Grady County, GA Water Table Trend
Is the water table dropping in Grady County, GA?
Grady County's long-term well puts the trend at 0.4 ft per decade, holding roughly steady, based on 298 measurements since 1964.
This is one representative well, not a county-wide survey, the same grain limit every page here discloses.
Grady County's source well, in detail
Depth to water at the last reading was 144.6 ft below land surface. Readings span 1964-07-17 to 2026-08-11, 298 measurements from USGS well USGS-305235084125101 (12f036), part of the National Water Information System. The qualifying bar and the OLS fit behind this trend are documented in the methodology guide.
How Grady County compares nationally
Grady County sits at rank 406th 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. Grady County, Georgia is home to about 26,271 people. See the fastest-moving counties guide for how Grady 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 Grady 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.