Randolph County, IN Water Table Trend
Is the water table dropping in Randolph County, IN?
Randolph County's long-term well puts the trend at 0.1 ft per decade, holding roughly steady, based on 276 measurements since 1966.
This is one representative well, not a county-wide survey, the same grain limit every page here discloses.
Randolph County's source well, in detail
Depth to water at the last reading was 12.1 ft below land surface. Readings span 1966-07-12 to 2026-09-02, 276 measurements from USGS well USGS-401532085085301 (Randolph 3 (Ra 3)), part of the National Water Information System. The qualifying bar and the OLS fit behind this trend are documented in the methodology guide.
How Randolph County compares nationally
Randolph County sits at rank 719th 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. Randolph County, Indiana is home to about 24,337 people. See the fastest-moving counties guide for how Randolph 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 Randolph 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.