Schoharie County, NY Water Table Trend
Is the water table dropping in Schoharie County, NY?
Schoharie County's long-term well puts the trend at 0.1 ft per decade, holding roughly steady, based on 112 measurements since 2006.
This is one representative well, not a county-wide survey, the same grain limit every page here discloses.
Schoharie County's source well, in detail
Depth to water at the last reading was 9.3 ft below land surface. Readings span 2006-04-11 to 2026-10-20, 112 measurements from USGS well USGS-423530074191701 (Local Number, So-604, At Middleburgh Ny), part of the National Water Information System. The qualifying bar and the OLS fit behind this trend are documented in the methodology guide.
How Schoharie County compares nationally
Schoharie County sits at rank 579th 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. Schoharie County, New York is home to about 30,151 people. See the fastest-moving counties guide for how Schoharie 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 Schoharie 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.