Lincoln County, NE Water Table Trend
Is the water table dropping in Lincoln County, NE?
Lincoln County's representative monitoring well shows depth to water rising, getting shallower over time, a fitted trend of 0.6 ft per decade over 90 years of readings.
One well stands in for Lincoln 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 11.8 ft below land surface. Readings span 1934-11-01 to 2024-09-24, 376 measurements from USGS well USGS-410523100455501 (13n 30w21bb 1), part of the National Water Information System. The qualifying bar and the OLS fit behind this trend are documented in the methodology guide.
Where Lincoln County ranks
Of the 1,449 US counties with a usable trend, Lincoln County ranks 330th from fastest-rising to fastest-declining, 1 is the fastest-rising water table measured, 1449 the fastest-declining. About 33,319 people live in Lincoln County, Nebraska. See the fastest-moving counties guide for how Lincoln County stacks up against the most extreme cases nationally.
A dropping table says nothing about water quality
Whether Lincoln 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.