Accomack County, VA Water Table Trend
Is the water table dropping in Accomack County, VA?
Accomack County's long-term well puts the trend at 0.7 ft per decade, declining, slower than most declining counties, based on 721 measurements since 1969.
This is one representative well, not a county-wide survey, the same grain limit every page here discloses.
Accomack County's source well, in detail
Depth to water at the last reading was 8 ft below land surface. Readings span 1969-12-17 to 2020-02-04, 721 measurements from USGS well USGS-374324075443201 (65k 2 Sow 058), part of the National Water Information System. The qualifying bar and the OLS fit behind this trend are documented in the methodology guide.
How Accomack County compares nationally
Accomack County sits at rank 1005th 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. Accomack County, Virginia is home to about 33,411 people. See the fastest-moving counties guide for how Accomack County stacks up against the most extreme cases nationally.
If you own a well in Accomack County
A dropping water table means a residential pump has to reach deeper and work harder, which shortens its life. In Accomack County, that trend is real, not assumed: 0.7 ft per decade over 50 years.
Depth and quality are separate questions
This page answers a depth question, not a quality one. A well in Accomack 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.