Holmes County, MS Water Table Trend
Holmes County's groundwater trend, from USGS's own readings
Holmes County's long-term well puts the trend at 0.3 ft per decade, holding roughly steady, based on 127 measurements since 1980.
One well stands in for Holmes 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 5.5 ft below land surface. Readings span 1980-09-09 to 2026-04-01, 127 measurements from USGS well USGS-331401090110301 (051h0021 Holmes), part of the National Water Information System. The qualifying bar and the OLS fit behind this trend are documented in the methodology guide.
Where Holmes County ranks
Of the 1,449 US counties with a usable trend, Holmes County ranks 894th from fastest-rising to fastest-declining, 1 is the fastest-rising water table measured, 1449 the fastest-declining. About 15,560 people live in Holmes County, Mississippi. See the fastest-moving counties guide for how Holmes County stacks up against the most extreme cases nationally.
A dropping table says nothing about water quality
Whether Holmes 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.