Schuylkill County, PA Water Table Trend
Is the water table dropping in Schuylkill County, PA?
Schuylkill County's long-term well puts the trend at 0.5 ft per decade, holding roughly steady, based on 251 measurements since 1975.
This is one representative well, not a county-wide survey, the same grain limit every page here discloses.
Schuylkill County's source well, in detail
Depth to water at the last reading was 53.2 ft below land surface. Readings span 1975-07-01 to 2026-09-09, 251 measurements from USGS well USGS-404708076070701 (Sc 296 Schuylkill 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 Schuylkill County compares nationally
Schuylkill County sits at rank 939th 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. Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania is home to about 144,523 people. See the fastest-moving counties guide for how Schuylkill 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 Schuylkill 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.