Gage County, NE Water Table Trend
Gage County's groundwater trend, from USGS's own readings
Gage County's long-term well puts the trend at 0.4 ft per decade, holding roughly steady, based on 97 measurements since 1962.
This is one representative well, not a county-wide survey, the same grain limit every page here discloses.
Gage County's source well, in detail
Depth to water at the last reading was 88.8 ft below land surface. Readings span 1962-11-01 to 2025-04-03, 97 measurements from USGS well USGS-400732096432001 (2n 6e23bd 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 Gage County compares nationally
Gage County sits at rank 399th 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. Gage County, Nebraska is home to about 21,687 people. See the fastest-moving counties guide for how Gage 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 Gage 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.