Clinton County, PA Water Table Trend
Is the water table dropping in Clinton County, PA?
Clinton County's long-term well puts the trend at 0.2 ft per decade, holding roughly steady, based on 285 measurements since 1950.
One well stands in for Clinton County's whole aquifer here, the honest simplification every page on this site carries.
What the well actually measured
The most recent reading put water 48.1 ft below land surface. Readings span 1950-08-01 to 2026-03-31, 285 measurements from USGS well USGS-411424077462201 (Cn 1 Clinton County Observation Well), part of the National Water Information System. The qualifying bar and the OLS fit behind this trend are documented in the methodology guide.
Where Clinton County ranks
Of the 1,449 US counties with a usable trend, Clinton County ranks 492nd from fastest-rising to fastest-declining, 1 is the fastest-rising water table measured, 1449 the fastest-declining. About 37,865 people live in Clinton County, Pennsylvania. See the fastest-moving counties guide for how Clinton County stacks up against the most extreme cases nationally.
A dropping table says nothing about water quality
Whether Clinton County'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.