Beaver County, PA Water Table Trend
Is the water table dropping in Beaver County, PA?
Beaver County's long-term well puts the trend at 0.2 ft per decade, holding roughly steady, based on 252 measurements since 1967.
One well stands in for Beaver 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 8.2 ft below land surface. Readings span 1967-11-01 to 2026-06-29, 252 measurements from USGS well USGS-403006080252301 (Bv 156 Beaver County Observation Well), part of the National Water Information System. The qualifying bar and the OLS fit behind this trend are documented in the methodology guide.
Where Beaver County ranks
Of the 1,449 US counties with a usable trend, Beaver County ranks 473rd from fastest-rising to fastest-declining, 1 is the fastest-rising water table measured, 1449 the fastest-declining. About 165,540 people live in Beaver County, Pennsylvania. See the fastest-moving counties guide for how Beaver County stacks up against the most extreme cases nationally.
A dropping table says nothing about water quality
Whether Beaver 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.