Pamlico County, NC Water Table Trend
Is the water table dropping in Pamlico County, NC?
Over 16 years of USGS readings, the well tracking Pamlico County's aquifer is rising, getting shallower over time: 0.7 ft per decade.
One well stands in for Pamlico 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 4.1 ft below land surface. Readings span 2009-10-28 to 2025-09-11, 9 measurements from USGS well USGS-350637076493001 (Pa-192 Lu-16a Nr Grantsboro, Nc Surficial), part of the National Water Information System. The qualifying bar and the OLS fit behind this trend are documented in the methodology guide.
Where Pamlico County ranks
Of the 1,449 US counties with a usable trend, Pamlico County ranks 315th from fastest-rising to fastest-declining, 1 is the fastest-rising water table measured, 1449 the fastest-declining. About 12,550 people live in Pamlico County, North Carolina. See the fastest-moving counties guide for how Pamlico County stacks up against the most extreme cases nationally.
A dropping table says nothing about water quality
Whether Pamlico 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.