Steuben County, NY Water Table Trend
Is the water table dropping in Steuben County, NY?
Over 61 years of USGS readings, the well tracking Steuben County's aquifer is holding roughly steady: 0 ft per decade.
This is one representative well, not a county-wide survey, the same grain limit every page here discloses.
Steuben County's source well, in detail
Depth to water at the last reading was 10.1 ft below land surface. Readings span 1965-11-19 to 2026-09-01, 1686 measurements from USGS well USGS-422445077203301 (Local Number, Sb-472, Near Kanona 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 Steuben County compares nationally
Steuben County sits at rank 625th 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. Steuben County, New York is home to about 92,015 people. See the fastest-moving counties guide for how Steuben 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 Steuben 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.