Colquitt County, GA Water Table Trend
Colquitt County's groundwater trend, from USGS's own readings
Colquitt County's long-term well puts the trend at 2.4 ft per decade, declining at a typical pace for a declining county, based on 82 measurements since 1969.
This is one representative well, not a county-wide survey, the same grain limit every page here discloses.
Colquitt County's source well, in detail
Depth to water at the last reading was 206.5 ft below land surface. Readings span 1969-01-08 to 2025-06-16, 82 measurements from USGS well USGS-311220083330201 (17h027), part of the National Water Information System. The qualifying bar and the OLS fit behind this trend are documented in the methodology guide.
How Colquitt County compares nationally
Colquitt County sits at rank 1220th 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. Colquitt County, Georgia is home to about 46,977 people. See the fastest-moving counties guide for how Colquitt County stacks up against the most extreme cases nationally.
If you own a well in Colquitt County
A dropping water table means a residential pump has to reach deeper and work harder, which shortens its life. In Colquitt County, that trend is real, not assumed: 2.4 ft per decade over 56 years.
Depth and quality are separate questions
This page answers a depth question, not a quality one. A well in Colquitt 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.