Ritchie County, WV Water Table Trend
Ritchie County's groundwater trend, from USGS's own readings
Over 16 years of USGS readings, the well tracking Ritchie County's aquifer is holding roughly steady: 0.4 ft per decade.
This is one representative well, not a county-wide survey, the same grain limit every page here discloses.
Ritchie County's source well, in detail
Depth to water at the last reading was 25.7 ft below land surface. Readings span 2010-04-05 to 2026-08-11, 90 measurements from USGS well USGS-391308081064201 (Rit-0116), part of the National Water Information System. The qualifying bar and the OLS fit behind this trend are documented in the methodology guide.
How Ritchie County compares nationally
Ritchie County sits at rank 376th 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. Ritchie County, West Virginia is home to about 8,170 people. See the fastest-moving counties guide for how Ritchie 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 Ritchie 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.