Hardee County, FL Water Table Trend
Hardee County, FL: what the water table is actually doing
Hardee County's long-term well puts the trend at 0.5 ft per decade, rising, getting shallower over time, based on 381 measurements since 1965.
This is one representative well, not a county-wide survey, the same grain limit every page here discloses.
Hardee County's source well, in detail
Depth to water at the last reading was 44 ft below land surface. Readings span 1965-05-17 to 2025-11-25, 381 measurements from USGS well USGS-273156081451401 (Rowell Deep Well Near Wauchula Fl), part of the National Water Information System. The qualifying bar and the OLS fit behind this trend are documented in the methodology guide.
How Hardee County compares nationally
Hardee County sits at rank 346th 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. Hardee County, Florida is home to about 26,068 people. See the fastest-moving counties guide for how Hardee 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 Hardee 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.