Waupaca County, WI Water Table Trend
Waupaca County's groundwater trend, from USGS's own readings
Waupaca County's long-term well puts the trend at 0 ft per decade, holding roughly steady, based on 2206 measurements since 1950.
One well stands in for Waupaca County's whole aquifer here, the honest simplification every page on this site carries.
What the well actually measured
The most recent reading put water 13.4 ft below land surface. Readings span 1950-08-03 to 2026-10-19, 2206 measurements from USGS well USGS-441545088522901 (Wp-21/13e/25-0002), part of the National Water Information System. The qualifying bar and the OLS fit behind this trend are documented in the methodology guide.
Where Waupaca County ranks
Of the 1,449 US counties with a usable trend, Waupaca County ranks 628th from fastest-rising to fastest-declining, 1 is the fastest-rising water table measured, 1449 the fastest-declining. About 51,171 people live in Waupaca County, Wisconsin. See the fastest-moving counties guide for how Waupaca County stacks up against the most extreme cases nationally.
A dropping table says nothing about water quality
Whether Waupaca County's water table is rising or falling is independent of what's actually in the water. Depletion can concentrate naturally-occurring minerals, so it's worth checking directly with a water test rather than assuming a depth trend says anything about quality.