Larue County, KY Water Table Trend
Larue County's groundwater trend, from USGS's own readings
Over 53 years of USGS readings, the well tracking Larue County's aquifer is rising, getting shallower over time: 1.2 ft per decade.
This is one representative well, not a county-wide survey, the same grain limit every page here discloses.
Larue County's source well, in detail
Depth to water at the last reading was 104.2 ft below land surface. Readings span 1971-09-21 to 2024-05-15, 106 measurements from USGS well USGS-374151085413201 (G17ap001 - Elizabethtown), part of the National Water Information System. The qualifying bar and the OLS fit behind this trend are documented in the methodology guide.
How Larue County compares nationally
Larue County sits at rank 229th 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. Larue County, Kentucky is home to about 15,128 people. See the fastest-moving counties guide for how Larue 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 Larue 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.