Henrico County, VA Water Table Trend
Is the water table dropping in Henrico County, VA?
Henrico County's long-term well puts the trend at 0 ft per decade, holding roughly steady, based on 540 measurements since 1969.
This is one representative well, not a county-wide survey, the same grain limit every page here discloses.
Henrico County's source well, in detail
Depth to water at the last reading was 4.7 ft below land surface. Readings span 1969-05-20 to 2026-08-25, 540 measurements from USGS well USGS-373607077331401 (50j 1 Sow 023), part of the National Water Information System. The qualifying bar and the OLS fit behind this trend are documented in the methodology guide.
How Henrico County compares nationally
Henrico County sits at rank 674th 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. Henrico County, Virginia is home to about 338,696 people. See the fastest-moving counties guide for how Henrico 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 Henrico 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.