Chesterfield County, VA Water Table Trend
Chesterfield County's groundwater trend, from USGS's own readings
Chesterfield County's long-term well puts the trend at 0.5 ft per decade, declining, slower than most declining counties, based on 227 measurements since 1985.
This is one representative well, not a county-wide survey, the same grain limit every page here discloses.
Chesterfield County's source well, in detail
Depth to water at the last reading was 1.8 ft below land surface. Readings span 1985-05-22 to 2023-01-18, 227 measurements from USGS well USGS-372519077264605 (51h130), part of the National Water Information System. The qualifying bar and the OLS fit behind this trend are documented in the methodology guide.
How Chesterfield County compares nationally
Chesterfield County sits at rank 966th 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. Chesterfield County, Virginia is home to about 389,793 people. See the fastest-moving counties guide for how Chesterfield County stacks up against the most extreme cases nationally.
If you own a well in Chesterfield County
A dropping water table means a residential pump has to reach deeper and work harder, which shortens its life. In Chesterfield County, that trend is real, not assumed: 0.5 ft per decade over 38 years.
Depth and quality are separate questions
This page answers a depth question, not a quality one. A well in Chesterfield 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.