Kent County, MD Water Table Trend
Kent County's groundwater trend, from USGS's own readings
Kent County's long-term well puts the trend at 1 ft per decade, declining, slower than most declining counties, based on 201 measurements since 1977.
This is one representative well, not a county-wide survey, the same grain limit every page here discloses.
Kent County's source well, in detail
Depth to water at the last reading was 31.5 ft below land surface. Readings span 1977-11-01 to 2026-04-27, 201 measurements from USGS well USGS-391815075472102 (Ke Bg 34), part of the National Water Information System. The qualifying bar and the OLS fit behind this trend are documented in the methodology guide.
How Kent County compares nationally
Kent County sits at rank 1075th 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. Kent County, Maryland is home to about 19,557 people. See the fastest-moving counties guide for how Kent County stacks up against the most extreme cases nationally.
If you own a well in Kent County
A dropping water table means a residential pump has to reach deeper and work harder, which shortens its life. In Kent County, that trend is real, not assumed: 1 ft per decade over 49 years.
Depth and quality are separate questions
This page answers a depth question, not a quality one. A well in Kent 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.