Scotland County, NC Water Table Trend
Is the water table dropping in Scotland County, NC?
Over 57 years of USGS readings, the well tracking Scotland County's aquifer is rising, getting shallower over time: 0.8 ft per decade.
This is one representative well, not a county-wide survey, the same grain limit every page here discloses.
Scotland County's source well, in detail
Depth to water at the last reading was 15.1 ft below land surface. Readings span 1969-07-07 to 2026-10-06, 183 measurements from USGS well USGS-344520079281001 (Sc-040 At Laurinburg, Nc Black Creek), part of the National Water Information System. The qualifying bar and the OLS fit behind this trend are documented in the methodology guide.
How Scotland County compares nationally
Scotland County sits at rank 296th 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. Scotland County, North Carolina is home to about 33,898 people. See the fastest-moving counties guide for how Scotland 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 Scotland 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.