Yates County, NY Water Table Trend
Is the water table dropping in Yates County, NY?
Over 23 years of USGS readings, the well tracking Yates County's aquifer is holding roughly steady: 0.5 ft per decade.
This is one representative well, not a county-wide survey, the same grain limit every page here discloses.
Yates County's source well, in detail
Depth to water at the last reading was 5.5 ft below land surface. Readings span 2003-11-18 to 2026-09-01, 157 measurements from USGS well USGS-423143076582601 (Local Number, Ya-180, Dundee Ny), part of the National Water Information System. The qualifying bar and the OLS fit behind this trend are documented in the methodology guide.
How Yates County compares nationally
Yates County sits at rank 945th 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. Yates County, New York is home to about 24,387 people. See the fastest-moving counties guide for how Yates 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 Yates 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.