ASHTABULA COUNTY, OHIO · 34 MIN FROM OUR CORTLAND OFFICE
Well Drilling &Water Treatmentin Andover, OH.
Andover sits in the lake country at the south end of Ashtabula County, a village surrounded by farm townships and the cottages and year-round homes around Pymatuning. Outside the village most of them are on private wells, and pump service is the call we get most from those homes. One team drills, treats, and services the whole system.
Whether you’re on a private well or city water, the same crew handles the water source, the pressure, and what comes out of the tap.
WATER TREATMENT
Well water treatment in Andover, OH
Around Andover the water questions are the county’s questions: iron that stains, hardness that scales, and the rotten-egg smell that comes and goes with the season. We test at the tap first, then match Chatfield Water Systems equipment to what the test finds. A home with iron and hardness gets an iron filter and a softener, in the right order, instead of one oversized unit.
New wells for homes, farms, and lake properties around Andover, drilled with the method the ground under your lot calls for, air rotary or cable tool. We handle the permit paperwork, set the casing and the pump, and test water flow before the rig leaves, so you know what the well gives before you build on it.
A pump that runs and never fills the tank, pressure that surges, no water on a summer morning: around Andover these usually trace to a worn submersible, a switch, or a waterlogged tank, and the crew carries all three. We diagnose first, replace the part that failed, and check the rest of the system while it is open.
The 554 domestic wells on file within 5 miles of Andover, from the state’s drilling logs: your neighbors’ wells, and the best guide to this ground.
WELL DEPTH60ftmedian of 554 wells
middle half 50–75 ft
YIELD10gpmmedian of 533 wells
middle half 4–20 gpm
DEPTH TO BEDROCK26ftmedian of 518 logs
middle half 19–34 ft
WATER LEVEL11ftbelow the surface, median
527 wells; middle half 7–20 ft
Source: ODNR well logs, domestic wells within 5 miles, retrieved 2026-09-30.
Sandstone, Shale and a Wide Range of Flow
What separates one Andover well from the next is flow more than depth. Of the 533 logs within five miles that record a yield, the middle half run from 4 to 20 gallons per minute. Depth varies far less, and the town's median matches the county's median for domestic wells.
The rock mapped at the town center may be part of the reason. The Berea Sandstone and Bedford Shale is a Devonian mix of sandstone, shale and siltstone, and sandstone usually gives up water more readily than shale. How much a new hole makes depends on the layers and fractures it crosses, which no map settles for a single lot. The pump is chosen from the flow measured when your own well is test-pumped. Any treatment is chosen from a test of its water, covered on the treatment page. Residential drilling covers the job.
A Short Lift for Andover Pumps
Water rises high in the wells around Andover. The static level, where water settles with the pump off, sits at 20 feet or less in three of every four logs that record it, and at 7 feet or less in the shallowest quarter.
That short lift gives a real choice of pump. With water this close to the surface, a jet pump in the basement or a pump house can often draw it up by suction. A submersible hangs in the well below the water line and pushes water up; it keeps working when heavy use draws the level down, which matters more on a slower well. Either is matched to the well's flow, with a pressure tank sized so the pump doesn't start every time a tap opens.
WATER IN ASHTABULA COUNTY
The Ashtabula County Water Record.
In USGS samples from across Ashtabula County, taken 1982–2016, 89% of wells were hard or very hard, 56% carried iron above the staining line, 78% had manganese above 0.05 mg/L. The full record, and what it means for treatment, is on the Ashtabula County page; your own well gets its own test.
WHY ANDOVER CHOOSES CHATFIELD
Local Ground. Local Knowledge.
Rated 4.7 on Google across 104 reviews. Here is what working with us looks like, in a customer’s words.
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FROM OUR CUSTOMERSPump replacement & well casing
“Chatfield Drilling replaced a submersible pump, extended our well casing above ground, and installed a sanitary cap at our farm house. This is our first experience with a well. Both Matt and Sam were happy to answer all of our questions, no matter how small, in a way that we could understand and enabled us to make informed decisions.”
Google review, Chatfield customer4.7 ★ · 104 reviews
Serving Ashtabula County and Northeast Ohio since 1967
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NEARBY
Also Serving the Communities Around Andover.
We send the same crews to each of these towns. If you’re between towns, pick the closest one; the service doesn’t change.
Yes. Pump service is the most common Andover call we take: submersible and jet pump repair and replacement, switch and pressure tank replacement, and constant-pressure upgrades for homes that have outgrown a small tank. The crew comes from our Cortland office with the common pump sizes on the truck.
Do you drill new wells around Andover and Pymatuning?+
Yes. Residential and agricultural wells across Andover and the townships around it, including lake properties. We match the drilling method to the ground, handle the permit, set the pump and tank, and test the flow before the job is done.
What water problems are common in Andover well water?+
Iron staining, hardness, and sulfur smell come up most, and many homes have more than one. A water test tells us which, and at what level, before any equipment is sized.
How far is Chatfield from Andover?+
Our Cortland office (7115 Hoagland Blackstub Rd. Unit C, Cortland, OH 44410) is about 34 minutes and 27 miles by road from Andover. Service calls for Andover are scheduled from there.
Which townships and boroughs around Andover do you serve?+
Andover and the municipalities around it: Andover Township, Cherry Valley Township, Richmond Township, Williamsfield Township, North Shenango Township, Pine Township, Dorset Township, Wayne Township, West Shenango Township, South Shenango Township. Beyond those, the rest of the 19 Ashtabula County communities on our service map, from the same office.
How deep are wells around Andover?+
Ohio’s well-log database lists 554 domestic wells within 5 miles of Andover: the median is 60 feet deep, and the middle half fall between 50 and 75 feet. The median well was logged at 10 gallons per minute. Drillers reached bedrock at a median of 26 feet. Your own well's depth depends on the ground under your lot.
How much casing goes into an Andover well?+
Usually enough to pass through the soil and loose ground and seat in the top of the rock, sealed so surface water can't follow it down. Around Andover, the 518 logs that record depth to rock put it between 19 and 34 feet in their middle half, a narrow band, so casing length is one of the more predictable parts of a new well here.
Does Andover-Camplands Water come from wells too?+
Yes. EPA lists it as a groundwater system with 3 active wells and one treatment plant. A home with its own well has no plant upstream. The owner looks after the pump, switch and tank, and treats at the house if a test calls for it. Homes on the system get their water report from the utility.
