Wright County, MO Water Table Trend
Wright County, MO: what the water table is actually doing
Wright County's long-term well puts the trend at 12.5 ft per decade, rising, getting shallower over time, based on 56 measurements since 1952.
This is one representative well, not a county-wide survey, the same grain limit every page here discloses.
Wright County's source well, in detail
Depth to water at the last reading was 532.3 ft below land surface. Readings span 1952-06-01 to 2026-07-22, 56 measurements from USGS well MO005-370624092244701 (Norwood 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 Wright County compares nationally
Wright County sits at rank 21st 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. Wright County, Missouri is home to about 19,505 people. See the fastest-moving counties guide for how Wright 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 Wright 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.