Manatee County, FL Water Table Trend
Manatee County, FL: what the water table is actually doing
Over 60 years of USGS readings, the well tracking Manatee County's aquifer is declining at a typical pace for a declining county: 2.6 ft per decade.
This is one representative well, not a county-wide survey, the same grain limit every page here discloses.
Manatee County's source well, in detail
Depth to water at the last reading was 49.3 ft below land surface. Readings span 1965-10-01 to 2025-11-21, 507 measurements from USGS well USGS-271832082064801 (Edgeville Deep Well 3 At Edgeville Fl), part of the National Water Information System. The qualifying bar and the OLS fit behind this trend are documented in the methodology guide.
How Manatee County compares nationally
Manatee County sits at rank 1228th 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. Manatee County, Florida is home to about 458,352 people. See the fastest-moving counties guide for how Manatee County stacks up against the most extreme cases nationally.
If you own a well in Manatee County
A dropping water table means a residential pump has to reach deeper and work harder, which shortens its life. In Manatee County, that trend is real, not assumed: 2.6 ft per decade over 60 years.
Depth and quality are separate questions
This page answers a depth question, not a quality one. A well in Manatee 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.