Chesapeake city, VA Water Table Trend
Chesapeake city's groundwater trend, from USGS's own readings
Chesapeake city's representative monitoring well shows depth to water declining faster than most declining counties, a fitted trend of 4.7 ft per decade over 49 years of readings.
One well stands in for Chesapeake city's whole aquifer here, the honest simplification every page on this site carries.
What the well actually measured
The most recent reading put water 22.3 ft below land surface. Readings span 1978-02-01 to 2026-08-13, 271 measurements from USGS well USGS-363836076201702 (60b 4 Sow 090b), part of the National Water Information System. The qualifying bar and the OLS fit behind this trend are documented in the methodology guide.
Where Chesapeake city ranks
Of the 1,449 US counties with a usable trend, Chesapeake city ranks 1296th from fastest-rising to fastest-declining, 1 is the fastest-rising water table measured, 1449 the fastest-declining. About 254,997 people live in Chesapeake city, Virginia. See the fastest-moving counties guide for how Chesapeake city stacks up against the most extreme cases nationally.
What a declining table means for a well pump
Because Chesapeake city's water table is actually declining, not just a general worry, a well owner here should consider comparing home-warranty plans that cover well-pump failure before one happens.
A dropping table says nothing about water quality
Whether Chesapeake city'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.