Wheeler County, NE Water Table Trend
Wheeler County, NE: what the water table is actually doing
Wheeler County's long-term well puts the trend at 0.9 ft per decade, rising, getting shallower over time, based on 114 measurements since 1963.
This is one representative well, not a county-wide survey, the same grain limit every page here discloses.
Wheeler County's source well, in detail
Depth to water at the last reading was 27.9 ft below land surface. Readings span 1963-11-27 to 2024-04-24, 114 measurements from USGS well USGS-414519098293301 (21n 10w32aa 1 Ne-Np-Swr-B), part of the National Water Information System. The qualifying bar and the OLS fit behind this trend are documented in the methodology guide.
How Wheeler County compares nationally
Wheeler County sits at rank 272nd 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. Wheeler County, Nebraska is home to about 808 people. See the fastest-moving counties guide for how Wheeler County stacks up against the most extreme cases nationally.
Depth and quality are separate questions
This page answers a depth question, not a quality one. A well in Wheeler 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.