Torrance County, NM Water Table Trend
Torrance County, NM: what the water table is actually doing
Torrance County's long-term well puts the trend at 12.9 ft per decade, declining faster than most declining counties, based on 30 measurements since 1946.
This is one representative well, not a county-wide survey, the same grain limit every page here discloses.
Torrance County's source well, in detail
Depth to water at the last reading was 179.8 ft below land surface. Readings span 1946-05-14 to 2025-12-12, 30 measurements from USGS well USGS-344011106082301 (05n.08e.07.413 649), part of the National Water Information System. The qualifying bar and the OLS fit behind this trend are documented in the methodology guide.
How Torrance County compares nationally
Torrance County sits at rank 1416th 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. Torrance County, New Mexico is home to about 15,986 people. See the fastest-moving counties guide for how Torrance County stacks up against the most extreme cases nationally.
If you own a well in Torrance County
A dropping water table means a residential pump has to reach deeper and work harder, which shortens its life. In Torrance County, that trend is real, not assumed: 12.9 ft per decade over 80 years.
Depth and quality are separate questions
This page answers a depth question, not a quality one. A well in Torrance 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.