Howell County, MO Water Table Trend
Howell County, MO: what the water table is actually doing
Howell County's long-term well puts the trend at 4.4 ft per decade, rising, getting shallower over time, based on 51 measurements since 1935.
This is one representative well, not a county-wide survey, the same grain limit every page here discloses.
Howell County's source well, in detail
Depth to water at the last reading was 205.1 ft below land surface. Readings span 1935-07-01 to 2026-08-03, 51 measurements from USGS well MO005-365559092030001 (Noblett 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 Howell County compares nationally
Howell County sits at rank 60th 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. Howell County, Missouri is home to about 40,762 people. See the fastest-moving counties guide for how Howell 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 Howell 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.