Monroe County, AR Water Table Trend
Monroe County, AR: what the water table is actually doing
Monroe County's long-term well puts the trend at 1.1 ft per decade, declining, slower than most declining counties, based on 114 measurements since 1957.
This is one representative well, not a county-wide survey, the same grain limit every page here discloses.
Monroe County's source well, in detail
Depth to water at the last reading was 75.1 ft below land surface. Readings span 1957-01-18 to 2026-04-21, 114 measurements from USGS well USGS-343906091231701 (01s04w01bab1), part of the National Water Information System. The qualifying bar and the OLS fit behind this trend are documented in the methodology guide.
How Monroe County compares nationally
Monroe County sits at rank 1096th 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. Monroe County, Arkansas is home to about 6,415 people. See the fastest-moving counties guide for how Monroe County stacks up against the most extreme cases nationally.
If you own a well in Monroe County
A dropping water table means a residential pump has to reach deeper and work harder, which shortens its life. In Monroe County, that trend is real, not assumed: 1.1 ft per decade over 69 years.
Depth and quality are separate questions
This page answers a depth question, not a quality one. A well in Monroe 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.