Dixon County, NE Water Table Trend
Is the water table dropping in Dixon County, NE?
Over 49 years of USGS readings, the well tracking Dixon County's aquifer is declining, slower than most declining counties: 0.9 ft per decade.
This is one representative well, not a county-wide survey, the same grain limit every page here discloses.
Dixon County's source well, in detail
Depth to water at the last reading was 16.2 ft below land surface. Readings span 1976-04-10 to 2025-04-29, 89 measurements from USGS well USGS-423847096435801 (31n 6e21caa 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 Dixon County compares nationally
Dixon County sits at rank 1064th 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. Dixon County, Nebraska is home to about 5,526 people. See the fastest-moving counties guide for how Dixon County stacks up against the most extreme cases nationally.
If you own a well in Dixon County
A dropping water table means a residential pump has to reach deeper and work harder, which shortens its life. In Dixon County, that trend is real, not assumed: 0.9 ft per decade over 49 years.
Depth and quality are separate questions
This page answers a depth question, not a quality one. A well in Dixon 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.