Laramie County, WY Water Table Trend
Is the water table dropping in Laramie County, WY?
Laramie County's long-term well puts the trend at 14.3 ft per decade, rising, getting shallower over time, based on 73 measurements since 2009.
This is one representative well, not a county-wide survey, the same grain limit every page here discloses.
Laramie County's source well, in detail
Depth to water at the last reading was 41.7 ft below land surface. Readings span 2009-06-23 to 2024-11-15, 73 measurements from USGS well USGS-410507105003802 (13-068-21abc02 Bro-2), part of the National Water Information System. The qualifying bar and the OLS fit behind this trend are documented in the methodology guide.
How Laramie County compares nationally
Laramie County sits at rank 15th 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. Laramie County, Wyoming is home to about 101,783 people. See the fastest-moving counties guide for how Laramie 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 Laramie 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.