Holt County, MO Water Table Trend
Holt County, MO: what the water table is actually doing
Holt County's long-term well puts the trend at 0.8 ft per decade, declining, slower than most declining counties, based on 84 measurements since 1996.
This is one representative well, not a county-wide survey, the same grain limit every page here discloses.
Holt County's source well, in detail
Depth to water at the last reading was 4.1 ft below land surface. Readings span 1996-12-05 to 2026-09-14, 84 measurements from USGS well MO005-395355095051601 (Forest City 7), part of the National Water Information System. The qualifying bar and the OLS fit behind this trend are documented in the methodology guide.
How Holt County compares nationally
Holt County sits at rank 1038th 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. Holt County, Missouri is home to about 4,241 people. See the fastest-moving counties guide for how Holt County stacks up against the most extreme cases nationally.
If you own a well in Holt County
A dropping water table means a residential pump has to reach deeper and work harder, which shortens its life. In Holt County, that trend is real, not assumed: 0.8 ft per decade over 30 years.
Depth and quality are separate questions
This page answers a depth question, not a quality one. A well in Holt 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.