Ford County, IL Water Table Trend
What the closest monitoring well shows for Ford County
The closest qualifying well to Ford County is 23 miles away in Iroquois County, IL, where the trend runs rising, getting shallower over time.
Ford County itself has no monitoring well with enough history to call its own trend, so treat this as a regional estimate, not Ford County's own number. If you own a well here, comparing your own depth log against this regional figure is worth doing before assuming either way. See Iroquois County, IL's full page. See the no-data guide for why a county this close to a qualifying well still doesn't get its own number.
Ford County, Illinois in brief
About 13,451 people live across Ford County's 486 square miles, in Illinois. USGS's National Groundwater Monitoring Network covers 1,449 of 3,222 US counties (45%) today; Ford County isn't one of them yet, see the methodology guide for the exact qualifying bar.