St. Francis County, AR Water Table Trend
St. Francis County, AR: what the water table is actually doing
Over 87 years of USGS readings, the well tracking St. Francis County's aquifer is declining faster than most declining counties: 4.8 ft per decade.
This is one representative well, not a county-wide survey, the same grain limit every page here discloses.
St. Francis County's source well, in detail
Depth to water at the last reading was 79.5 ft below land surface. Readings span 1937-05-07 to 2024-10-07, 64 measurements from USGS well USGS-345536091063401 (04n01w28cdd1), part of the National Water Information System. The qualifying bar and the OLS fit behind this trend are documented in the methodology guide.
How St. Francis County compares nationally
St. Francis County sits at rank 1300th 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. St. Francis County, Arkansas is home to about 21,822 people. See the fastest-moving counties guide for how St. Francis County stacks up against the most extreme cases nationally.
If you own a well in St. Francis County
A dropping water table means a residential pump has to reach deeper and work harder, which shortens its life. In St. Francis County, that trend is real, not assumed: 4.8 ft per decade over 87 years.
Depth and quality are separate questions
This page answers a depth question, not a quality one. A well in St. Francis 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.