Guadalupe County, NM Water Table Trend
Is the water table dropping in Guadalupe County, NM?
Guadalupe County's long-term well puts the trend at 0.1 ft per decade, holding roughly steady, based on 17 measurements since 1963.
This is one representative well, not a county-wide survey, the same grain limit every page here discloses.
Guadalupe County's source well, in detail
Depth to water at the last reading was 70.9 ft below land surface. Readings span 1963-05-11 to 2026-03-05, 17 measurements from USGS well USGS-352426103284402 (14n.33e.30.314442 430), part of the National Water Information System. The qualifying bar and the OLS fit behind this trend are documented in the methodology guide.
How Guadalupe County compares nationally
Guadalupe County sits at rank 769th 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. Guadalupe County, New Mexico is home to about 4,385 people. See the fastest-moving counties guide for how Guadalupe 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 Guadalupe 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.