Harper County, OK Water Table Trend
Is the water table dropping in Harper County, OK?
Over 40 years of USGS readings, the well tracking Harper County's aquifer is holding roughly steady: 0.3 ft per decade.
One well stands in for Harper 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 23 ft below land surface. Readings span 1977-03-10 to 2017-01-18, 38 measurements from USGS well USGS-363957099540201 (25n-25w-09 Baa 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 Harper County ranks
Of the 1,449 US counties with a usable trend, Harper County ranks 852nd from fastest-rising to fastest-declining, 1 is the fastest-rising water table measured, 1449 the fastest-declining. About 3,209 people live in Harper County, Oklahoma. See the fastest-moving counties guide for how Harper County stacks up against the most extreme cases nationally.
A dropping table says nothing about water quality
Whether Harper 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.