Hampshire County, MA Water Table Trend
Is the water table dropping in Hampshire County, MA?
Over 43 years of USGS readings, the well tracking Hampshire County's aquifer is holding roughly steady: 0.1 ft per decade.
This is one representative well, not a county-wide survey, the same grain limit every page here discloses.
Hampshire County's source well, in detail
Depth to water at the last reading was 5.6 ft below land surface. Readings span 1983-06-20 to 2026-07-06, 421 measurements from USGS well USGS-422103072241103 (Ma-Pdw 24 Pelham, 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 Hampshire County compares nationally
Hampshire County sits at rank 726th 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. Hampshire County, Massachusetts is home to about 165,399 people. See the fastest-moving counties guide for how Hampshire 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 Hampshire 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.