Bulloch County, GA Water Table Trend
Is the water table dropping in Bulloch County, GA?
Bulloch County's long-term well puts the trend at 4.6 ft per decade, declining faster than most declining counties, based on 8 measurements since 1955.
This is one representative well, not a county-wide survey, the same grain limit every page here discloses.
Bulloch County's source well, in detail
Depth to water at the last reading was 189.2 ft below land surface. Readings span 1955-06-05 to 2016-11-18, 8 measurements from USGS well USGS-322015081540601 (30s001), part of the National Water Information System. The qualifying bar and the OLS fit behind this trend are documented in the methodology guide.
How Bulloch County compares nationally
Bulloch County sits at rank 1290th 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. Bulloch County, Georgia is home to about 85,454 people. See the fastest-moving counties guide for how Bulloch County stacks up against the most extreme cases nationally.
If you own a well in Bulloch County
A dropping water table means a residential pump has to reach deeper and work harder, which shortens its life. In Bulloch County, that trend is real, not assumed: 4.6 ft per decade over 62 years.
Depth and quality are separate questions
This page answers a depth question, not a quality one. A well in Bulloch 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.