Camden County, MO Water Table Trend
Camden County, MO: what the water table is actually doing
Camden County's long-term well puts the trend at 0.6 ft per decade, rising, getting shallower over time, based on 46 measurements since 1967.
One well stands in for Camden County's whole aquifer here, the honest simplification every page on this site carries.
What the well actually measured
The most recent reading put water 126.2 ft below land surface. Readings span 1967-01-01 to 2026-07-06, 46 measurements from USGS well MO005-380717092395401 (Lake Of The Ozarks State Park), part of the National Water Information System. The qualifying bar and the OLS fit behind this trend are documented in the methodology guide.
Where Camden County ranks
Of the 1,449 US counties with a usable trend, Camden County ranks 338th from fastest-rising to fastest-declining, 1 is the fastest-rising water table measured, 1449 the fastest-declining. About 44,135 people live in Camden County, Missouri. See the fastest-moving counties guide for how Camden County stacks up against the most extreme cases nationally.
A dropping table says nothing about water quality
Whether Camden County's water table is rising or falling is independent of what's actually in the water. Depletion can concentrate naturally-occurring minerals, so it's worth checking directly with a water test rather than assuming a depth trend says anything about quality.