Pike County, MO Water Table Trend
Pike County, MO: what the water table is actually doing
Pike County's long-term well puts the trend at 13.5 ft per decade, rising, getting shallower over time, based on 47 measurements since 2007.
This is one representative well, not a county-wide survey, the same grain limit every page here discloses.
Pike County's source well, in detail
Depth to water at the last reading was 58.9 ft below land surface. Readings span 2007-09-25 to 2026-05-06, 47 measurements from USGS well MO005-392147090541901 (Clarksville), part of the National Water Information System. The qualifying bar and the OLS fit behind this trend are documented in the methodology guide.
How Pike County compares nationally
Pike County sits at rank 18th 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. Pike County, Missouri is home to about 17,961 people. See the fastest-moving counties guide for how Pike 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 Pike 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.