Newport News city, VA Water Table Trend
Is the water table dropping in Newport News city, VA?
Over 59 years of USGS readings, the well tracking Newport News city's aquifer is declining faster than most declining counties: 10.7 ft per decade.
This is one representative well, not a county-wide survey, the same grain limit every page here discloses.
Newport News city's source well, in detail
Depth to water at the last reading was 103.6 ft below land surface. Readings span 1968-01-01 to 2026-09-03, 332 measurements from USGS well USGS-371027076335601 (58f 1 Sow 002), part of the National Water Information System. The qualifying bar and the OLS fit behind this trend are documented in the methodology guide.
How Newport News city compares nationally
Newport News city sits at rank 1398th 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. Newport News city, Virginia is home to about 183,056 people. See the fastest-moving counties guide for how Newport News city stacks up against the most extreme cases nationally.
If you own a well in Newport News city
A dropping water table means a residential pump has to reach deeper and work harder, which shortens its life. In Newport News city, that trend is real, not assumed: 10.7 ft per decade over 59 years.
Depth and quality are separate questions
This page answers a depth question, not a quality one. A well in Newport News city 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.