Cecil County, MD Water Table Trend
Cecil County's groundwater trend, from USGS's own readings
Over 64 years of USGS readings, the well tracking Cecil County's aquifer is declining at a typical pace for a declining county: 2.6 ft per decade.
This is one representative well, not a county-wide survey, the same grain limit every page here discloses.
Cecil County's source well, in detail
Depth to water at the last reading was 88 ft below land surface. Readings span 1961-11-14 to 2026-04-17, 43 measurements from USGS well USGS-393605075472302 (Ce Bf 58), part of the National Water Information System. The qualifying bar and the OLS fit behind this trend are documented in the methodology guide.
How Cecil County compares nationally
Cecil County sits at rank 1227th 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. Cecil County, Maryland is home to about 106,305 people. See the fastest-moving counties guide for how Cecil County stacks up against the most extreme cases nationally.
If you own a well in Cecil County
A dropping water table means a residential pump has to reach deeper and work harder, which shortens its life. In Cecil County, that trend is real, not assumed: 2.6 ft per decade over 64 years.
Depth and quality are separate questions
This page answers a depth question, not a quality one. A well in Cecil 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.