Spalding County, GA Water Table Trend
Spalding County's groundwater trend, from USGS's own readings
Spalding County's long-term well puts the trend at 0 ft per decade, holding roughly steady, based on 831 measurements since 1943.
One well stands in for Spalding 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 15.9 ft below land surface. Readings span 1943-10-28 to 2026-07-28, 831 measurements from USGS well USGS-331507084171801 (11aa01), part of the National Water Information System. The qualifying bar and the OLS fit behind this trend are documented in the methodology guide.
Where Spalding County ranks
Of the 1,449 US counties with a usable trend, Spalding County ranks 654th from fastest-rising to fastest-declining, 1 is the fastest-rising water table measured, 1449 the fastest-declining. About 70,292 people live in Spalding County, Georgia. See the fastest-moving counties guide for how Spalding County stacks up against the most extreme cases nationally.
A dropping table says nothing about water quality
Whether Spalding 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.