Yazoo County, MS Water Table Trend
Is the water table dropping in Yazoo County, MS?
Yazoo County's representative monitoring well shows depth to water rising, getting shallower over time, a fitted trend of 1.4 ft per decade over 47 years of readings.
One well stands in for Yazoo County's whole aquifer here, the honest simplification every page on this site carries.
What the well actually measured
This well is artesian, water currently stands 0.1 ft above land surface (flowing/artesian), not drawn up from a depth. Readings span 1978-11-13 to 2026-03-31, 159 measurements from USGS well USGS-324419090351201 (163p0018 Yazoo), part of the National Water Information System. The qualifying bar and the OLS fit behind this trend are documented in the methodology guide.
Where Yazoo County ranks
Of the 1,449 US counties with a usable trend, Yazoo County ranks 184th from fastest-rising to fastest-declining, 1 is the fastest-rising water table measured, 1449 the fastest-declining. About 23,024 people live in Yazoo County, Mississippi. See the fastest-moving counties guide for how Yazoo County stacks up against the most extreme cases nationally.
A dropping table says nothing about water quality
Whether Yazoo 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.