Bath County, VA Water Table Trend
Is the water table dropping in Bath County, VA?
Bath County's long-term well puts the trend at 0.4 ft per decade, holding roughly steady, based on 80 measurements since 2007.
One well stands in for Bath County's whole aquifer here, the honest simplification every page on this site carries.
What the well actually measured
The most recent reading put water 7.8 ft below land surface. Readings span 2007-09-17 to 2026-10-08, 80 measurements from USGS well USGS-380252079472801 (32n 2 Sow 217), part of the National Water Information System. The qualifying bar and the OLS fit behind this trend are documented in the methodology guide.
Where Bath County ranks
Of the 1,449 US counties with a usable trend, Bath County ranks 935th from fastest-rising to fastest-declining, 1 is the fastest-rising water table measured, 1449 the fastest-declining. About 4,071 people live in Bath County, Virginia. See the fastest-moving counties guide for how Bath County stacks up against the most extreme cases nationally.
A dropping table says nothing about water quality
Whether Bath 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.