Hancock County, ME Water Table Trend
Hancock County's groundwater trend, from USGS's own readings
Hancock County's long-term well puts the trend at 0.2 ft per decade, holding roughly steady, based on 188 measurements since 1989.
This is one representative well, not a county-wide survey, the same grain limit every page here discloses.
Hancock County's source well, in detail
Depth to water at the last reading was 21.3 ft below land surface. Readings span 1989-11-02 to 2021-10-13, 188 measurements from USGS well USGS-444950068220602 (Me-Hw1a Amherst, Maine), part of the National Water Information System. The qualifying bar and the OLS fit behind this trend are documented in the methodology guide.
How Hancock County compares nationally
Hancock County sits at rank 843rd 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. Hancock County, Maine is home to about 56,946 people. See the fastest-moving counties guide for how Hancock 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 Hancock 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.