Eddy County, NM Water Table Trend
Eddy County, NM: what the water table is actually doing
Over 115 years of USGS readings, the well tracking Eddy County's aquifer is declining faster than most declining counties: 8.3 ft per decade.
This is one representative well, not a county-wide survey, the same grain limit every page here discloses.
Eddy County's source well, in detail
Depth to water at the last reading was 43.1 ft below land surface. Readings span 1906-10-10 to 2022-01-10, 58 measurements from USGS well USGS-324815104225501 (17s.26e.28.42133), part of the National Water Information System. The qualifying bar and the OLS fit behind this trend are documented in the methodology guide.
How Eddy County compares nationally
Eddy County sits at rank 1368th 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. Eddy County, New Mexico is home to about 61,436 people. See the fastest-moving counties guide for how Eddy County stacks up against the most extreme cases nationally.
If you own a well in Eddy County
A dropping water table means a residential pump has to reach deeper and work harder, which shortens its life. In Eddy County, that trend is real, not assumed: 8.3 ft per decade over 115 years.
Depth and quality are separate questions
This page answers a depth question, not a quality one. A well in Eddy 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.