Liberty County, GA Water Table Trend
Is the water table dropping in Liberty County, GA?
Liberty County's long-term well puts the trend at 4.2 ft per decade, declining faster than most declining counties, based on 21 measurements since 1969.
This is one representative well, not a county-wide survey, the same grain limit every page here discloses.
Liberty County's source well, in detail
Depth to water at the last reading was 81.5 ft below land surface. Readings span 1969-12-08 to 2016-11-15, 21 measurements from USGS well USGS-314552081372101 (33n089), part of the National Water Information System. The qualifying bar and the OLS fit behind this trend are documented in the methodology guide.
How Liberty County compares nationally
Liberty County sits at rank 1286th 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. Liberty County, Georgia is home to about 68,607 people. See the fastest-moving counties guide for how Liberty County stacks up against the most extreme cases nationally.
If you own a well in Liberty County
A dropping water table means a residential pump has to reach deeper and work harder, which shortens its life. In Liberty County, that trend is real, not assumed: 4.2 ft per decade over 47 years.
Depth and quality are separate questions
This page answers a depth question, not a quality one. A well in Liberty 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.