Dodge County, NE Water Table Trend
Dodge County, NE: what the water table is actually doing
Dodge County's long-term well puts the trend at 0.1 ft per decade, holding roughly steady, based on 134 measurements since 1940.
One well stands in for Dodge 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 10.3 ft below land surface. Readings span 1940-02-03 to 2025-04-08, 134 measurements from USGS well USGS-412801096312301 (17n 8e 4dd 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 Dodge County ranks
Of the 1,449 US counties with a usable trend, Dodge County ranks 717th from fastest-rising to fastest-declining, 1 is the fastest-rising water table measured, 1449 the fastest-declining. About 37,884 people live in Dodge County, Nebraska. See the fastest-moving counties guide for how Dodge County stacks up against the most extreme cases nationally.
A dropping table says nothing about water quality
Whether Dodge 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.