Ramsey County, ND Water Table Trend
Ramsey County, ND: what the water table is actually doing
Ramsey County's long-term well puts the trend at 0.9 ft per decade, rising, getting shallower over time, based on 241 measurements since 1973.
This is one representative well, not a county-wide survey, the same grain limit every page here discloses.
Ramsey County's source well, in detail
Depth to water at the last reading was 10.6 ft below land surface. Readings span 1973-08-10 to 2021-07-09, 241 measurements from USGS well USGS-481929098392601 (156-062-20bbb), part of the National Water Information System. The qualifying bar and the OLS fit behind this trend are documented in the methodology guide.
How Ramsey County compares nationally
Ramsey County sits at rank 271st 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. Ramsey County, North Dakota is home to about 11,510 people. See the fastest-moving counties guide for how Ramsey 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 Ramsey 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.