Houston County, AL Water Table Trend
Is the water table dropping in Houston County, AL?
Houston County's long-term well puts the trend at 0.1 ft per decade, holding roughly steady, based on 13 measurements since 1993.
This is one representative well, not a county-wide survey, the same grain limit every page here discloses.
Houston County's source well, in detail
Depth to water at the last reading was 28.4 ft below land surface. Readings span 1993-08-01 to 2025-09-22, 13 measurements from USGS well USGS-310752085271301 (Well Q 12 310752085271301 Houston Cnty Al), part of the National Water Information System. The qualifying bar and the OLS fit behind this trend are documented in the methodology guide.
How Houston County compares nationally
Houston County sits at rank 743rd 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. Houston County, Alabama is home to about 109,366 people. See the fastest-moving counties guide for how Houston 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 Houston 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.