Kearney County, NE Water Table Trend
Is the water table dropping in Kearney County, NE?
Over 78 years of USGS readings, the well tracking Kearney County's aquifer is holding roughly steady: 0 ft per decade.
One well stands in for Kearney 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 6.3 ft below land surface. Readings span 1946-01-10 to 2024-04-16, 33 measurements from USGS well USGS-403828099010201 (8n 15w21dc 1 Ne-Np-Swr-C), part of the National Water Information System. The qualifying bar and the OLS fit behind this trend are documented in the methodology guide.
Where Kearney County ranks
Of the 1,449 US counties with a usable trend, Kearney County ranks 634th from fastest-rising to fastest-declining, 1 is the fastest-rising water table measured, 1449 the fastest-declining. About 6,749 people live in Kearney County, Nebraska. See the fastest-moving counties guide for how Kearney County stacks up against the most extreme cases nationally.
A dropping table says nothing about water quality
Whether Kearney 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.