Livingston County, MO Water Table Trend
Livingston County's groundwater trend, from USGS's own readings
Livingston County's long-term well puts the trend at 0.2 ft per decade, holding roughly steady, based on 64 measurements since 2001.
This is one representative well, not a county-wide survey, the same grain limit every page here discloses.
Livingston County's source well, in detail
Depth to water at the last reading was 16.6 ft below land surface. Readings span 2001-12-19 to 2026-03-03, 64 measurements from USGS well MO005-394201093181101 (Fountain Grove Wldlf Area), part of the National Water Information System. The qualifying bar and the OLS fit behind this trend are documented in the methodology guide.
How Livingston County compares nationally
Livingston County sits at rank 788th 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. Livingston County, Missouri is home to about 14,658 people. See the fastest-moving counties guide for how Livingston 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 Livingston 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.