Menominee County, MI Water Table Trend
Is the water table dropping in Menominee County, MI?
Menominee County's long-term well puts the trend at 0.9 ft per decade, declining, slower than most declining counties, based on 17 measurements since 1975.
This is one representative well, not a county-wide survey, the same grain limit every page here discloses.
Menominee County's source well, in detail
Depth to water at the last reading was 12.2 ft below land surface. Readings span 1975-05-06 to 2021-09-15, 17 measurements from USGS well USGS-451154087361501 (32n 27w 02 Aac 01), part of the National Water Information System. The qualifying bar and the OLS fit behind this trend are documented in the methodology guide.
How Menominee County compares nationally
Menominee County sits at rank 1067th 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. Menominee County, Michigan is home to about 23,050 people. See the fastest-moving counties guide for how Menominee County stacks up against the most extreme cases nationally.
If you own a well in Menominee County
A dropping water table means a residential pump has to reach deeper and work harder, which shortens its life. In Menominee County, that trend is real, not assumed: 0.9 ft per decade over 46 years.
Depth and quality are separate questions
This page answers a depth question, not a quality one. A well in Menominee 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.