Benson County, ND Water Table Trend
Is the water table dropping in Benson County, ND?
Benson County's long-term well puts the trend at 0.5 ft per decade, holding roughly steady, based on 606 measurements since 1951.
This is one representative well, not a county-wide survey, the same grain limit every page here discloses.
Benson County's source well, in detail
Depth to water at the last reading was 15.6 ft below land surface. Readings span 1951-08-31 to 2021-07-26, 606 measurements from USGS well USGS-475224098443202 (151-063-29aac2), part of the National Water Information System. The qualifying bar and the OLS fit behind this trend are documented in the methodology guide.
How Benson County compares nationally
Benson County sits at rank 372nd 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. Benson County, North Dakota is home to about 5,756 people. See the fastest-moving counties guide for how Benson 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 Benson 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.