Lafayette County, AR Water Table Trend
Lafayette County, AR: what the water table is actually doing
Lafayette County's long-term well puts the trend at 1 ft per decade, rising, getting shallower over time, based on 50 measurements since 1969.
One well stands in for Lafayette 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 36.4 ft below land surface. Readings span 1969-10-23 to 2026-05-13, 50 measurements from USGS well USGS-330223093303301 (20s23w05adb1), part of the National Water Information System. The qualifying bar and the OLS fit behind this trend are documented in the methodology guide.
Where Lafayette County ranks
Of the 1,449 US counties with a usable trend, Lafayette County ranks 244th from fastest-rising to fastest-declining, 1 is the fastest-rising water table measured, 1449 the fastest-declining. About 6,015 people live in Lafayette County, Arkansas. See the fastest-moving counties guide for how Lafayette County stacks up against the most extreme cases nationally.
A dropping table says nothing about water quality
Whether Lafayette 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.