Vinton County, OH Water Table Trend
Vinton County, OH: what the water table is actually doing
Vinton County's long-term well puts the trend at 2.1 ft per decade, declining at a typical pace for a declining county, based on 65 measurements since 1980.
This is one representative well, not a county-wide survey, the same grain limit every page here discloses.
Vinton County's source well, in detail
Depth to water at the last reading was 95 ft below land surface. Readings span 1980-07-17 to 2026-04-08, 65 measurements from USGS well OH015-391452082282900 (V-1 Oh), part of the National Water Information System. The qualifying bar and the OLS fit behind this trend are documented in the methodology guide.
How Vinton County compares nationally
Vinton County sits at rank 1192nd 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. Vinton County, Ohio is home to about 12,545 people. See the fastest-moving counties guide for how Vinton County stacks up against the most extreme cases nationally.
If you own a well in Vinton County
A dropping water table means a residential pump has to reach deeper and work harder, which shortens its life. In Vinton County, that trend is real, not assumed: 2.1 ft per decade over 46 years.
Depth and quality are separate questions
This page answers a depth question, not a quality one. A well in Vinton 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.