Emery County, UT Water Table Trend
Emery County, UT: what the water table is actually doing
Emery County's long-term well puts the trend at 1.5 ft per decade, declining at a typical pace for a declining county, based on 72 measurements since 1979.
This is one representative well, not a county-wide survey, the same grain limit every page here discloses.
Emery County's source well, in detail
Depth to water at the last reading was 323.6 ft below land surface. Readings span 1979-06-20 to 2024-10-18, 72 measurements from USGS well USGS-384430110271802 ((D-24-13)11adb- 1), part of the National Water Information System. The qualifying bar and the OLS fit behind this trend are documented in the methodology guide.
How Emery County compares nationally
Emery County sits at rank 1144th 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. Emery County, Utah is home to about 10,161 people. See the fastest-moving counties guide for how Emery County stacks up against the most extreme cases nationally.
If you own a well in Emery County
A dropping water table means a residential pump has to reach deeper and work harder, which shortens its life. In Emery County, that trend is real, not assumed: 1.5 ft per decade over 45 years.
Depth and quality are separate questions
This page answers a depth question, not a quality one. A well in Emery 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.