Lee County, AR Water Table Trend
Lee County, AR: what the water table is actually doing
Over 68 years of USGS readings, the well tracking Lee County's aquifer is declining at a typical pace for a declining county: 2 ft per decade.
This is one representative well, not a county-wide survey, the same grain limit every page here discloses.
Lee County's source well, in detail
Depth to water at the last reading was 18.6 ft below land surface. Readings span 1957-11-22 to 2026-04-23, 104 measurements from USGS well USGS-343923090454901 (01n03e35bba1), part of the National Water Information System. The qualifying bar and the OLS fit behind this trend are documented in the methodology guide.
How Lee County compares nationally
Lee County sits at rank 1180th 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. Lee County, Arkansas is home to about 8,104 people. See the fastest-moving counties guide for how Lee County stacks up against the most extreme cases nationally.
If you own a well in Lee County
A dropping water table means a residential pump has to reach deeper and work harder, which shortens its life. In Lee County, that trend is real, not assumed: 2 ft per decade over 68 years.
Depth and quality are separate questions
This page answers a depth question, not a quality one. A well in Lee 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.