West Carroll Parish, LA Water Table Trend
West Carroll Parish's groundwater trend, from USGS's own readings
West Carroll Parish's long-term well puts the trend at 0.7 ft per decade, declining, slower than most declining counties, based on 301 measurements since 1955.
This is one representative well, not a county-wide survey, the same grain limit every page here discloses.
West Carroll Parish's source well, in detail
Depth to water at the last reading was 37.9 ft below land surface. Readings span 1955-03-08 to 2026-08-11, 301 measurements from USGS well USGS-324508091252301 (Wc-36), 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 Carroll Parish compares nationally
West Carroll Parish sits at rank 1020th 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 Carroll Parish, Louisiana is home to about 9,254 people. See the fastest-moving counties guide for how West Carroll Parish stacks up against the most extreme cases nationally.
If you own a well in West Carroll Parish
A dropping water table means a residential pump has to reach deeper and work harder, which shortens its life. In West Carroll Parish, that trend is real, not assumed: 0.7 ft per decade over 71 years.
Depth and quality are separate questions
This page answers a depth question, not a quality one. A well in West Carroll 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.