Saguache County, CO Water Table Trend
Saguache County's groundwater trend, from USGS's own readings
Saguache County's long-term well puts the trend at 3.2 ft per decade, declining at a typical pace for a declining county, based on 531 measurements since 1967.
This is one representative well, not a county-wide survey, the same grain limit every page here discloses.
Saguache County's source well, in detail
Depth to water at the last reading was 14.9 ft below land surface. Readings span 1967-01-05 to 2024-09-06, 531 measurements from USGS well USGS-375324105553301 (Na04201007ccc Rg18), part of the National Water Information System. The qualifying bar and the OLS fit behind this trend are documented in the methodology guide.
How Saguache County compares nationally
Saguache County sits at rank 1252nd 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. Saguache County, Colorado is home to about 6,670 people. See the fastest-moving counties guide for how Saguache County stacks up against the most extreme cases nationally.
If you own a well in Saguache County
A dropping water table means a residential pump has to reach deeper and work harder, which shortens its life. In Saguache County, that trend is real, not assumed: 3.2 ft per decade over 58 years.
Depth and quality are separate questions
This page answers a depth question, not a quality one. A well in Saguache 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.