Nuckolls County, NE Water Table Trend
Nuckolls County, NE: what the water table is actually doing
Nuckolls County's long-term well puts the trend at 0.1 ft per decade, holding roughly steady, based on 296 measurements since 1946.
One well stands in for Nuckolls 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 3.3 ft below land surface. Readings span 1946-02-20 to 2024-04-10, 296 measurements from USGS well USGS-400339098153801 (1n 8w 7dd1 Ne-Np-Swr-C), part of the National Water Information System. The qualifying bar and the OLS fit behind this trend are documented in the methodology guide.
Where Nuckolls County ranks
Of the 1,449 US counties with a usable trend, Nuckolls County ranks 604th from fastest-rising to fastest-declining, 1 is the fastest-rising water table measured, 1449 the fastest-declining. About 4,094 people live in Nuckolls County, Nebraska. See the fastest-moving counties guide for how Nuckolls County stacks up against the most extreme cases nationally.
A dropping table says nothing about water quality
Whether Nuckolls 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.