Gates County, NC Water Table Trend
Gates County's groundwater trend, from USGS's own readings
Gates County's long-term well puts the trend at 0.5 ft per decade, rising, getting shallower over time, based on 18 measurements since 1967.
This is one representative well, not a county-wide survey, the same grain limit every page here discloses.
Gates County's source well, in detail
Depth to water at the last reading was 8.8 ft below land surface. Readings span 1967-08-01 to 2022-09-28, 18 measurements from USGS well USGS-362646076361607 (Ga-067 Sunbury Rs, C15s7, At Plymouth, Nc), part of the National Water Information System. The qualifying bar and the OLS fit behind this trend are documented in the methodology guide.
How Gates County compares nationally
Gates County sits at rank 348th 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. Gates County, North Carolina is home to about 10,299 people. See the fastest-moving counties guide for how Gates 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 Gates 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.