Bristol County, MA Water Table Trend
Bristol County, MA: what the water table is actually doing
Over 63 years of USGS readings, the well tracking Bristol County's aquifer is holding roughly steady: 0.1 ft per decade.
This is one representative well, not a county-wide survey, the same grain limit every page here discloses.
Bristol County's source well, in detail
Depth to water at the last reading was 14.3 ft below land surface. Readings span 1964-01-01 to 2026-09-01, 733 measurements from USGS well USGS-414706071045001 (Ma-F3w 23r Freetown, 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 Bristol County compares nationally
Bristol County sits at rank 725th 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. Bristol County, Massachusetts is home to about 588,593 people. See the fastest-moving counties guide for how Bristol 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 Bristol 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.