Camden County, NC Water Table Trend
Is the water table dropping in Camden County, NC?
Over 18 years of USGS readings, the well tracking Camden County's aquifer is declining at a typical pace for a declining county: 2 ft per decade.
This is one representative well, not a county-wide survey, the same grain limit every page here discloses.
Camden County's source well, in detail
Depth to water at the last reading was 4.5 ft below land surface. Readings span 2007-05-09 to 2025-08-21, 13 measurements from USGS well USGS-362527076163201 (Ca-087a Lu-03a Nr South Mills, Nc Surficial), part of the National Water Information System. The qualifying bar and the OLS fit behind this trend are documented in the methodology guide.
How Camden County compares nationally
Camden County sits at rank 1182nd 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. Camden County, North Carolina is home to about 11,184 people. See the fastest-moving counties guide for how Camden County stacks up against the most extreme cases nationally.
If you own a well in Camden County
A dropping water table means a residential pump has to reach deeper and work harder, which shortens its life. In Camden County, that trend is real, not assumed: 2 ft per decade over 18 years.
Depth and quality are separate questions
This page answers a depth question, not a quality one. A well in Camden 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.