Prentiss County, MS Water Table Trend
Prentiss County, MS: what the water table is actually doing
Over 54 years of USGS readings, the well tracking Prentiss County's aquifer is holding roughly steady: 0.1 ft per decade.
One well stands in for Prentiss 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 75.5 ft below land surface. Readings span 1972-05-23 to 2026-09-02, 131 measurements from USGS well USGS-343152088213003 (117m0022 Prentiss), part of the National Water Information System. The qualifying bar and the OLS fit behind this trend are documented in the methodology guide.
Where Prentiss County ranks
Of the 1,449 US counties with a usable trend, Prentiss County ranks 556th from fastest-rising to fastest-declining, 1 is the fastest-rising water table measured, 1449 the fastest-declining. About 25,489 people live in Prentiss County, Mississippi. See the fastest-moving counties guide for how Prentiss County stacks up against the most extreme cases nationally.
A dropping table says nothing about water quality
Whether Prentiss 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.