Arkansas County, AR Water Table Trend
Arkansas County's groundwater trend, from USGS's own readings
Arkansas County's long-term well puts the trend at 3.9 ft per decade, declining at a typical pace for a declining county, based on 72 measurements since 1911.
This is one representative well, not a county-wide survey, the same grain limit every page here discloses.
Arkansas County's source well, in detail
Depth to water at the last reading was 111.6 ft below land surface. Readings span 1911-01-01 to 2024-05-02, 72 measurements from USGS well USGS-341558091202501 (05s03w16abb1), part of the National Water Information System. The qualifying bar and the OLS fit behind this trend are documented in the methodology guide.
How Arkansas County compares nationally
Arkansas County sits at rank 1274th 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. Arkansas County, Arkansas is home to about 16,050 people. See the fastest-moving counties guide for how Arkansas County stacks up against the most extreme cases nationally.
If you own a well in Arkansas County
A dropping water table means a residential pump has to reach deeper and work harder, which shortens its life. In Arkansas County, that trend is real, not assumed: 3.9 ft per decade over 113 years.
Depth and quality are separate questions
This page answers a depth question, not a quality one. A well in Arkansas 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.