Appling County, GA Water Table Trend
Appling County, GA: what the water table is actually doing
Appling County's long-term well puts the trend at 1.9 ft per decade, declining at a typical pace for a declining county, based on 14 measurements since 1975.
This is one representative well, not a county-wide survey, the same grain limit every page here discloses.
Appling County's source well, in detail
Depth to water at the last reading was 138.1 ft below land surface. Readings span 1975-07-30 to 2024-08-21, 14 measurements from USGS well USGS-314028082220901 (27m001), part of the National Water Information System. The qualifying bar and the OLS fit behind this trend are documented in the methodology guide.
How Appling County compares nationally
Appling County sits at rank 1169th 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. Appling County, Georgia is home to about 18,669 people. See the fastest-moving counties guide for how Appling County stacks up against the most extreme cases nationally.
If you own a well in Appling County
A dropping water table means a residential pump has to reach deeper and work harder, which shortens its life. In Appling County, that trend is real, not assumed: 1.9 ft per decade over 49 years.
Depth and quality are separate questions
This page answers a depth question, not a quality one. A well in Appling 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.