Lincoln Parish, LA Water Table Trend
Lincoln Parish's groundwater trend, from USGS's own readings
Over 76 years of USGS readings, the well tracking Lincoln Parish's aquifer is declining faster than most declining counties: 14.7 ft per decade.
This is one representative well, not a county-wide survey, the same grain limit every page here discloses.
Lincoln Parish's source well, in detail
Depth to water at the last reading was 191.9 ft below land surface. Readings span 1950-04-01 to 2026-08-25, 571 measurements from USGS well USGS-324141092390501 (L-26), part of the National Water Information System. The qualifying bar and the OLS fit behind this trend are documented in the methodology guide.
How Lincoln Parish compares nationally
Lincoln Parish sits at rank 1421st 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. Lincoln Parish, Louisiana is home to about 48,243 people. See the fastest-moving counties guide for how Lincoln Parish stacks up against the most extreme cases nationally.
If you own a well in Lincoln Parish
A dropping water table means a residential pump has to reach deeper and work harder, which shortens its life. In Lincoln Parish, that trend is real, not assumed: 14.7 ft per decade over 76 years.
Depth and quality are separate questions
This page answers a depth question, not a quality one. A well in Lincoln Parish 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.