Graves County, KY Water Table Trend
Is the water table dropping in Graves County, KY?
Graves County's long-term well puts the trend at 1.5 ft per decade, rising, getting shallower over time, based on 822 measurements since 1950.
One well stands in for Graves 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 8.2 ft below land surface. Readings span 1950-10-01 to 2026-08-31, 822 measurements from USGS well USGS-365210088391301 (Viola Well - J5c0103), part of the National Water Information System. The qualifying bar and the OLS fit behind this trend are documented in the methodology guide.
Where Graves County ranks
Of the 1,449 US counties with a usable trend, Graves County ranks 169th from fastest-rising to fastest-declining, 1 is the fastest-rising water table measured, 1449 the fastest-declining. About 36,821 people live in Graves County, Kentucky. See the fastest-moving counties guide for how Graves County stacks up against the most extreme cases nationally.
A dropping table says nothing about water quality
Whether Graves 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.