Drew County, AR Water Table Trend
Drew County's groundwater trend, from USGS's own readings
Drew County's representative monitoring well shows depth to water declining faster than most declining counties, a fitted trend of 11.5 ft per decade over 85 years of readings.
This is one representative well, not a county-wide survey, the same grain limit every page here discloses.
Drew County's source well, in detail
Depth to water at the last reading was 205.8 ft below land surface. Readings span 1940-01-01 to 2025-05-08, 37 measurements from USGS well USGS-333534091485201 (13s07w10bca1), part of the National Water Information System. The qualifying bar and the OLS fit behind this trend are documented in the methodology guide.
How Drew County compares nationally
Drew County sits at rank 1405th 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. Drew County, Arkansas is home to about 16,935 people. See the fastest-moving counties guide for how Drew County stacks up against the most extreme cases nationally.
If you own a well in Drew County
A dropping water table means a residential pump has to reach deeper and work harder, which shortens its life. In Drew County, that trend is real, not assumed: 11.5 ft per decade over 85 years.
Depth and quality are separate questions
This page answers a depth question, not a quality one. A well in Drew 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.