Colfax County, NE Water Table Trend
Colfax County, NE: what the water table is actually doing
Colfax County's long-term well puts the trend at 0.1 ft per decade, holding roughly steady, based on 133 measurements since 1945.
One well stands in for Colfax 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 16.6 ft below land surface. Readings span 1945-12-28 to 2025-04-08, 133 measurements from USGS well USGS-412840096585001 (17n 4e 4bb 1), part of the National Water Information System. The qualifying bar and the OLS fit behind this trend are documented in the methodology guide.
Where Colfax County ranks
Of the 1,449 US counties with a usable trend, Colfax County ranks 581st from fastest-rising to fastest-declining, 1 is the fastest-rising water table measured, 1449 the fastest-declining. About 10,826 people live in Colfax County, Nebraska. See the fastest-moving counties guide for how Colfax County stacks up against the most extreme cases nationally.
A dropping table says nothing about water quality
Whether Colfax 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.