Saunders County, NE Water Table Trend
Is the water table dropping in Saunders County, NE?
Saunders County's long-term well puts the trend at 0.3 ft per decade, holding roughly steady, based on 45 measurements since 1930.
One well stands in for Saunders 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 45.7 ft below land surface. Readings span 1930-12-30 to 2025-03-25, 45 measurements from USGS well USGS-411845096434101 (16n 6e34cdba1), part of the National Water Information System. The qualifying bar and the OLS fit behind this trend are documented in the methodology guide.
Where Saunders County ranks
Of the 1,449 US counties with a usable trend, Saunders County ranks 465th from fastest-rising to fastest-declining, 1 is the fastest-rising water table measured, 1449 the fastest-declining. About 23,406 people live in Saunders County, Nebraska. See the fastest-moving counties guide for how Saunders County stacks up against the most extreme cases nationally.
A dropping table says nothing about water quality
Whether Saunders 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.