Candler County, GA Water Table Trend
Is the water table dropping in Candler County, GA?
Candler County's long-term well puts the trend at 10.5 ft per decade, declining faster than most declining counties, based on 14 measurements since 1965.
This is one representative well, not a county-wide survey, the same grain limit every page here discloses.
Candler County's source well, in detail
Depth to water at the last reading was 155.2 ft below land surface. Readings span 1965-10-01 to 2016-11-19, 14 measurements from USGS well USGS-322958082023801 (29t009), part of the National Water Information System. The qualifying bar and the OLS fit behind this trend are documented in the methodology guide.
How Candler County compares nationally
Candler County sits at rank 1397th 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. Candler County, Georgia is home to about 11,130 people. See the fastest-moving counties guide for how Candler County stacks up against the most extreme cases nationally.
If you own a well in Candler County
A dropping water table means a residential pump has to reach deeper and work harder, which shortens its life. In Candler County, that trend is real, not assumed: 10.5 ft per decade over 51 years.
Depth and quality are separate questions
This page answers a depth question, not a quality one. A well in Candler 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.