Bacon County, GA Water Table Trend
Is the water table dropping in Bacon County, GA?
Bacon County's long-term well puts the trend at 2.1 ft per decade, declining at a typical pace for a declining county, based on 11 measurements since 1966.
This is one representative well, not a county-wide survey, the same grain limit every page here discloses.
Bacon County's source well, in detail
Depth to water at the last reading was 158.9 ft below land surface. Readings span 1966-01-01 to 2024-08-21, 11 measurements from USGS well USGS-314058082292601 (26m002), part of the National Water Information System. The qualifying bar and the OLS fit behind this trend are documented in the methodology guide.
How Bacon County compares nationally
Bacon County sits at rank 1193rd 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. Bacon County, Georgia is home to about 11,045 people. See the fastest-moving counties guide for how Bacon County stacks up against the most extreme cases nationally.
If you own a well in Bacon County
A dropping water table means a residential pump has to reach deeper and work harder, which shortens its life. In Bacon County, that trend is real, not assumed: 2.1 ft per decade over 59 years.
Depth and quality are separate questions
This page answers a depth question, not a quality one. A well in Bacon 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.