Susquehanna County, PA Water Table Trend
Is the water table dropping in Susquehanna County, PA?
Susquehanna County's long-term well puts the trend at 3.7 ft per decade, declining at a typical pace for a declining county, based on 176 measurements since 1972.
This is one representative well, not a county-wide survey, the same grain limit every page here discloses.
Susquehanna County's source well, in detail
Depth to water at the last reading was 38.3 ft below land surface. Readings span 1972-06-01 to 2017-10-18, 176 measurements from USGS well USGS-415323077451301 (Sq 61 Susquehanna County Observation Well), part of the National Water Information System. The qualifying bar and the OLS fit behind this trend are documented in the methodology guide.
How Susquehanna County compares nationally
Susquehanna County sits at rank 1268th 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. Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania is home to about 38,100 people. See the fastest-moving counties guide for how Susquehanna County stacks up against the most extreme cases nationally.
If you own a well in Susquehanna County
A dropping water table means a residential pump has to reach deeper and work harder, which shortens its life. In Susquehanna County, that trend is real, not assumed: 3.7 ft per decade over 45 years.
Depth and quality are separate questions
This page answers a depth question, not a quality one. A well in Susquehanna 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.