Red River Parish, LA Water Table Trend
Red River Parish, LA: what the water table is actually doing
Red River Parish's long-term well puts the trend at 2.5 ft per decade, rising, getting shallower over time, based on 1457 measurements since 1971.
One well stands in for Red River Parish's whole aquifer here, the honest simplification every page on this site carries.
What the well actually measured
The most recent reading put water 12.9 ft below land surface. Readings span 1971-11-03 to 2026-09-01, 1457 measurements from USGS well USGS-315743093204601 (Rr-210), part of the National Water Information System. The qualifying bar and the OLS fit behind this trend are documented in the methodology guide.
Where Red River Parish ranks
Of the 1,449 US counties with a usable trend, Red River Parish ranks 108th from fastest-rising to fastest-declining, 1 is the fastest-rising water table measured, 1449 the fastest-declining. About 7,238 people live in Red River Parish, Louisiana. See the fastest-moving counties guide for how Red River Parish stacks up against the most extreme cases nationally.
A dropping table says nothing about water quality
Whether Red River Parish'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.