Humphreys County, MS Water Table Trend
Humphreys County's groundwater trend, from USGS's own readings
Over 72 years of USGS readings, the well tracking Humphreys County's aquifer is rising, getting shallower over time: 1.1 ft per decade.
This is one representative well, not a county-wide survey, the same grain limit every page here discloses.
Humphreys County's source well, in detail
Depth to water at the last reading was 18.7 ft below land surface. Readings span 1954-03-01 to 2026-04-01, 125 measurements from USGS well USGS-325856090372201 (053k0001 Humphreys), part of the National Water Information System. The qualifying bar and the OLS fit behind this trend are documented in the methodology guide.
How Humphreys County compares nationally
Humphreys County sits at rank 236th 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. Humphreys County, Mississippi is home to about 7,121 people. See the fastest-moving counties guide for how Humphreys 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 Humphreys 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.