7.7 ft per decade over 51 years.
Depth and quality are separate questions
This page answers a depth question, not a quality one. A well in Cimarron 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.