Scott County, MO Water Table Trend
Is the water table dropping in Scott County, MO?
Scott County's long-term well puts the trend at 0 ft per decade, holding roughly steady, based on 121 measurements since 1956.
This is one representative well, not a county-wide survey, the same grain limit every page here discloses.
Scott County's source well, in detail
Depth to water at the last reading was 8.5 ft below land surface. Readings span 1956-10-12 to 2026-06-24, 121 measurements from USGS well MO005-365319089331001 (Sikeston), part of the National Water Information System. The qualifying bar and the OLS fit behind this trend are documented in the methodology guide.
How Scott County compares nationally
Scott County sits at rank 655th 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. Scott County, Missouri is home to about 37,957 people. See the fastest-moving counties guide for how Scott 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 Scott 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.