Morrill County, NE Water Table Trend
Morrill County, NE: what the water table is actually doing
Over 71 years of USGS readings, the well tracking Morrill County's aquifer is holding roughly steady: 0.1 ft per decade.
One well stands in for Morrill 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 23.9 ft below land surface. Readings span 1949-05-18 to 2020-10-19, 121 measurements from USGS well USGS-413506103075101 (19n 50w30cddd1), part of the National Water Information System. The qualifying bar and the OLS fit behind this trend are documented in the methodology guide.
Where Morrill County ranks
Of the 1,449 US counties with a usable trend, Morrill County ranks 592nd from fastest-rising to fastest-declining, 1 is the fastest-rising water table measured, 1449 the fastest-declining. About 4,485 people live in Morrill County, Nebraska. See the fastest-moving counties guide for how Morrill County stacks up against the most extreme cases nationally.
A dropping table says nothing about water quality
Whether Morrill 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.