Baxter County, AR Water Table Trend
Baxter County, AR: what the water table is actually doing
Baxter County's long-term well puts the trend at 6.9 ft per decade, declining faster than most declining counties, based on 12 measurements since 1973.
This is one representative well, not a county-wide survey, the same grain limit every page here discloses.
Baxter County's source well, in detail
Depth to water at the last reading was 126.7 ft below land surface. Readings span 1973-11-28 to 2019-05-10, 12 measurements from USGS well USGS-361714092302501 (19n14w29dbc1), part of the National Water Information System. The qualifying bar and the OLS fit behind this trend are documented in the methodology guide.
How Baxter County compares nationally
Baxter County sits at rank 1351st 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. Baxter County, Arkansas is home to about 43,007 people. See the fastest-moving counties guide for how Baxter County stacks up against the most extreme cases nationally.
If you own a well in Baxter County
A dropping water table means a residential pump has to reach deeper and work harder, which shortens its life. In Baxter County, that trend is real, not assumed: 6.9 ft per decade over 45 years.
Depth and quality are separate questions
This page answers a depth question, not a quality one. A well in Baxter 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.