Weld County, CO Water Table Trend
Is the water table dropping in Weld County, CO?
Over 29 years of USGS readings, the well tracking Weld County's aquifer is rising, getting shallower over time: 1.2 ft per decade.
One well stands in for Weld 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 16.7 ft below land surface. Readings span 1994-06-08 to 2023-07-05, 26 measurements from USGS well USGS-400711104481801 (Sb00206620cca Nawqa 2), part of the National Water Information System. The qualifying bar and the OLS fit behind this trend are documented in the methodology guide.
Where Weld County ranks
Of the 1,449 US counties with a usable trend, Weld County ranks 224th from fastest-rising to fastest-declining, 1 is the fastest-rising water table measured, 1449 the fastest-declining. About 369,745 people live in Weld County, Colorado. See the fastest-moving counties guide for how Weld County stacks up against the most extreme cases nationally.
A dropping table says nothing about water quality
Whether Weld 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.