Osceola County, FL Water Table Trend
Is the water table dropping in Osceola County, FL?
Over 56 years of USGS readings, the well tracking Osceola County's aquifer is holding roughly steady: 0.3 ft per decade.
One well stands in for Osceola 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 21.9 ft below land surface. Readings span 1969-11-20 to 2025-11-19, 491 measurements from USGS well USGS-281714081093001 (Lake Joel Well Near Ashton, Fl), part of the National Water Information System. The qualifying bar and the OLS fit behind this trend are documented in the methodology guide.
Where Osceola County ranks
Of the 1,449 US counties with a usable trend, Osceola County ranks 891st from fastest-rising to fastest-declining, 1 is the fastest-rising water table measured, 1449 the fastest-declining. About 468,058 people live in Osceola County, Florida. See the fastest-moving counties guide for how Osceola County stacks up against the most extreme cases nationally.
A dropping table says nothing about water quality
Whether Osceola 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.