Ashley County, AR Water Table Trend
Ashley County's groundwater trend, from USGS's own readings
Ashley County's long-term well puts the trend at 0.8 ft per decade, declining, slower than most declining counties, based on 59 measurements since 1955.
This is one representative well, not a county-wide survey, the same grain limit every page here discloses.
Ashley County's source well, in detail
Depth to water at the last reading was 73.7 ft below land surface. Readings span 1955-03-01 to 2026-04-22, 59 measurements from USGS well USGS-331049091413601 (17s06w35cac1), part of the National Water Information System. The qualifying bar and the OLS fit behind this trend are documented in the methodology guide.
How Ashley County compares nationally
Ashley County sits at rank 1034th 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. Ashley County, Arkansas is home to about 17,984 people. See the fastest-moving counties guide for how Ashley County stacks up against the most extreme cases nationally.
If you own a well in Ashley County
A dropping water table means a residential pump has to reach deeper and work harder, which shortens its life. In Ashley County, that trend is real, not assumed: 0.8 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 Ashley 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.