Chicot County, AR Water Table Trend
Is the water table dropping in Chicot County, AR?
Over 64 years of USGS readings, the well tracking Chicot County's aquifer is declining faster than most declining counties: 5 ft per decade.
This is one representative well, not a county-wide survey, the same grain limit every page here discloses.
Chicot County's source well, in detail
Depth to water at the last reading was 65.8 ft below land surface. Readings span 1962-03-28 to 2026-05-18, 51 measurements from USGS well USGS-332418091272601 (15s04w12dda1), part of the National Water Information System. The qualifying bar and the OLS fit behind this trend are documented in the methodology guide.
How Chicot County compares nationally
Chicot County sits at rank 1303rd 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. Chicot County, Arkansas is home to about 9,272 people. See the fastest-moving counties guide for how Chicot County stacks up against the most extreme cases nationally.
If you own a well in Chicot County
A dropping water table means a residential pump has to reach deeper and work harder, which shortens its life. In Chicot County, that trend is real, not assumed: 5 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 Chicot 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.