Franklin city, VA Water Table Trend
Is the water table dropping in Franklin city, VA?
Franklin city's long-term well puts the trend at 16.9 ft per decade, rising, getting shallower over time, based on 131 measurements since 1984.
This is one representative well, not a county-wide survey, the same grain limit every page here discloses.
Franklin city's source well, in detail
Depth to water at the last reading was 139.5 ft below land surface. Readings span 1984-11-01 to 2026-10-23, 131 measurements from USGS well USGS-364033076562603 (55b 66 Sow 145c), part of the National Water Information System. The qualifying bar and the OLS fit behind this trend are documented in the methodology guide.
How Franklin city compares nationally
Franklin city sits at rank 11th 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. Franklin city, Virginia is home to about 8,373 people. See the fastest-moving counties guide for how Franklin city 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 Franklin city 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.