Sharp County, AR Water Table Trend
Sharp County, AR: what the water table is actually doing
Sharp County's long-term well puts the trend at 1.2 ft per decade, rising, getting shallower over time, based on 36 measurements since 1966.
This is one representative well, not a county-wide survey, the same grain limit every page here discloses.
Sharp County's source well, in detail
Depth to water at the last reading was 120.3 ft below land surface. Readings span 1966-05-10 to 2025-04-17, 36 measurements from USGS well USGS-361325091363701 (18n06w10cbc1), part of the National Water Information System. The qualifying bar and the OLS fit behind this trend are documented in the methodology guide.
How Sharp County compares nationally
Sharp County sits at rank 214th 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. Sharp County, Arkansas is home to about 18,130 people. See the fastest-moving counties guide for how Sharp 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 Sharp 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.