Elbert County, CO Water Table Trend
Elbert County's groundwater trend, from USGS's own readings
Elbert County's representative monitoring well shows depth to water rising, getting shallower over time, a fitted trend of 1.5 ft per decade over 61 years of readings.
One well stands in for Elbert 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 82.5 ft below land surface. Readings span 1961-05-16 to 2022-09-07, 52 measurements from USGS well USGS-391257104173601 (Sc00906235ddd Denv 16), part of the National Water Information System. The qualifying bar and the OLS fit behind this trend are documented in the methodology guide.
Where Elbert County ranks
Of the 1,449 US counties with a usable trend, Elbert County ranks 175th from fastest-rising to fastest-declining, 1 is the fastest-rising water table measured, 1449 the fastest-declining. About 29,382 people live in Elbert County, Colorado. See the fastest-moving counties guide for how Elbert County stacks up against the most extreme cases nationally.
A dropping table says nothing about water quality
Whether Elbert 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.