Issaquena County, MS Water Table Trend
Issaquena County, MS: what the water table is actually doing
Over 64 years of USGS readings, the well tracking Issaquena County's aquifer is holding roughly steady: 0.1 ft per decade.
One well stands in for Issaquena 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 14.2 ft below land surface. Readings span 1954-10-01 to 2018-10-04, 95 measurements from USGS well USGS-325453090594801 (055b0003 Issaquena), part of the National Water Information System. The qualifying bar and the OLS fit behind this trend are documented in the methodology guide.
Where Issaquena County ranks
Of the 1,449 US counties with a usable trend, Issaquena County ranks 779th from fastest-rising to fastest-declining, 1 is the fastest-rising water table measured, 1449 the fastest-declining. About 1,295 people live in Issaquena County, Mississippi. See the fastest-moving counties guide for how Issaquena County stacks up against the most extreme cases nationally.
A dropping table says nothing about water quality
Whether Issaquena 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.