Cortland County, NY Water Table Trend
Is the water table dropping in Cortland County, NY?
Cortland 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 Cortland 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 5.5 ft below land surface. Readings span 2002-07-09 to 2026-10-23, 146 measurements from USGS well USGS-424452076081902 (Local Number, C-998, Near Preble 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 Cortland County ranks
Of the 1,449 US counties with a usable trend, Cortland County ranks 661st from fastest-rising to fastest-declining, 1 is the fastest-rising water table measured, 1449 the fastest-declining. About 45,945 people live in Cortland County, New York. See the fastest-moving counties guide for how Cortland County stacks up against the most extreme cases nationally.
A dropping table says nothing about water quality
Whether Cortland 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.