Parke County, IN Water Table Trend
Parke County, IN: what the water table is actually doing
Parke County's long-term well puts the trend at 0.2 ft per decade, holding roughly steady, based on 307 measurements since 1971.
One well stands in for Parke 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 14.9 ft below land surface. Readings span 1971-11-24 to 2026-09-03, 307 measurements from USGS well USGS-393619087043001 (Parke 6 (Pa 6)), part of the National Water Information System. The qualifying bar and the OLS fit behind this trend are documented in the methodology guide.
Where Parke County ranks
Of the 1,449 US counties with a usable trend, Parke County ranks 847th from fastest-rising to fastest-declining, 1 is the fastest-rising water table measured, 1449 the fastest-declining. About 16,508 people live in Parke County, Indiana. See the fastest-moving counties guide for how Parke County stacks up against the most extreme cases nationally.
A dropping table says nothing about water quality
Whether Parke 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.