Elkhart County, IN Water Table Trend
Elkhart County, IN: what the water table is actually doing
Over 43 years of USGS readings, the well tracking Elkhart County's aquifer is holding roughly steady: 0.2 ft per decade.
One well stands in for Elkhart 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 14.9 ft below land surface. Readings span 1983-09-13 to 2026-09-02, 261 measurements from USGS well USGS-413121085481301 (Elkhart 4 (Eh 4)), part of the National Water Information System. The qualifying bar and the OLS fit behind this trend are documented in the methodology guide.
Where Elkhart County ranks
Of the 1,449 US counties with a usable trend, Elkhart County ranks 807th from fastest-rising to fastest-declining, 1 is the fastest-rising water table measured, 1449 the fastest-declining. About 207,436 people live in Elkhart County, Indiana. See the fastest-moving counties guide for how Elkhart County stacks up against the most extreme cases nationally.
A dropping table says nothing about water quality
Whether Elkhart 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.