Wayne County, NC Water Table Trend
Wayne County, NC: what the water table is actually doing
Wayne County's long-term well puts the trend at 0.2 ft per decade, holding roughly steady, based on 229 measurements since 1980.
This is one representative well, not a county-wide survey, the same grain limit every page here discloses.
Wayne County's source well, in detail
Depth to water at the last reading was 7.9 ft below land surface. Readings span 1980-02-12 to 2026-10-19, 229 measurements from USGS well USGS-351849078163901 (Wa-154 Nc-148 Nr Grantham, Nc Surficial), part of the National Water Information System. The qualifying bar and the OLS fit behind this trend are documented in the methodology guide.
How Wayne County compares nationally
Wayne County sits at rank 782nd 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. Wayne County, North Carolina is home to about 120,338 people. See the fastest-moving counties guide for how Wayne 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 Wayne 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.