Kalamazoo County, MI Water Table Trend
Kalamazoo County, MI: what the water table is actually doing
Kalamazoo County's long-term well puts the trend at 0.8 ft per decade, rising, getting shallower over time, based on 167 measurements since 1960.
This is one representative well, not a county-wide survey, the same grain limit every page here discloses.
Kalamazoo County's source well, in detail
Depth to water at the last reading was 4 ft below land surface. Readings span 1960-08-30 to 2026-10-22, 167 measurements from USGS well USGS-421641085350601 (02s 11w 22cdbb 01 Kalamazoo Co Stockbridge), part of the National Water Information System. The qualifying bar and the OLS fit behind this trend are documented in the methodology guide.
How Kalamazoo County compares nationally
Kalamazoo County sits at rank 273rd 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. Kalamazoo County, Michigan is home to about 264,780 people. See the fastest-moving counties guide for how Kalamazoo 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 Kalamazoo 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.