Pulaski County, VA Water Table Trend
Pulaski County, VA: what the water table is actually doing
Pulaski County's long-term well puts the trend at 0.1 ft per decade, holding roughly steady, based on 306 measurements since 1969.
One well stands in for Pulaski 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 22.6 ft below land surface. Readings span 1969-10-21 to 2026-10-13, 306 measurements from USGS well USGS-370254080374401 (25e 1 Sow 009), part of the National Water Information System. The qualifying bar and the OLS fit behind this trend are documented in the methodology guide.
Where Pulaski County ranks
Of the 1,449 US counties with a usable trend, Pulaski County ranks 568th from fastest-rising to fastest-declining, 1 is the fastest-rising water table measured, 1449 the fastest-declining. About 33,579 people live in Pulaski County, Virginia. See the fastest-moving counties guide for how Pulaski County stacks up against the most extreme cases nationally.
A dropping table says nothing about water quality
Whether Pulaski 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.