Iron County, MO Water Table Trend
Iron County, MO: what the water table is actually doing
Iron County's long-term well puts the trend at 8.2 ft per decade, rising, getting shallower over time, based on 99 measurements since 2001.
One well stands in for Iron 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 212.2 ft below land surface. Readings span 2001-10-26 to 2026-07-21, 99 measurements from USGS well MO005-373955091065901 (Bixby), part of the National Water Information System. The qualifying bar and the OLS fit behind this trend are documented in the methodology guide.
Where Iron County ranks
Of the 1,449 US counties with a usable trend, Iron County ranks 36th from fastest-rising to fastest-declining, 1 is the fastest-rising water table measured, 1449 the fastest-declining. About 9,420 people live in Iron County, Missouri. See the fastest-moving counties guide for how Iron County stacks up against the most extreme cases nationally.
A dropping table says nothing about water quality
Whether Iron 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.