Pine County, MN Water Table Trend
Pine County's groundwater trend, from USGS's own readings
Over 49 years of USGS readings, the well tracking Pine County's aquifer is holding roughly steady: 0.1 ft per decade.
This is one representative well, not a county-wide survey, the same grain limit every page here discloses.
Pine County's source well, in detail
Depth to water at the last reading was 17.8 ft below land surface. Readings span 1968-08-29 to 2017-10-18, 680 measurements from USGS well USGS-462112092495801 (045n20w26dbb 01), part of the National Water Information System. The qualifying bar and the OLS fit behind this trend are documented in the methodology guide.
How Pine County compares nationally
Pine County sits at rank 777th 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. Pine County, Minnesota is home to about 30,319 people. See the fastest-moving counties guide for how Pine 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 Pine 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.