Hall County, NE Water Table Trend
Hall County's groundwater trend, from USGS's own readings
Over 95 years of USGS readings, the well tracking Hall County's aquifer is holding roughly steady: 0.2 ft per decade.
One well stands in for Hall County's whole aquifer here, the honest simplification every page on this site carries.
What the well actually measured
The most recent reading put water 22.4 ft below land surface. Readings span 1930-10-09 to 2025-05-01, 373 measurements from USGS well USGS-404606098403501 (9n 12w 9ba 1), part of the National Water Information System. The qualifying bar and the OLS fit behind this trend are documented in the methodology guide.
Where Hall County ranks
Of the 1,449 US counties with a usable trend, Hall County ranks 793rd from fastest-rising to fastest-declining, 1 is the fastest-rising water table measured, 1449 the fastest-declining. About 62,869 people live in Hall County, Nebraska. See the fastest-moving counties guide for how Hall County stacks up against the most extreme cases nationally.
A dropping table says nothing about water quality
Whether Hall County's water table is rising or falling is independent of what's actually in the water. Depletion can concentrate naturally-occurring minerals, so it's worth checking directly with a water test rather than assuming a depth trend says anything about quality.