Virginia Beach city, VA Water Table Trend
Virginia Beach city's groundwater trend, from USGS's own readings
Virginia Beach city's long-term well puts the trend at 2.3 ft per decade, declining at a typical pace for a declining county, based on 59 measurements since 1972.
This is one representative well, not a county-wide survey, the same grain limit every page here discloses.
Virginia Beach city's source well, in detail
Depth to water at the last reading was 16.6 ft below land surface. Readings span 1972-07-19 to 2026-03-30, 59 measurements from USGS well USGS-363325076005201 (62a 5), part of the National Water Information System. The qualifying bar and the OLS fit behind this trend are documented in the methodology guide.
How Virginia Beach city compares nationally
Virginia Beach city sits at rank 1208th 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. Virginia Beach city, Virginia is home to about 454,808 people. See the fastest-moving counties guide for how Virginia Beach city stacks up against the most extreme cases nationally.
If you own a well in Virginia Beach city
A dropping water table means a residential pump has to reach deeper and work harder, which shortens its life. In Virginia Beach city, that trend is real, not assumed: 2.3 ft per decade over 54 years.
Depth and quality are separate questions
This page answers a depth question, not a quality one. A well in Virginia Beach city 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.