Crow Wing County, MN Water Table Trend
Crow Wing County, MN: what the water table is actually doing
Crow Wing County's long-term well puts the trend at 0.2 ft per decade, holding roughly steady, based on 594 measurements since 1970.
One well stands in for Crow Wing 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 10.8 ft below land surface. Readings span 1970-10-16 to 2021-11-02, 594 measurements from USGS well USGS-463006094131201 (Lh-01 Lake Hubert Mn-Dnr 18000 00000243734), part of the National Water Information System. The qualifying bar and the OLS fit behind this trend are documented in the methodology guide.
Where Crow Wing County ranks
Of the 1,449 US counties with a usable trend, Crow Wing County ranks 516th from fastest-rising to fastest-declining, 1 is the fastest-rising water table measured, 1449 the fastest-declining. About 68,642 people live in Crow Wing County, Minnesota. See the fastest-moving counties guide for how Crow Wing County stacks up against the most extreme cases nationally.
A dropping table says nothing about water quality
Whether Crow Wing 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.