Morgan County, TN Water Table Trend
Morgan County's groundwater trend, from USGS's own readings
Morgan County's representative monitoring well shows depth to water rising, getting shallower over time, a fitted trend of 0.7 ft per decade over 42 years of readings.
One well stands in for Morgan 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 4.3 ft below land surface. Readings span 1984-11-01 to 2026-10-01, 86 measurements from USGS well USGS-360543084343101 (Mg:F-005), part of the National Water Information System. The qualifying bar and the OLS fit behind this trend are documented in the methodology guide.
Where Morgan County ranks
Of the 1,449 US counties with a usable trend, Morgan County ranks 302nd from fastest-rising to fastest-declining, 1 is the fastest-rising water table measured, 1449 the fastest-declining. About 21,954 people live in Morgan County, Tennessee. See the fastest-moving counties guide for how Morgan County stacks up against the most extreme cases nationally.
A dropping table says nothing about water quality
Whether Morgan 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.