Lapeer County, MI Water Table Trend
Lapeer County, MI: what the water table is actually doing
Lapeer County's long-term well puts the trend at 0.7 ft per decade, rising, getting shallower over time, based on 9 measurements since 2002.
This is one representative well, not a county-wide survey, the same grain limit every page here discloses.
Lapeer County's source well, in detail
Depth to water at the last reading was 27.8 ft below land surface. Readings span 2002-07-25 to 2020-09-03, 9 measurements from USGS well USGS-425843083042401 (Sus087-29b), part of the National Water Information System. The qualifying bar and the OLS fit behind this trend are documented in the methodology guide.
How Lapeer County compares nationally
Lapeer County sits at rank 303rd 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. Lapeer County, Michigan is home to about 89,168 people. See the fastest-moving counties guide for how Lapeer 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 Lapeer 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.