King and Queen County, VA Water Table Trend
Is the water table dropping in King and Queen County, VA?
King and Queen County's representative monitoring well shows depth to water declining faster than most declining counties, a fitted trend of 14.1 ft per decade over 65 years of readings.
This is one representative well, not a county-wide survey, the same grain limit every page here discloses.
King and Queen County's source well, in detail
Depth to water at the last reading was 130.7 ft below land surface. Readings span 1962-03-07 to 2026-10-14, 292 measurements from USGS well USGS-373126076454101 (56j 11 Sow 073), part of the National Water Information System. The qualifying bar and the OLS fit behind this trend are documented in the methodology guide.
How King and Queen County compares nationally
King and Queen County sits at rank 1420th 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. King and Queen County, Virginia is home to about 6,747 people. See the fastest-moving counties guide for how King and Queen County stacks up against the most extreme cases nationally.
If you own a well in King and Queen County
A dropping water table means a residential pump has to reach deeper and work harder, which shortens its life. In King and Queen County, that trend is real, not assumed: 14.1 ft per decade over 65 years.
Depth and quality are separate questions
This page answers a depth question, not a quality one. A well in King and Queen 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.