Faulkner County, AR Water Table Trend
Faulkner County, AR: what the water table is actually doing
Faulkner County's long-term well puts the trend at 3.3 ft per decade, rising, getting shallower over time, based on 52 measurements since 2011.
This is one representative well, not a county-wide survey, the same grain limit every page here discloses.
Faulkner County's source well, in detail
Depth to water at the last reading was 5 ft below land surface. Readings span 2011-08-02 to 2026-08-25, 52 measurements from USGS well USGS-351354092232401 (07n13w21bad1 At Greenbri), part of the National Water Information System. The qualifying bar and the OLS fit behind this trend are documented in the methodology guide.
How Faulkner County compares nationally
Faulkner County sits at rank 87th 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. Faulkner County, Arkansas is home to about 131,611 people. See the fastest-moving counties guide for how Faulkner County stacks up against the most extreme cases nationally.
Depth and quality are separate questions
This page answers a depth question, not a quality one. A well in Faulkner 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.