Belmont County, OH Water Table Trend
Is the water table dropping in Belmont County, OH?
Belmont County's representative monitoring well shows depth to water rising, getting shallower over time, a fitted trend of 19.9 ft per decade over 20 years of readings.
One well stands in for Belmont 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 28.2 ft below land surface. Readings span 2006-07-20 to 2026-07-22, 68 measurements from USGS well OH015-400118081082200 (B-3 Oh), part of the National Water Information System. The qualifying bar and the OLS fit behind this trend are documented in the methodology guide.
Where Belmont County ranks
Of the 1,449 US counties with a usable trend, Belmont County ranks 10th from fastest-rising to fastest-declining, 1 is the fastest-rising water table measured, 1449 the fastest-declining. About 64,692 people live in Belmont County, Ohio. See the fastest-moving counties guide for how Belmont County stacks up against the most extreme cases nationally.
A dropping table says nothing about water quality
Whether Belmont 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.