Cape Girardeau County, MO Water Table Trend
Cape Girardeau County, MO: what the water table is actually doing
Cape Girardeau County's long-term well puts the trend at 0.1 ft per decade, holding roughly steady, based on 88 measurements since 1956.
One well stands in for Cape Girardeau 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 17.6 ft below land surface. Readings span 1956-10-10 to 2026-06-09, 88 measurements from USGS well MO005-371125089445301 (Delta), part of the National Water Information System. The qualifying bar and the OLS fit behind this trend are documented in the methodology guide.
Where Cape Girardeau County ranks
Of the 1,449 US counties with a usable trend, Cape Girardeau County ranks 764th from fastest-rising to fastest-declining, 1 is the fastest-rising water table measured, 1449 the fastest-declining. About 83,658 people live in Cape Girardeau County, Missouri. See the fastest-moving counties guide for how Cape Girardeau County stacks up against the most extreme cases nationally.
A dropping table says nothing about water quality
Whether Cape Girardeau 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.