Ellis County, KS Water Table Trend
Is the water table dropping in Ellis County, KS?
Over 22 years of USGS readings, the well tracking Ellis County's aquifer is holding roughly steady: 0.4 ft per decade.
This is one representative well, not a county-wide survey, the same grain limit every page here discloses.
Ellis County's source well, in detail
Depth to water at the last reading was 10.8 ft below land surface. Readings span 2004-08-17 to 2026-10-09, 158 measurements from USGS well USGS-384253099180701 (15s 18w 27dda 01 Schoenchen Well T-17), part of the National Water Information System. The qualifying bar and the OLS fit behind this trend are documented in the methodology guide.
How Ellis County compares nationally
Ellis County sits at rank 402nd 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. Ellis County, Kansas is home to about 29,007 people. See the fastest-moving counties guide for how Ellis County stacks up against the most extreme cases nationally.
Depth and quality are separate questions
This page answers a depth question, not a quality one. A well in Ellis 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.