Interactive Map - Ogallala Aquifer Tracker

Northern Basin
Stable

Central Basin
Stressed

Southern Basin
Critical

Selected-Year Snapshot

Selected year2026

Relative aquifer health60%

Condition summarySplit regional matrix

Monitored communities28 current nodes

Community Condition Matrix

Northern Basin

Alliance, Grand Island, North Platte, Ogallala, Scottsbluff; Pine Ridge, Martin; Torrington, Pine Bluffs; Yuma.

Central Basin

Garden City, Colby, Dodge City, Goodland, Liberal; Burlington, Wray; Tucumcari.

Southern Basin

Amarillo, Dalhart, Pampa, Plainview, Lubbock, Hereford; Guymon, Beaver, Boise City; Clovis.

Community marker colors change with the selected year. The matrix itself is the color key, so no second legend is repeated here.

Critical Hotspots — Decline Greater Than 150 ft

This threshold remains part of the main year view because large groundwater-level declines are critical context.

Important: community colors show regional condition; they do not by themselves mean every listed community has experienced a decline greater than 150 feet. Verified hotspot locations should be pinned only where site-specific data supports that threshold.

2026 Data Centers & Major New Water Users

This layer is being retained for the present-day view. Verified facility locations inside, along the edge of, and just outside the Ogallala boundary will be added as a dedicated overlay rather than guessed from incomplete coordinates.