Collier County, FL Water Table Trend
Is the water table dropping in Collier County, FL?
Over 73 years of USGS readings, the well tracking Collier County's aquifer is holding roughly steady: 0 ft per decade.
One well stands in for Collier County's whole aquifer here, the honest simplification every page on this site carries.
What the well actually measured
The most recent reading put water 8.2 ft below land surface. Readings span 1952-06-11 to 2025-03-25, 465 measurements from USGS well USGS-262521081161901 (C - 131 Collier County, Fl), part of the National Water Information System. The qualifying bar and the OLS fit behind this trend are documented in the methodology guide.
Where Collier County ranks
Of the 1,449 US counties with a usable trend, Collier County ranks 638th from fastest-rising to fastest-declining, 1 is the fastest-rising water table measured, 1449 the fastest-declining. About 416,233 people live in Collier County, Florida. See the fastest-moving counties guide for how Collier County stacks up against the most extreme cases nationally.
A dropping table says nothing about water quality
Whether Collier County's water table is rising or falling is independent of what's actually in the water. Depletion can concentrate naturally-occurring minerals, so it's worth checking directly with a water test rather than assuming a depth trend says anything about quality.