Hampton County, SC Water Table Trend
Is the water table dropping in Hampton County, SC?
Over 42 years of USGS readings, the well tracking Hampton County's aquifer is declining at a typical pace for a declining county: 2.1 ft per decade.
This is one representative well, not a county-wide survey, the same grain limit every page here discloses.
Hampton County's source well, in detail
Depth to water at the last reading was 39.1 ft below land surface. Readings span 1980-09-09 to 2022-07-11, 253 measurements from USGS well USGS-324143080505900 (Ham- 83), part of the National Water Information System. The qualifying bar and the OLS fit behind this trend are documented in the methodology guide.
How Hampton County compares nationally
Hampton County sits at rank 1187th 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. Hampton County, South Carolina is home to about 18,172 people. See the fastest-moving counties guide for how Hampton County stacks up against the most extreme cases nationally.
If you own a well in Hampton County
A dropping water table means a residential pump has to reach deeper and work harder, which shortens its life. In Hampton County, that trend is real, not assumed: 2.1 ft per decade over 42 years.
Depth and quality are separate questions
This page answers a depth question, not a quality one. A well in Hampton 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.