Lackawanna County, PA Water Table Trend
Lackawanna County's groundwater trend, from USGS's own readings
Over 25 years of USGS readings, the well tracking Lackawanna County's aquifer is rising, getting shallower over time: 0.7 ft per decade.
One well stands in for Lackawanna 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 57.8 ft below land surface. Readings span 2001-10-15 to 2026-09-11, 187 measurements from USGS well USGS-413346075421301 (Lk 508 Lackawanna 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.
Where Lackawanna County ranks
Of the 1,449 US counties with a usable trend, Lackawanna County ranks 314th from fastest-rising to fastest-declining, 1 is the fastest-rising water table measured, 1449 the fastest-declining. About 216,859 people live in Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania. See the fastest-moving counties guide for how Lackawanna County stacks up against the most extreme cases nationally.
A dropping table says nothing about water quality
Whether Lackawanna 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.