Wasatch County, UT Water Table Trend
Wasatch County, UT: what the water table is actually doing
Wasatch County's long-term well puts the trend at 0.3 ft per decade, holding roughly steady, based on 326 measurements since 1936.
One well stands in for Wasatch 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 11.5 ft below land surface. Readings span 1936-10-27 to 2024-03-20, 326 measurements from USGS well USGS-403127111240301 ((D- 3- 5)29cac- 1), part of the National Water Information System. The qualifying bar and the OLS fit behind this trend are documented in the methodology guide.
Where Wasatch County ranks
Of the 1,449 US counties with a usable trend, Wasatch County ranks 854th from fastest-rising to fastest-declining, 1 is the fastest-rising water table measured, 1449 the fastest-declining. About 37,858 people live in Wasatch County, Utah. See the fastest-moving counties guide for how Wasatch County stacks up against the most extreme cases nationally.
A dropping table says nothing about water quality
Whether Wasatch 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.