Beaufort County, NC Water Table Trend
Is the water table dropping in Beaufort County, NC?
Beaufort County's long-term well puts the trend at 0.4 ft per decade, holding roughly steady, based on 18 measurements since 1968.
This is one representative well, not a county-wide survey, the same grain limit every page here discloses.
Beaufort County's source well, in detail
Depth to water at the last reading was 7 ft below land surface. Readings span 1968-09-01 to 2021-07-15, 18 measurements from USGS well USGS-352252077050706 (Bo-358 Wilmar Rs P21k6 Castle Hayne), part of the National Water Information System. The qualifying bar and the OLS fit behind this trend are documented in the methodology guide.
How Beaufort County compares nationally
Beaufort County sits at rank 380th 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. Beaufort County, North Carolina is home to about 44,576 people. See the fastest-moving counties guide for how Beaufort County stacks up against the most extreme cases nationally.
Depth and quality are separate questions
This page answers a depth question, not a quality one. A well in Beaufort 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.