Kenosha County, WI Water Table Trend
Kenosha County, WI: what the water table is actually doing
Over 69 years of USGS readings, the well tracking Kenosha County's aquifer is declining faster than most declining counties: 17.8 ft per decade.
This is one representative well, not a county-wide survey, the same grain limit every page here discloses.
Kenosha County's source well, in detail
Depth to water at the last reading was 317.4 ft below land surface. Readings span 1958-03-20 to 2026-09-22, 588 measurements from USGS well USGS-423819088090301 (Ke-02/20e/17-0021), part of the National Water Information System. The qualifying bar and the OLS fit behind this trend are documented in the methodology guide.
How Kenosha County compares nationally
Kenosha County sits at rank 1425th 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. Kenosha County, Wisconsin is home to about 168,754 people. See the fastest-moving counties guide for how Kenosha County stacks up against the most extreme cases nationally.
If you own a well in Kenosha County
A dropping water table means a residential pump has to reach deeper and work harder, which shortens its life. In Kenosha County, that trend is real, not assumed: 17.8 ft per decade over 69 years.
Depth and quality are separate questions
This page answers a depth question, not a quality one. A well in Kenosha 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.