Muscatine County, IA Water Table Trend
Muscatine County, IA: what the water table is actually doing
Over 56 years of USGS readings, the well tracking Muscatine County's aquifer is declining faster than most declining counties: 18.4 ft per decade.
This is one representative well, not a county-wide survey, the same grain limit every page here discloses.
Muscatine County's source well, in detail
Depth to water at the last reading was 140 ft below land surface. Readings span 1964-09-24 to 2020-07-17, 7 measurements from USGS well USGS-413336091161501 (078n04w13ccdc 16614 1964west Liberty 4), part of the National Water Information System. The qualifying bar and the OLS fit behind this trend are documented in the methodology guide.
How Muscatine County compares nationally
Muscatine County sits at rank 1429th 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. Muscatine County, Iowa is home to about 42,132 people. See the fastest-moving counties guide for how Muscatine County stacks up against the most extreme cases nationally.
If you own a well in Muscatine County
A dropping water table means a residential pump has to reach deeper and work harder, which shortens its life. In Muscatine County, that trend is real, not assumed: 18.4 ft per decade over 56 years.
Depth and quality are separate questions
This page answers a depth question, not a quality one. A well in Muscatine 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.