Montgomery County, NY Water Table Trend
Montgomery County's groundwater trend, from USGS's own readings
Over 23 years of USGS readings, the well tracking Montgomery County's aquifer is holding roughly steady: 0.4 ft per decade.
One well stands in for Montgomery 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 33.8 ft below land surface. Readings span 2003-11-10 to 2026-07-10, 141 measurements from USGS well USGS-425511074254001 (Local Number, Mt-411, At Randall Ny), part of the National Water Information System. The qualifying bar and the OLS fit behind this trend are documented in the methodology guide.
Where Montgomery County ranks
Of the 1,449 US counties with a usable trend, Montgomery County ranks 930th from fastest-rising to fastest-declining, 1 is the fastest-rising water table measured, 1449 the fastest-declining. About 49,648 people live in Montgomery County, New York. See the fastest-moving counties guide for how Montgomery County stacks up against the most extreme cases nationally.
A dropping table says nothing about water quality
Whether Montgomery 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.