Brunswick County, VA Water Table Trend
Brunswick County's groundwater trend, from USGS's own readings
Over 19 years of USGS readings, the well tracking Brunswick County's aquifer is rising, getting shallower over time: 0.9 ft per decade.
This is one representative well, not a county-wide survey, the same grain limit every page here discloses.
Brunswick County's source well, in detail
Depth to water at the last reading was 24.7 ft below land surface. Readings span 2007-08-21 to 2026-07-15, 76 measurements from USGS well USGS-364218078015701 (46b 3 Sow 220), part of the National Water Information System. The qualifying bar and the OLS fit behind this trend are documented in the methodology guide.
How Brunswick County compares nationally
Brunswick County sits at rank 261st 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. Brunswick County, Virginia is home to about 15,750 people. See the fastest-moving counties guide for how Brunswick 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 Brunswick 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.