Sharkey County, MS Water Table Trend
Sharkey County's groundwater trend, from USGS's own readings
Over 58 years of USGS readings, the well tracking Sharkey County's aquifer is holding roughly steady: 0 ft per decade.
This is one representative well, not a county-wide survey, the same grain limit every page here discloses.
Sharkey County's source well, in detail
Depth to water at the last reading was 21.5 ft below land surface. Readings span 1967-04-01 to 2025-04-17, 57 measurements from USGS well USGS-330238090440201 (125b0013 Sharkey), part of the National Water Information System. The qualifying bar and the OLS fit behind this trend are documented in the methodology guide.
How Sharkey County compares nationally
Sharkey County sits at rank 678th 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. Sharkey County, Mississippi is home to about 3,234 people. See the fastest-moving counties guide for how Sharkey 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 Sharkey 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.