Potter County, PA Water Table Trend
Potter County, PA: what the water table is actually doing
Potter County's long-term well puts the trend at 0.2 ft per decade, holding roughly steady, based on 294 measurements since 1967.
This is one representative well, not a county-wide survey, the same grain limit every page here discloses.
Potter County's source well, in detail
Depth to water at the last reading was 22.9 ft below land surface. Readings span 1967-10-01 to 2026-09-30, 294 measurements from USGS well USGS-414640077493801 (Po 72 Potter 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.
How Potter County compares nationally
Potter County sits at rank 808th 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. Potter County, Pennsylvania is home to about 15,993 people. See the fastest-moving counties guide for how Potter 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 Potter 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.