Valencia County, NM Water Table Trend
Valencia County, NM: what the water table is actually doing
Valencia County's long-term well puts the trend at 0.3 ft per decade, holding roughly steady, based on 18 measurements since 1956.
One well stands in for Valencia 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 113 ft below land surface. Readings span 1956-02-14 to 2026-02-25, 18 measurements from USGS well USGS-345235106384401 (08n.03e.32.412 337), part of the National Water Information System. The qualifying bar and the OLS fit behind this trend are documented in the methodology guide.
Where Valencia County ranks
Of the 1,449 US counties with a usable trend, Valencia County ranks 440th from fastest-rising to fastest-declining, 1 is the fastest-rising water table measured, 1449 the fastest-declining. About 80,813 people live in Valencia County, New Mexico. See the fastest-moving counties guide for how Valencia County stacks up against the most extreme cases nationally.
A dropping table says nothing about water quality
Whether Valencia 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.