Nodaway County, MO Water Table Trend
Nodaway County's groundwater trend, from USGS's own readings
Over 19 years of USGS readings, the well tracking Nodaway County's aquifer is holding roughly steady: 0.3 ft per decade.
This is one representative well, not a county-wide survey, the same grain limit every page here discloses.
Nodaway County's source well, in detail
Depth to water at the last reading was 2.9 ft below land surface. Readings span 2007-05-02 to 2026-03-17, 47 measurements from USGS well MO005-403301094492301 (Hopkins), part of the National Water Information System. The qualifying bar and the OLS fit behind this trend are documented in the methodology guide.
How Nodaway County compares nationally
Nodaway County sits at rank 863rd 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. Nodaway County, Missouri is home to about 20,503 people. See the fastest-moving counties guide for how Nodaway 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 Nodaway 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.