Crockett County, TN Water Table Trend
Crockett County's groundwater trend, from USGS's own readings
Over 46 years of USGS readings, the well tracking Crockett County's aquifer is declining at a typical pace for a declining county: 1.9 ft per decade.
This is one representative well, not a county-wide survey, the same grain limit every page here discloses.
Crockett County's source well, in detail
Depth to water at the last reading was 112.1 ft below land surface. Readings span 1967-11-07 to 2013-05-16, 9 measurements from USGS well USGS-355437089144301 (Ck:J-004), part of the National Water Information System. The qualifying bar and the OLS fit behind this trend are documented in the methodology guide.
How Crockett County compares nationally
Crockett County sits at rank 1168th 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. Crockett County, Tennessee is home to about 13,973 people. See the fastest-moving counties guide for how Crockett County stacks up against the most extreme cases nationally.
If you own a well in Crockett County
A dropping water table means a residential pump has to reach deeper and work harder, which shortens its life. In Crockett County, that trend is real, not assumed: 1.9 ft per decade over 46 years.
Depth and quality are separate questions
This page answers a depth question, not a quality one. A well in Crockett 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.