Thayer County, NE Water Table Trend
Thayer County, NE: what the water table is actually doing
Over 104 years of USGS readings, the well tracking Thayer County's aquifer is holding roughly steady: 0.1 ft per decade.
One well stands in for Thayer 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 88.4 ft below land surface. Readings span 1921-04-08 to 2024-10-16, 50 measurements from USGS well USGS-400624097400201 (2n 3w28ccba1), part of the National Water Information System. The qualifying bar and the OLS fit behind this trend are documented in the methodology guide.
Where Thayer County ranks
Of the 1,449 US counties with a usable trend, Thayer County ranks 752nd from fastest-rising to fastest-declining, 1 is the fastest-rising water table measured, 1449 the fastest-declining. About 4,870 people live in Thayer County, Nebraska. See the fastest-moving counties guide for how Thayer County stacks up against the most extreme cases nationally.
A dropping table says nothing about water quality
Whether Thayer 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.