Queens County, NY Water Table Trend
Is the water table dropping in Queens County, NY?
Over 80 years of USGS readings, the well tracking Queens County's aquifer is rising, getting shallower over time: 2.9 ft per decade.
One well stands in for Queens 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 17.6 ft below land surface. Readings span 1946-06-10 to 2026-04-23, 571 measurements from USGS well USGS-404451073475003 (Q 283. 2), part of the National Water Information System. The qualifying bar and the OLS fit behind this trend are documented in the methodology guide.
Where Queens County ranks
Of the 1,449 US counties with a usable trend, Queens County ranks 95th from fastest-rising to fastest-declining, 1 is the fastest-rising water table measured, 1449 the fastest-declining. About 2,316,841 people live in Queens County, New York. See the fastest-moving counties guide for how Queens County stacks up against the most extreme cases nationally.
A dropping table says nothing about water quality
Whether Queens 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.