Hudspeth County, TX Water Table Trend
Hudspeth County, TX: what the water table is actually doing
Hudspeth County's long-term well puts the trend at 5.8 ft per decade, declining faster than most declining counties, based on 66 measurements since 1956.
This is one representative well, not a county-wide survey, the same grain limit every page here discloses.
Hudspeth County's source well, in detail
Depth to water at the last reading was 73.4 ft below land surface. Readings span 1956-02-15 to 2018-01-26, 66 measurements from USGS well USGS-320008105064501 (26s.18e.33.133), part of the National Water Information System. The qualifying bar and the OLS fit behind this trend are documented in the methodology guide.
How Hudspeth County compares nationally
Hudspeth County sits at rank 1332nd 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. Hudspeth County, Texas is home to about 3,608 people. See the fastest-moving counties guide for how Hudspeth County stacks up against the most extreme cases nationally.
If you own a well in Hudspeth County
A dropping water table means a residential pump has to reach deeper and work harder, which shortens its life. In Hudspeth County, that trend is real, not assumed: 5.8 ft per decade over 62 years.
Depth and quality are separate questions
This page answers a depth question, not a quality one. A well in Hudspeth 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.