Juniata County, PA Water Table Trend
Is the water table dropping in Juniata County, PA?
Over 58 years of USGS readings, the well tracking Juniata County's aquifer is holding roughly steady: 0.1 ft per decade.
This is one representative well, not a county-wide survey, the same grain limit every page here discloses.
Juniata County's source well, in detail
Depth to water at the last reading was 13.2 ft below land surface. Readings span 1968-06-01 to 2026-08-11, 270 measurements from USGS well USGS-402411077374801 (Ju 351 Juniata County Observation Well), part of the National Water Information System. The qualifying bar and the OLS fit behind this trend are documented in the methodology guide.
How Juniata County compares nationally
Juniata County sits at rank 720th 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. Juniata County, Pennsylvania is home to about 23,395 people. See the fastest-moving counties guide for how Juniata 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 Juniata 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.