Dent County, MO Water Table Trend
Dent County, MO: what the water table is actually doing
Dent County's long-term well puts the trend at 4.1 ft per decade, declining at a typical pace for a declining county, based on 47 measurements since 2008.
This is one representative well, not a county-wide survey, the same grain limit every page here discloses.
Dent County's source well, in detail
Depth to water at the last reading was 328.8 ft below land surface. Readings span 2008-04-09 to 2026-07-22, 47 measurements from USGS well MO005-373653091330101 (Wofford Farm), part of the National Water Information System. The qualifying bar and the OLS fit behind this trend are documented in the methodology guide.
How Dent County compares nationally
Dent County sits at rank 1279th 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. Dent County, Missouri is home to about 14,721 people. See the fastest-moving counties guide for how Dent County stacks up against the most extreme cases nationally.
If you own a well in Dent County
A dropping water table means a residential pump has to reach deeper and work harder, which shortens its life. In Dent County, that trend is real, not assumed: 4.1 ft per decade over 18 years.
Depth and quality are separate questions
This page answers a depth question, not a quality one. A well in Dent 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.