Fayette County, OH Water Table Trend
Fayette County's groundwater trend, from USGS's own readings
Over 61 years of USGS readings, the well tracking Fayette County's aquifer is holding roughly steady: 0 ft per decade.
This is one representative well, not a county-wide survey, the same grain limit every page here discloses.
Fayette County's source well, in detail
Depth to water at the last reading was 8.7 ft below land surface. Readings span 1965-10-01 to 2026-07-28, 160 measurements from USGS well OH015-393153083322000 (Fa-1 Oh), part of the National Water Information System. The qualifying bar and the OLS fit behind this trend are documented in the methodology guide.
How Fayette County compares nationally
Fayette County sits at rank 685th 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. Fayette County, Ohio is home to about 28,782 people. See the fastest-moving counties guide for how Fayette County stacks up against the most extreme cases nationally.
Depth and quality are separate questions
This page answers a depth question, not a quality one. A well in Fayette 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.