Fayette County, KY Water Table Trend
Fayette County, KY: what the water table is actually doing
Over 72 years of USGS readings, the well tracking Fayette County's aquifer is holding roughly steady: 0.3 ft per decade.
One well stands in for Fayette 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 13 ft below land surface. Readings span 1952-04-11 to 2024-05-16, 121 measurements from USGS well USGS-375928084362001 (F21b0045 - Lexington), part of the National Water Information System. The qualifying bar and the OLS fit behind this trend are documented in the methodology guide.
Where Fayette County ranks
Of the 1,449 US counties with a usable trend, Fayette County ranks 872nd from fastest-rising to fastest-declining, 1 is the fastest-rising water table measured, 1449 the fastest-declining. About 329,437 people live in Fayette County, Kentucky. See the fastest-moving counties guide for how Fayette County stacks up against the most extreme cases nationally.
A dropping table says nothing about water quality
Whether Fayette 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.