Talbot County, MD Water Table Trend
Is the water table dropping in Talbot County, MD?
Talbot County's long-term well puts the trend at 4.8 ft per decade, rising, getting shallower over time, based on 585 measurements since 1948.
This is one representative well, not a county-wide survey, the same grain limit every page here discloses.
Talbot County's source well, in detail
Depth to water at the last reading was 18.6 ft below land surface. Readings span 1948-10-07 to 2026-09-22, 585 measurements from USGS well USGS-384643076043801 (Ta Ce 7), part of the National Water Information System. The qualifying bar and the OLS fit behind this trend are documented in the methodology guide.
How Talbot County compares nationally
Talbot County sits at rank 55th 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. Talbot County, Maryland is home to about 38,244 people. See the fastest-moving counties guide for how Talbot 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 Talbot 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.