Noble County, IN Water Table Trend
Is the water table dropping in Noble County, IN?
Noble County's long-term well puts the trend at 0.3 ft per decade, holding roughly steady, based on 189 measurements since 1971.
This is one representative well, not a county-wide survey, the same grain limit every page here discloses.
Noble County's source well, in detail
Depth to water at the last reading was 31.6 ft below land surface. Readings span 1971-11-18 to 2026-06-15, 189 measurements from USGS well USGS-411922085221801 (Noble 8 (No 8)), part of the National Water Information System. The qualifying bar and the OLS fit behind this trend are documented in the methodology guide.
How Noble County compares nationally
Noble County sits at rank 884th 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. Noble County, Indiana is home to about 47,811 people. See the fastest-moving counties guide for how Noble 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 Noble 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.