Greene County, AR Water Table Trend
Greene County, AR: what the water table is actually doing
Greene County's long-term well puts the trend at 5.6 ft per decade, declining faster than most declining counties, based on 110 measurements since 1955.
This is one representative well, not a county-wide survey, the same grain limit every page here discloses.
Greene County's source well, in detail
Depth to water at the last reading was 45.1 ft below land surface. Readings span 1955-05-11 to 2026-04-21, 110 measurements from USGS well USGS-360410090420901 (17n04e30cdc1), part of the National Water Information System. The qualifying bar and the OLS fit behind this trend are documented in the methodology guide.
How Greene County compares nationally
Greene County sits at rank 1317th 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. Greene County, Arkansas is home to about 46,928 people. See the fastest-moving counties guide for how Greene County stacks up against the most extreme cases nationally.
If you own a well in Greene County
A dropping water table means a residential pump has to reach deeper and work harder, which shortens its life. In Greene County, that trend is real, not assumed: 5.6 ft per decade over 71 years.
Depth and quality are separate questions
This page answers a depth question, not a quality one. A well in Greene 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.