Hyde County, NC Water Table Trend
Hyde County's groundwater trend, from USGS's own readings
Over 23 years of USGS readings, the well tracking Hyde County's aquifer is holding roughly steady: 0.4 ft per decade.
This is one representative well, not a county-wide survey, the same grain limit every page here discloses.
Hyde County's source well, in detail
Depth to water at the last reading was 5.7 ft below land surface. Readings span 2002-04-15 to 2025-09-18, 16 measurements from USGS well USGS-353221076105501 (Hy-173 Lu-S9c Near Fairfield, Nc), part of the National Water Information System. The qualifying bar and the OLS fit behind this trend are documented in the methodology guide.
How Hyde County compares nationally
Hyde County sits at rank 400th 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. Hyde County, North Carolina is home to about 4,583 people. See the fastest-moving counties guide for how Hyde 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 Hyde 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.