Fillmore County, NE Water Table Trend
Is the water table dropping in Fillmore County, NE?
Fillmore County's long-term well puts the trend at 0 ft per decade, holding roughly steady, based on 124 measurements since 1953.
This is one representative well, not a county-wide survey, the same grain limit every page here discloses.
Fillmore County's source well, in detail
Depth to water at the last reading was 91.7 ft below land surface. Readings span 1953-04-13 to 2025-04-01, 124 measurements from USGS well USGS-404147097473001 (8n 4w 5ab 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 Fillmore County compares nationally
Fillmore County sits at rank 658th 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. Fillmore County, Nebraska is home to about 5,512 people. See the fastest-moving counties guide for how Fillmore 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 Fillmore 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.