Carbon County, PA Water Table Trend
Carbon County's groundwater trend, from USGS's own readings
Over 57 years of USGS readings, the well tracking Carbon County's aquifer is rising, getting shallower over time: 0.8 ft per decade.
One well stands in for Carbon 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 52.8 ft below land surface. Readings span 1969-09-16 to 2026-10-27, 300 measurements from USGS well USGS-410123075425401 (Cb 104 Carbon County Observation Well), part of the National Water Information System. The qualifying bar and the OLS fit behind this trend are documented in the methodology guide.
Where Carbon County ranks
Of the 1,449 US counties with a usable trend, Carbon County ranks 294th from fastest-rising to fastest-declining, 1 is the fastest-rising water table measured, 1449 the fastest-declining. About 65,743 people live in Carbon County, Pennsylvania. See the fastest-moving counties guide for how Carbon County stacks up against the most extreme cases nationally.
A dropping table says nothing about water quality
Whether Carbon 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.