Pike County, PA Water Table Trend
Pike County, PA: what the water table is actually doing
Pike County's long-term well puts the trend at 1.4 ft per decade, rising, getting shallower over time, based on 244 measurements since 1973.
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
The most recent reading put water 74.7 ft below land surface. Readings span 1973-01-01 to 2026-06-29, 244 measurements from USGS well USGS-410940074583401 (Pi 200 Pike County Observation Well), 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 181st from fastest-rising to fastest-declining, 1 is the fastest-rising water table measured, 1449 the fastest-declining. About 62,376 people live in Pike County, Pennsylvania. 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.