Meagher County, MT Water Table Trend
Is the water table dropping in Meagher County, MT?
Meagher County's representative monitoring well shows depth to water rising, getting shallower over time, a fitted trend of 0.8 ft per decade over 20 years of readings.
One well stands in for Meagher County's whole aquifer here, the honest simplification every page on this site carries.
What the well actually measured
The most recent reading put water 7.7 ft below land surface. Readings span 2006-11-13 to 2026-09-02, 122 measurements from USGS well USGS-462748110174301 (08n11e12ccab01 Rst-01), part of the National Water Information System. The qualifying bar and the OLS fit behind this trend are documented in the methodology guide.
Where Meagher County ranks
Of the 1,449 US counties with a usable trend, Meagher County ranks 278th from fastest-rising to fastest-declining, 1 is the fastest-rising water table measured, 1449 the fastest-declining. About 2,065 people live in Meagher County, Montana. See the fastest-moving counties guide for how Meagher County stacks up against the most extreme cases nationally.
A dropping table says nothing about water quality
Whether Meagher County's water table is rising or falling is independent of what's actually in the water. Depletion can concentrate naturally-occurring minerals, so it's worth checking directly with a water test rather than assuming a depth trend says anything about quality.