Hitchcock County, NE Water Table Trend
Is the water table dropping in Hitchcock County, NE?
Over 78 years of USGS readings, the well tracking Hitchcock County's aquifer is rising, getting shallower over time: 0.6 ft per decade.
This is one representative well, not a county-wide survey, the same grain limit every page here discloses.
Hitchcock County's source well, in detail
Depth to water at the last reading was 25.1 ft below land surface. Readings span 1946-02-01 to 2024-04-11, 152 measurements from USGS well USGS-401130100533601 (3n 32w26dd 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 Hitchcock County compares nationally
Hitchcock County sits at rank 324th 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. Hitchcock County, Nebraska is home to about 2,460 people. See the fastest-moving counties guide for how Hitchcock 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 Hitchcock 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.