Livingston Parish, LA Water Table Trend
Is the water table dropping in Livingston Parish, LA?
Livingston Parish's long-term well puts the trend at 18.2 ft per decade, declining faster than most declining counties, based on 118 measurements since 1948.
This is one representative well, not a county-wide survey, the same grain limit every page here discloses.
Livingston Parish's source well, in detail
Depth to water at the last reading was 87.9 ft below land surface. Readings span 1948-05-13 to 2026-06-29, 118 measurements from USGS well USGS-302819090582102 (Li-61), part of the National Water Information System. The qualifying bar and the OLS fit behind this trend are documented in the methodology guide.
How Livingston Parish compares nationally
Livingston Parish sits at rank 1426th 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. Livingston Parish, Louisiana is home to about 152,886 people. See the fastest-moving counties guide for how Livingston Parish stacks up against the most extreme cases nationally.
If you own a well in Livingston Parish
A dropping water table means a residential pump has to reach deeper and work harder, which shortens its life. In Livingston Parish, that trend is real, not assumed: 18.2 ft per decade over 78 years.
Depth and quality are separate questions
This page answers a depth question, not a quality one. A well in Livingston 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.