Gasconade County, MO Water Table Trend
Gasconade County's groundwater trend, from USGS's own readings
Over 25 years of USGS readings, the well tracking Gasconade County's aquifer is rising, getting shallower over time: 1.9 ft per decade.
This is one representative well, not a county-wide survey, the same grain limit every page here discloses.
Gasconade County's source well, in detail
Depth to water at the last reading was 151.7 ft below land surface. Readings span 2001-10-02 to 2026-05-06, 83 measurements from USGS well MO005-382745091275701 (Drake), part of the National Water Information System. The qualifying bar and the OLS fit behind this trend are documented in the methodology guide.
How Gasconade County compares nationally
Gasconade County sits at rank 131st 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. Gasconade County, Missouri is home to about 14,655 people. See the fastest-moving counties guide for how Gasconade County stacks up against the most extreme cases nationally.
Depth and quality are separate questions
This page answers a depth question, not a quality one. A well in Gasconade 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.