Iberia Parish, LA Water Table Trend
Iberia Parish's groundwater trend, from USGS's own readings
Over 62 years of USGS readings, the well tracking Iberia Parish's aquifer is holding roughly steady: 0.2 ft per decade.
One well stands in for Iberia Parish's whole aquifer here, the honest simplification every page on this site carries.
What the well actually measured
The most recent reading put water 19.3 ft below land surface. Readings span 1965-01-30 to 2026-09-01, 333 measurements from USGS well USGS-300035091443301 (I-93), part of the National Water Information System. The qualifying bar and the OLS fit behind this trend are documented in the methodology guide.
Where Iberia Parish ranks
Of the 1,449 US counties with a usable trend, Iberia Parish ranks 792nd from fastest-rising to fastest-declining, 1 is the fastest-rising water table measured, 1449 the fastest-declining. About 67,540 people live in Iberia Parish, Louisiana. See the fastest-moving counties guide for how Iberia Parish stacks up against the most extreme cases nationally.
A dropping table says nothing about water quality
Whether Iberia Parish'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.