Douglas County, MN Water Table Trend
Is the water table dropping in Douglas County, MN?
Over 22 years of USGS readings, the well tracking Douglas County's aquifer is holding roughly steady: 0.2 ft per decade.
One well stands in for Douglas 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 7.8 ft below land surface. Readings span 2005-02-11 to 2026-10-21, 85 measurements from USGS well USGS-455927095123101 (Wln03 129n36w15bbbb 02 Belle River 0000708358), part of the National Water Information System. The qualifying bar and the OLS fit behind this trend are documented in the methodology guide.
Where Douglas County ranks
Of the 1,449 US counties with a usable trend, Douglas County ranks 483rd from fastest-rising to fastest-declining, 1 is the fastest-rising water table measured, 1449 the fastest-declining. About 39,933 people live in Douglas County, Minnesota. See the fastest-moving counties guide for how Douglas County stacks up against the most extreme cases nationally.
A dropping table says nothing about water quality
Whether Douglas 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.