Transylvania County, NC Water Table Trend
Transylvania County, NC: what the water table is actually doing
Transylvania County's long-term well puts the trend at 0 ft per decade, holding roughly steady, based on 231 measurements since 1985.
This is one representative well, not a county-wide survey, the same grain limit every page here discloses.
Transylvania County's source well, in detail
Depth to water at the last reading was 17.4 ft below land surface. Readings span 1985-06-07 to 2026-10-07, 231 measurements from USGS well USGS-351709082434101 (Tr-066 Nc-147 Pisgah Forest Alluvium), part of the National Water Information System. The qualifying bar and the OLS fit behind this trend are documented in the methodology guide.
How Transylvania County compares nationally
Transylvania County sits at rank 676th 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. Transylvania County, North Carolina is home to about 34,103 people. See the fastest-moving counties guide for how Transylvania 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 Transylvania 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.