Sunflower County, MS Water Table Trend
Sunflower County's groundwater trend, from USGS's own readings
Over 72 years of USGS readings, the well tracking Sunflower County's aquifer is declining faster than most declining counties: 5.6 ft per decade.
This is one representative well, not a county-wide survey, the same grain limit every page here discloses.
Sunflower County's source well, in detail
Depth to water at the last reading was 49.2 ft below land surface. Readings span 1953-12-01 to 2026-05-07, 100 measurements from USGS well USGS-334829090292901 (133f0001 Sunflower), part of the National Water Information System. The qualifying bar and the OLS fit behind this trend are documented in the methodology guide.
How Sunflower County compares nationally
Sunflower County sits at rank 1318th 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. Sunflower County, Mississippi is home to about 23,029 people. See the fastest-moving counties guide for how Sunflower County stacks up against the most extreme cases nationally.
If you own a well in Sunflower County
A dropping water table means a residential pump has to reach deeper and work harder, which shortens its life. In Sunflower County, that trend is real, not assumed: 5.6 ft per decade over 72 years.
Depth and quality are separate questions
This page answers a depth question, not a quality one. A well in Sunflower 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.