Richland County, ND Water Table Trend
Richland County's groundwater trend, from USGS's own readings
Over 61 years of USGS readings, the well tracking Richland 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.
Richland County's source well, in detail
Depth to water at the last reading was 5.1 ft below land surface. Readings span 1963-09-24 to 2024-11-18, 590 measurements from USGS well USGS-462633097163402 (134-052-06ccd2 (Mc Leod Well)), part of the National Water Information System. The qualifying bar and the OLS fit behind this trend are documented in the methodology guide.
How Richland County compares nationally
Richland County sits at rank 580th 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. Richland County, North Dakota is home to about 16,658 people. See the fastest-moving counties guide for how Richland 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 Richland 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.