Morrison County, MN Water Table Trend
Morrison County, MN: what the water table is actually doing
Over 77 years of USGS readings, the well tracking Morrison County's aquifer is holding roughly steady: 0 ft per decade.
One well stands in for Morrison 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 13.1 ft below land surface. Readings span 1949-03-01 to 2025-11-20, 2486 measurements from USGS well USGS-460444094212501 (Wln03-2 130n29w08dcccaa01 C.Ripleyr16 0000244210), part of the National Water Information System. The qualifying bar and the OLS fit behind this trend are documented in the methodology guide.
Where Morrison County ranks
Of the 1,449 US counties with a usable trend, Morrison County ranks 684th from fastest-rising to fastest-declining, 1 is the fastest-rising water table measured, 1449 the fastest-declining. About 34,520 people live in Morrison County, Minnesota. See the fastest-moving counties guide for how Morrison County stacks up against the most extreme cases nationally.
A dropping table says nothing about water quality
Whether Morrison 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.