Scotts Bluff County, NE Water Table Trend
Scotts Bluff County's groundwater trend, from USGS's own readings
Scotts Bluff County's long-term well puts the trend at 0.2 ft per decade, holding roughly steady, based on 3070 measurements since 1962.
This is one representative well, not a county-wide survey, the same grain limit every page here discloses.
Scotts Bluff County's source well, in detail
Depth to water at the last reading was 31.5 ft below land surface. Readings span 1962-08-15 to 2024-03-22, 3070 measurements from USGS well USGS-415325103392801 (22n 55w11ddc 1 Scottsbluff), part of the National Water Information System. The qualifying bar and the OLS fit behind this trend are documented in the methodology guide.
How Scotts Bluff County compares nationally
Scotts Bluff County sits at rank 846th 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. Scotts Bluff County, Nebraska is home to about 35,734 people. See the fastest-moving counties guide for how Scotts Bluff 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 Scotts Bluff 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.