Hendricks County, IN Water Table Trend
Is the water table dropping in Hendricks County, IN?
Hendricks County's long-term well puts the trend at 1.9 ft per decade, rising, getting shallower over time, based on 18 measurements since 1994.
One well stands in for Hendricks 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 11.1 ft below land surface. Readings span 1994-08-10 to 2025-09-02, 18 measurements from USGS well USGS-394849086273001 (Nawqa Ag Well Tp21 Near Tilden, In), part of the National Water Information System. The qualifying bar and the OLS fit behind this trend are documented in the methodology guide.
Where Hendricks County ranks
Of the 1,449 US counties with a usable trend, Hendricks County ranks 133rd from fastest-rising to fastest-declining, 1 is the fastest-rising water table measured, 1449 the fastest-declining. About 190,629 people live in Hendricks County, Indiana. See the fastest-moving counties guide for how Hendricks County stacks up against the most extreme cases nationally.
A dropping table says nothing about water quality
Whether Hendricks 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.