Pasco County, FL Water Table Trend
Pasco County's groundwater trend, from USGS's own readings
Over 65 years of USGS readings, the well tracking Pasco County's aquifer is holding roughly steady: 0.2 ft per decade.
One well stands in for Pasco 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 9.5 ft below land surface. Readings span 1960-10-19 to 2025-11-21, 389 measurements from USGS well USGS-281558082264601 (Pasco Well 13 Near Drexel 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 Pasco County ranks
Of the 1,449 US counties with a usable trend, Pasco County ranks 780th from fastest-rising to fastest-declining, 1 is the fastest-rising water table measured, 1449 the fastest-declining. About 659,114 people live in Pasco County, Florida. See the fastest-moving counties guide for how Pasco County stacks up against the most extreme cases nationally.
A dropping table says nothing about water quality
Whether Pasco 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.