Charlton County, GA Water Table Trend
Charlton County, GA: what the water table is actually doing
Over 41 years of USGS readings, the well tracking Charlton County's aquifer is holding roughly steady: 0.3 ft per decade.
This is one representative well, not a county-wide survey, the same grain limit every page here discloses.
Charlton County's source well, in detail
Depth to water at the last reading was 74.8 ft below land surface. Readings span 1985-05-17 to 2026-10-07, 158 measurements from USGS well USGS-304942082213801 (27e004), part of the National Water Information System. The qualifying bar and the OLS fit behind this trend are documented in the methodology guide.
How Charlton County compares nationally
Charlton County sits at rank 438th 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. Charlton County, Georgia is home to about 13,021 people. See the fastest-moving counties guide for how Charlton 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 Charlton 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.