Cherokee County, NC Water Table Trend
Is the water table dropping in Cherokee County, NC?
Cherokee County's long-term well puts the trend at 0 ft per decade, holding roughly steady, based on 218 measurements since 1989.
This is one representative well, not a county-wide survey, the same grain limit every page here discloses.
Cherokee County's source well, in detail
Depth to water at the last reading was 7.3 ft below land surface. Readings span 1989-08-24 to 2026-10-14, 218 measurements from USGS well USGS-351121083545002 (Ce-029 Nc-192 At Marble, Nc Regolith), part of the National Water Information System. The qualifying bar and the OLS fit behind this trend are documented in the methodology guide.
How Cherokee County compares nationally
Cherokee County sits at rank 646th 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. Cherokee County, North Carolina is home to about 30,373 people. See the fastest-moving counties guide for how Cherokee 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 Cherokee 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.