Hot Spring County, AR Water Table Trend
Hot Spring County's groundwater trend, from USGS's own readings
Over 63 years of USGS readings, the well tracking Hot Spring County's aquifer is rising, getting shallower over time: 0.8 ft per decade.
One well stands in for Hot Spring County's whole aquifer here, the honest simplification every page on this site carries.
What the well actually measured
The most recent reading put water 39 ft below land surface. Readings span 1963-09-17 to 2026-05-21, 17 measurements from USGS well USGS-341456092415001 (05s16w35aca1), part of the National Water Information System. The qualifying bar and the OLS fit behind this trend are documented in the methodology guide.
Where Hot Spring County ranks
Of the 1,449 US counties with a usable trend, Hot Spring County ranks 290th from fastest-rising to fastest-declining, 1 is the fastest-rising water table measured, 1449 the fastest-declining. About 33,313 people live in Hot Spring County, Arkansas. See the fastest-moving counties guide for how Hot Spring County stacks up against the most extreme cases nationally.
A dropping table says nothing about water quality
Whether Hot Spring County's water table is rising or falling is independent of what's actually in the water. Depletion can concentrate naturally-occurring minerals, so it's worth checking directly with a water test rather than assuming a depth trend says anything about quality.