Nance County, NE Water Table Trend
Is the water table dropping in Nance County, NE?
Nance County's representative monitoring well shows depth to water rising, getting shallower over time, a fitted trend of 0.5 ft per decade over 78 years of readings.
One well stands in for Nance 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 26.4 ft below land surface. Readings span 1947-03-01 to 2025-03-17, 102 measurements from USGS well USGS-412109097593001 (16n 6w15dccb1), part of the National Water Information System. The qualifying bar and the OLS fit behind this trend are documented in the methodology guide.
Where Nance County ranks
Of the 1,449 US counties with a usable trend, Nance County ranks 352nd from fastest-rising to fastest-declining, 1 is the fastest-rising water table measured, 1449 the fastest-declining. About 3,262 people live in Nance County, Nebraska. See the fastest-moving counties guide for how Nance County stacks up against the most extreme cases nationally.
A dropping table says nothing about water quality
Whether Nance 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.