Schuyler County, NY Water Table Trend
Schuyler County's groundwater trend, from USGS's own readings
Schuyler County's representative monitoring well shows depth to water holding roughly steady, a fitted trend of 0.2 ft per decade over 23 years of readings.
One well stands in for Schuyler 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 7.8 ft below land surface. Readings span 2003-09-10 to 2026-07-08, 133 measurements from USGS well USGS-422710076462901 (Local Number, Sy-706, Near Burdett Ny), part of the National Water Information System. The qualifying bar and the OLS fit behind this trend are documented in the methodology guide.
Where Schuyler County ranks
Of the 1,449 US counties with a usable trend, Schuyler County ranks 817th from fastest-rising to fastest-declining, 1 is the fastest-rising water table measured, 1449 the fastest-declining. About 17,121 people live in Schuyler County, New York. See the fastest-moving counties guide for how Schuyler County stacks up against the most extreme cases nationally.
A dropping table says nothing about water quality
Whether Schuyler 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.