Fulton County, PA Water Table Trend
Is the water table dropping in Fulton County, PA?
Fulton County's long-term well puts the trend at 0.5 ft per decade, holding roughly steady, based on 211 measurements since 2001.
This is one representative well, not a county-wide survey, the same grain limit every page here discloses.
Fulton County's source well, in detail
Depth to water at the last reading was 50.8 ft below land surface. Readings span 2001-10-01 to 2026-07-28, 211 measurements from USGS well USGS-394755078135001 (Fu 249 Fulton 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.
How Fulton County compares nationally
Fulton County sits at rank 943rd 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. Fulton County, Pennsylvania is home to about 14,452 people. See the fastest-moving counties guide for how Fulton 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 Fulton 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.