Pitt County, NC Water Table Trend
Is the water table dropping in Pitt County, NC?
Pitt County's long-term well puts the trend at 0.1 ft per decade, holding roughly steady, based on 224 measurements since 1994.
One well stands in for Pitt 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 8.4 ft below land surface. Readings span 1994-09-07 to 2026-10-22, 224 measurements from USGS well USGS-353219077153801 (Pi-532 Nc-160 Nr Simpson, 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 Pitt County ranks
Of the 1,449 US counties with a usable trend, Pitt County ranks 537th from fastest-rising to fastest-declining, 1 is the fastest-rising water table measured, 1449 the fastest-declining. About 180,783 people live in Pitt County, North Carolina. See the fastest-moving counties guide for how Pitt County stacks up against the most extreme cases nationally.
A dropping table says nothing about water quality
Whether Pitt 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.