Garland County, AR Water Table Trend
Garland County's groundwater trend, from USGS's own readings
Garland County's long-term well puts the trend at 1.3 ft per decade, rising, getting shallower over time, based on 92 measurements since 2000.
One well stands in for Garland 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 114.5 ft below land surface. Readings span 2000-12-01 to 2024-05-03, 92 measurements from USGS well USGS-343048093030401 (02s19w33cbd1 Hot Springs), part of the National Water Information System. The qualifying bar and the OLS fit behind this trend are documented in the methodology guide.
Where Garland County ranks
Of the 1,449 US counties with a usable trend, Garland County ranks 208th from fastest-rising to fastest-declining, 1 is the fastest-rising water table measured, 1449 the fastest-declining. About 99,902 people live in Garland County, Arkansas. See the fastest-moving counties guide for how Garland County stacks up against the most extreme cases nationally.
A dropping table says nothing about water quality
Whether Garland 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.