West Baton Rouge Parish, LA Water Table Trend
Is the water table dropping in West Baton Rouge Parish, LA?
West Baton Rouge Parish's long-term well puts the trend at 9.2 ft per decade, declining faster than most declining counties, based on 1101 measurements since 1943.
This is one representative well, not a county-wide survey, the same grain limit every page here discloses.
West Baton Rouge Parish's source well, in detail
Depth to water at the last reading was 128.4 ft below land surface. Readings span 1943-02-24 to 2025-05-23, 1101 measurements from USGS well USGS-302732091121901 (Wbr-5), part of the National Water Information System. The qualifying bar and the OLS fit behind this trend are documented in the methodology guide.
How West Baton Rouge Parish compares nationally
West Baton Rouge Parish sits at rank 1379th 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. West Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana is home to about 28,425 people. See the fastest-moving counties guide for how West Baton Rouge Parish stacks up against the most extreme cases nationally.
If you own a well in West Baton Rouge Parish
A dropping water table means a residential pump has to reach deeper and work harder, which shortens its life. In West Baton Rouge Parish, that trend is real, not assumed: 9.2 ft per decade over 82 years.
Depth and quality are separate questions
This page answers a depth question, not a quality one. A well in West Baton Rouge Parish 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.