Orange County, NY Water Table Trend
Orange County's groundwater trend, from USGS's own readings
Over 24 years of USGS readings, the well tracking Orange 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.
Orange County's source well, in detail
Depth to water at the last reading was 6.8 ft below land surface. Readings span 2002-12-12 to 2026-07-28, 125 measurements from USGS well USGS-412637074362301 (Local Number, O-2271, Myers Grove Ny), part of the National Water Information System. The qualifying bar and the OLS fit behind this trend are documented in the methodology guide.
How Orange County compares nationally
Orange County sits at rank 770th 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. Orange County, New York is home to about 411,767 people. See the fastest-moving counties guide for how Orange 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 Orange 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.