Grand Traverse County, MI Water Table Trend
Is the water table dropping in Grand Traverse County, MI?
Grand Traverse County's long-term well puts the trend at 0.8 ft per decade, rising, getting shallower over time, based on 117 measurements since 1976.
This is one representative well, not a county-wide survey, the same grain limit every page here discloses.
Grand Traverse County's source well, in detail
Depth to water at the last reading was 24.1 ft below land surface. Readings span 1976-06-17 to 2026-09-28, 117 measurements from USGS well USGS-443921085213501 (26n 09w 14abaa01 Grand Traverse Co (Fife Lake)), part of the National Water Information System. The qualifying bar and the OLS fit behind this trend are documented in the methodology guide.
How Grand Traverse County compares nationally
Grand Traverse County sits at rank 299th 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. Grand Traverse County, Michigan is home to about 96,625 people. See the fastest-moving counties guide for how Grand Traverse 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 Grand Traverse 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.