Spartanburg County, SC Water Table Trend
Is the water table dropping in Spartanburg County, SC?
Spartanburg County's long-term well puts the trend at 3.1 ft per decade, declining at a typical pace for a declining county, based on 234 measurements since 1993.
This is one representative well, not a county-wide survey, the same grain limit every page here discloses.
Spartanburg County's source well, in detail
Depth to water at the last reading was 43.9 ft below land surface. Readings span 1993-09-13 to 2024-12-02, 234 measurements from USGS well USGS-345145081502900 (Sp-1581), part of the National Water Information System. The qualifying bar and the OLS fit behind this trend are documented in the methodology guide.
How Spartanburg County compares nationally
Spartanburg County sits at rank 1247th 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. Spartanburg County, South Carolina is home to about 369,256 people. See the fastest-moving counties guide for how Spartanburg County stacks up against the most extreme cases nationally.
If you own a well in Spartanburg County
A dropping water table means a residential pump has to reach deeper and work harder, which shortens its life. In Spartanburg County, that trend is real, not assumed: 3.1 ft per decade over 31 years.
Depth and quality are separate questions
This page answers a depth question, not a quality one. A well in Spartanburg 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.