Lafayette County, MS Water Table Trend
Is the water table dropping in Lafayette County, MS?
Lafayette County's long-term well puts the trend at 0.2 ft per decade, holding roughly steady, based on 10 measurements since 2010.
This is one representative well, not a county-wide survey, the same grain limit every page here discloses.
Lafayette County's source well, in detail
Depth to water at the last reading was 10.7 ft below land surface. Readings span 2010-09-29 to 2026-04-03, 10 measurements from USGS well USGS-342050089384901 (071e0116 Lafayette), part of the National Water Information System. The qualifying bar and the OLS fit behind this trend are documented in the methodology guide.
How Lafayette County compares nationally
Lafayette County sits at rank 842nd 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. Lafayette County, Mississippi is home to about 59,843 people. See the fastest-moving counties guide for how Lafayette 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 Lafayette 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.