Coos County, NH Water Table Trend
Is the water table dropping in Coos County, NH?
Over 51 years of USGS readings, the well tracking Coos County's aquifer is holding roughly steady: 0.1 ft per decade.
One well stands in for Coos 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 1.3 ft below land surface. Readings span 1966-11-01 to 2018-01-26, 547 measurements from USGS well USGS-442830071321001 (Nh-Lcw 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 Coos County ranks
Of the 1,449 US counties with a usable trend, Coos County ranks 727th from fastest-rising to fastest-declining, 1 is the fastest-rising water table measured, 1449 the fastest-declining. About 31,094 people live in Coos County, New Hampshire. See the fastest-moving counties guide for how Coos County stacks up against the most extreme cases nationally.
A dropping table says nothing about water quality
Whether Coos 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.