Hardin County, KY Water Table Trend
Hardin County's groundwater trend, from USGS's own readings
Over 56 years of USGS readings, the well tracking Hardin County's aquifer is rising, getting shallower over time: 2 ft per decade.
One well stands in for Hardin 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 44.2 ft below land surface. Readings span 1968-11-01 to 2024-09-12, 97 measurements from USGS well USGS-375942085592102 (Cemetery - F16a0033), part of the National Water Information System. The qualifying bar and the OLS fit behind this trend are documented in the methodology guide.
Where Hardin County ranks
Of the 1,449 US counties with a usable trend, Hardin County ranks 128th from fastest-rising to fastest-declining, 1 is the fastest-rising water table measured, 1449 the fastest-declining. About 112,826 people live in Hardin County, Kentucky. See the fastest-moving counties guide for how Hardin County stacks up against the most extreme cases nationally.
A dropping table says nothing about water quality
Whether Hardin 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.