Hampden County, MA Water Table Trend
Is the water table dropping in Hampden County, MA?
Hampden County's long-term well puts the trend at 0 ft per decade, holding roughly steady, based on 667 measurements since 1964.
This is one representative well, not a county-wide survey, the same grain limit every page here discloses.
Hampden County's source well, in detail
Depth to water at the last reading was 7.2 ft below land surface. Readings span 1964-11-01 to 2026-08-25, 667 measurements from USGS well USGS-420305072581401 (Ma-Glw 6r Granville, Ma), part of the National Water Information System. The qualifying bar and the OLS fit behind this trend are documented in the methodology guide.
How Hampden County compares nationally
Hampden County sits at rank 650th 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. Hampden County, Massachusetts is home to about 464,151 people. See the fastest-moving counties guide for how Hampden 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 Hampden 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.