Meade County, KY Water Table Trend
Meade County, KY: what the water table is actually doing
Over 28 years of USGS readings, the well tracking Meade County's aquifer is holding roughly steady: 0.1 ft per decade.
One well stands in for Meade County's whole aquifer here, the honest simplification every page on this site carries.
What the well actually measured
The most recent reading put water 39.7 ft below land surface. Readings span 1996-09-23 to 2024-09-12, 102 measurements from USGS well USGS-375936086001301 (Hc Auger No 2), part of the National Water Information System. The qualifying bar and the OLS fit behind this trend are documented in the methodology guide.
Where Meade County ranks
Of the 1,449 US counties with a usable trend, Meade County ranks 569th from fastest-rising to fastest-declining, 1 is the fastest-rising water table measured, 1449 the fastest-declining. About 30,442 people live in Meade County, Kentucky. See the fastest-moving counties guide for how Meade County stacks up against the most extreme cases nationally.
A dropping table says nothing about water quality
Whether Meade County's water table is rising or falling is independent of what's actually in the water. Depletion can concentrate naturally-occurring minerals, so it's worth checking directly with a water test rather than assuming a depth trend says anything about quality.