Quitman County, MS Water Table Trend
Quitman County's groundwater trend, from USGS's own readings
Over 102 years of USGS readings, the well tracking Quitman County's aquifer is rising, getting shallower over time: 1.3 ft per decade.
This is one representative well, not a county-wide survey, the same grain limit every page here discloses.
Quitman County's source well, in detail
Depth to water at the last reading was 19.3 ft below land surface. Readings span 1918-09-18 to 2020-10-05, 112 measurements from USGS well USGS-341415090231401 (119g0001 Quitman), part of the National Water Information System. The qualifying bar and the OLS fit behind this trend are documented in the methodology guide.
How Quitman County compares nationally
Quitman County sits at rank 192nd 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. Quitman County, Mississippi is home to about 5,542 people. See the fastest-moving counties guide for how Quitman 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 Quitman 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.