Lenawee County, MI Water Table Trend
Lenawee County's groundwater trend, from USGS's own readings
Over 40 years of USGS readings, the well tracking Lenawee County's aquifer is rising, getting shallower over time: 2.4 ft per decade.
This is one representative well, not a county-wide survey, the same grain limit every page here discloses.
Lenawee County's source well, in detail
Depth to water at the last reading was 21.7 ft below land surface. Readings span 1980-10-31 to 2020-09-05, 13 measurements from USGS well USGS-420022084024200 (Sus091-17), part of the National Water Information System. The qualifying bar and the OLS fit behind this trend are documented in the methodology guide.
How Lenawee County compares nationally
Lenawee County sits at rank 111th 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. Lenawee County, Michigan is home to about 97,746 people. See the fastest-moving counties guide for how Lenawee 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 Lenawee 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.