Precipitation Monitoring
The Rusk County Groundwater Conservation District monitors precipitation data at 8 locations throughout the county. Six stations use district-owned Rainwise Inc. rain gauges. The other 2 stations are with the Overton Texas A&M Agrilife Extension weather station and the Henderson NOAA weather station.
On a monthly basis, an average of all rain gauges provides approximate precipitation for the county. The collected precipitation data is available online and updated regularly.
Year-To-Date Precipitation
October 2022: 33.74”
Average year Cumulative for October: 37.11”
Drought Monitor
Moderate Drought
Weather Resources
Below are links to weather resources related to droughts, burn bans, flood watches, and rainfall.
- Texas Drought Monitor Map
- Palmer Drought Severity Index Map
- Soil Moisture Map
- Texas Burn Bans Map
- TWDB Precipitation Stations/TEXMESONET Map
- National Weather Service Precipitation Estimates Map
- NOAA Rusk County Weather Stations
- TCEQ List of PWS Limiting Water Use to Avoid Shortages
- TWDB Drought Resources Page
- TWDB Flood Viewer
- TWDB Rainfall Viewer
Acquifer Monitoring
The District monitors the static water level of numerous wells throughout Rusk County to monitor water levels and aquifer conditions over time. The collection of hydrogeological data, such as water levels, is key to the District’s mission and all resulting policies, management objectives, and rules.
The collection of this data helps the District better understand and manage the groundwater resources. Data relating to groundwater production reports and estimates, accurate well location and completion, and other hydrogeological properties are also essential to these efforts.
This collected data assists the District in establishing Desired Future Conditions (DFC) of the aquifers, improving the Groundwater Availability Model (GAM), monitoring current conditions of aquifers, making planning decisions, and developing District rules.
Monthly: A network of monitor wells was established in 2006 to monitor aquifer fluctuations. The fluctuation graphs are available online and updated on a monthly basis. View available graphs here.
Quarterly: A network of monitor wells was established in 2009 to monitor aquifer fluctuations. Quarterly water level fluctuations from the previous quarters can be viewed here.
Real Time Monitoring: Beginning in October 2010, the District, in cooperation with NOAA and the TWDB, installed 4 automatic water level recorders in monitor wells. View the TWDB Interactive Groundwater Data Viewer and individual State Wells below.
