Franklin Parish, LA Water Table Trend
Franklin Parish, LA: what the water table is actually doing
Franklin Parish's long-term well puts the trend at 0.9 ft per decade, declining, slower than most declining counties, based on 59 measurements since 1975.
This is one representative well, not a county-wide survey, the same grain limit every page here discloses.
Franklin Parish's source well, in detail
Depth to water at the last reading was 26.6 ft below land surface. Readings span 1975-07-25 to 2026-06-04, 59 measurements from USGS well USGS-322210091290901 (Fr-358), part of the National Water Information System. The qualifying bar and the OLS fit behind this trend are documented in the methodology guide.
How Franklin Parish compares nationally
Franklin Parish sits at rank 1055th 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. Franklin Parish, Louisiana is home to about 19,107 people. See the fastest-moving counties guide for how Franklin Parish stacks up against the most extreme cases nationally.
If you own a well in Franklin Parish
A dropping water table means a residential pump has to reach deeper and work harder, which shortens its life. In Franklin Parish, that trend is real, not assumed: 0.9 ft per decade over 51 years.
Depth and quality are separate questions
This page answers a depth question, not a quality one. A well in Franklin Parish 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.