Mower County, MN Water Table Trend
Mower County's groundwater trend, from USGS's own readings
Over 28 years of USGS readings, the well tracking Mower County's aquifer is holding roughly steady: 0.2 ft per decade.
This is one representative well, not a county-wide survey, the same grain limit every page here discloses.
Mower County's source well, in detail
Depth to water at the last reading was 3 ft below land surface. Readings span 1997-08-04 to 2025-06-09, 14 measurements from USGS well USGS-433815093000001 (102n18w16caa 1997nawqa), part of the National Water Information System. The qualifying bar and the OLS fit behind this trend are documented in the methodology guide.
How Mower County compares nationally
Mower County sits at rank 795th 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. Mower County, Minnesota is home to about 40,900 people. See the fastest-moving counties guide for how Mower County stacks up against the most extreme cases nationally.
Depth and quality are separate questions
This page answers a depth question, not a quality one. A well in Mower 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.