Creek County, OK Water Table Trend
Is the water table dropping in Creek County, OK?
Over 48 years of USGS readings, the well tracking Creek County's aquifer is rising, getting shallower over time: 0.8 ft per decade.
One well stands in for Creek 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 35.4 ft below land surface. Readings span 1969-11-20 to 2017-12-19, 789 measurements from USGS well USGS-355510096293501 (17n-08e-30 Cbb 1 Creek 30 Gw), part of the National Water Information System. The qualifying bar and the OLS fit behind this trend are documented in the methodology guide.
Where Creek County ranks
Of the 1,449 US counties with a usable trend, Creek County ranks 284th from fastest-rising to fastest-declining, 1 is the fastest-rising water table measured, 1449 the fastest-declining. About 73,971 people live in Creek County, Oklahoma. See the fastest-moving counties guide for how Creek County stacks up against the most extreme cases nationally.
A dropping table says nothing about water quality
Whether Creek 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.