Berkshire County, MA Water Table Trend
Berkshire County, MA: what the water table is actually doing
Berkshire County's long-term well puts the trend at 0 ft per decade, holding roughly steady, based on 872 measurements since 1951.
This is one representative well, not a county-wide survey, the same grain limit every page here discloses.
Berkshire County's source well, in detail
Depth to water at the last reading was 6.2 ft below land surface. Readings span 1951-06-30 to 2026-08-26, 872 measurements from USGS well USGS-423503073075401 (Ma-Cjw 2 Cheshire, Ma), part of the National Water Information System. The qualifying bar and the OLS fit behind this trend are documented in the methodology guide.
How Berkshire County compares nationally
Berkshire County sits at rank 666th 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. Berkshire County, Massachusetts is home to about 128,726 people. See the fastest-moving counties guide for how Berkshire 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 Berkshire 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.