Northampton County, VA Water Table Trend
Northampton County, VA: what the water table is actually doing
Over 49 years of USGS readings, the well tracking Northampton County's aquifer is holding roughly steady: 0.1 ft per decade.
This is one representative well, not a county-wide survey, the same grain limit every page here discloses.
Northampton County's source well, in detail
Depth to water at the last reading was 15.2 ft below land surface. Readings span 1977-09-01 to 2026-07-21, 181 measurements from USGS well USGS-371709075560804 (63g 21 Sow 104s), part of the National Water Information System. The qualifying bar and the OLS fit behind this trend are documented in the methodology guide.
How Northampton County compares nationally
Northampton County sits at rank 722nd 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. Northampton County, Virginia is home to about 12,004 people. See the fastest-moving counties guide for how Northampton County stacks up against the most extreme cases nationally.
Depth and quality are separate questions
This page answers a depth question, not a quality one. A well in Northampton 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.