Covington County, AL Water Table Trend
Covington County's groundwater trend, from USGS's own readings
Over 20 years of USGS readings, the well tracking Covington County's aquifer is rising, getting shallower over time: 1.7 ft per decade.
One well stands in for Covington 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 8.7 ft below land surface. Readings span 2006-08-16 to 2026-07-31, 97 measurements from USGS well USGS-311319086153601 (Well Covington County Well 1 Covington Cnty), part of the National Water Information System. The qualifying bar and the OLS fit behind this trend are documented in the methodology guide.
Where Covington County ranks
Of the 1,449 US counties with a usable trend, Covington County ranks 148th from fastest-rising to fastest-declining, 1 is the fastest-rising water table measured, 1449 the fastest-declining. About 37,748 people live in Covington County, Alabama. See the fastest-moving counties guide for how Covington County stacks up against the most extreme cases nationally.
A dropping table says nothing about water quality
Whether Covington 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.