Pike County, AR Water Table Trend
Pike County, AR: what the water table is actually doing
Over 30 years of USGS readings, the well tracking Pike County's aquifer is holding roughly steady: 0.1 ft per decade.
One well stands in for Pike County's whole aquifer here, the honest simplification every page on this site carries.
What the well actually measured
This well is artesian, water currently stands 1.3 ft above land surface (flowing/artesian), not drawn up from a depth. Readings span 1996-09-04 to 2026-04-27, 11 measurements from USGS well USGS-340213093293001 (08s23w19adc1), part of the National Water Information System. The qualifying bar and the OLS fit behind this trend are documented in the methodology guide.
Where Pike County ranks
Of the 1,449 US counties with a usable trend, Pike County ranks 557th from fastest-rising to fastest-declining, 1 is the fastest-rising water table measured, 1449 the fastest-declining. About 10,027 people live in Pike County, Arkansas. See the fastest-moving counties guide for how Pike County stacks up against the most extreme cases nationally.
A dropping table says nothing about water quality
Whether Pike 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.