Oconee County, SC Water Table Trend
Oconee County, SC: what the water table is actually doing
Oconee County's long-term well puts the trend at 0.2 ft per decade, holding roughly steady, based on 252 measurements since 1989.
This is one representative well, not a county-wide survey, the same grain limit every page here discloses.
Oconee County's source well, in detail
Depth to water at the last reading was 31 ft below land surface. Readings span 1989-02-07 to 2026-10-16, 252 measurements from USGS well USGS-345051083041800 (Oc- 233), part of the National Water Information System. The qualifying bar and the OLS fit behind this trend are documented in the methodology guide.
How Oconee County compares nationally
Oconee County sits at rank 500th 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. Oconee County, South Carolina is home to about 82,475 people. See the fastest-moving counties guide for how Oconee County stacks up against the most extreme cases nationally.
Depth and quality are separate questions
This page answers a depth question, not a quality one. A well in Oconee 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.