Hayes County, NE Water Table Trend
Is the water table dropping in Hayes County, NE?
Over 87 years of USGS readings, the well tracking Hayes County's aquifer is holding roughly steady: 0 ft per decade.
This is one representative well, not a county-wide survey, the same grain limit every page here discloses.
Hayes County's source well, in detail
Depth to water at the last reading was 12.2 ft below land surface. Readings span 1936-12-07 to 2024-04-11, 213 measurements from USGS well USGS-402107101063001 (5n 33w31dcb 1 Ne-Np-Swr-A), part of the National Water Information System. The qualifying bar and the OLS fit behind this trend are documented in the methodology guide.
How Hayes County compares nationally
Hayes County sits at rank 693rd 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. Hayes County, Nebraska is home to about 846 people. See the fastest-moving counties guide for how Hayes 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 Hayes 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.