Grant County, ND Water Table Trend
Is the water table dropping in Grant County, ND?
Grant County's long-term well puts the trend at 1 ft per decade, rising, getting shallower over time, based on 206 measurements since 1973.
One well stands in for Grant 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 149.3 ft below land surface. Readings span 1973-06-27 to 2021-05-12, 206 measurements from USGS well USGS-463000101575102 (135-090-23bbb2), part of the National Water Information System. The qualifying bar and the OLS fit behind this trend are documented in the methodology guide.
Where Grant County ranks
Of the 1,449 US counties with a usable trend, Grant County ranks 246th from fastest-rising to fastest-declining, 1 is the fastest-rising water table measured, 1449 the fastest-declining. About 2,247 people live in Grant County, North Dakota. See the fastest-moving counties guide for how Grant County stacks up against the most extreme cases nationally.
A dropping table says nothing about water quality
Whether Grant 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.