Southampton County, VA Water Table Trend
Southampton County's groundwater trend, from USGS's own readings
Southampton County's long-term well puts the trend at 14.8 ft per decade, rising, getting shallower over time, based on 159 measurements since 1970.
This is one representative well, not a county-wide survey, the same grain limit every page here discloses.
Southampton County's source well, in detail
Depth to water at the last reading was 32.7 ft below land surface. Readings span 1970-08-17 to 2026-07-01, 159 measurements from USGS well USGS-363722077014601 (54a 1), part of the National Water Information System. The qualifying bar and the OLS fit behind this trend are documented in the methodology guide.
How Southampton County compares nationally
Southampton County sits at rank 14th 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. Southampton County, Virginia is home to about 17,941 people. See the fastest-moving counties guide for how Southampton 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 Southampton 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.