Charles City County, VA Water Table Trend
Is the water table dropping in Charles City County, VA?
Charles City County's long-term well puts the trend at 6.4 ft per decade, declining faster than most declining counties, based on 283 measurements since 1973.
This is one representative well, not a county-wide survey, the same grain limit every page here discloses.
Charles City County's source well, in detail
Depth to water at the last reading was 74.7 ft below land surface. Readings span 1973-06-07 to 2026-09-10, 283 measurements from USGS well USGS-371956076055101 (54g 13 Sow 067), part of the National Water Information System. The qualifying bar and the OLS fit behind this trend are documented in the methodology guide.
How Charles City County compares nationally
Charles City County sits at rank 1344th 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. Charles City County, Virginia is home to about 6,564 people. See the fastest-moving counties guide for how Charles City County stacks up against the most extreme cases nationally.
If you own a well in Charles City County
A dropping water table means a residential pump has to reach deeper and work harder, which shortens its life. In Charles City County, that trend is real, not assumed: 6.4 ft per decade over 53 years.
Depth and quality are separate questions
This page answers a depth question, not a quality one. A well in Charles City 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.