OHIO · 39 MIN FROM OUR CORTLAND OFFICE
Ashtabula County is the top of our Ohio map, about forty minutes from the Cortland office. Its wells are shallow on the state’s record and its water is hard on the federal one, and Andover, Jefferson, Ashtabula, Geneva, and the townships between them get the same crews.
Serving our communities since 1967
WHERE WE WORK IN ASHTABULA COUNTY
From Andover and Jefferson to Ashtabula, Geneva, and Conneaut, Chatfield brings well drilling, water treatment, and pump service to homes, farms, and businesses across Ashtabula County.
Between towns, or not on the list? We cover the whole county, so call and we’ll schedule from Cortland.
WHAT WE DO IN ASHTABULA COUNTY
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.
Whether you’re drilling a new well or replacing an old one, our skilled team uses proven drilling methods for maximum efficiency and reliability. From start to finish, we manage the entire process so you can enjoy a worry-free water supply.
Poor water quality can impact your health, appliances, and plumbing. Our tailored treatment systems improve water taste, smell, and safety, with solutions for both private well water and municipal water supplies.
Your water system is only as good as its pump and pressure components. We install, maintain, and repair systems for peak performance, and we respond quickly to restore water service and prevent further damage.
WATER IN ASHTABULA COUNTY
In most of Ashtabula County’s 19 mapped towns, water in the median well stands 20 feet or less below the ground. What changes from town to town is yield: 3 gallons a minute near Dorset and Kingsville, 15 near Williamsfield.
Yield is where Ashtabula County wells differ most. Within 5 miles of Williamsfield, the median logged well gives 15 gallons a minute. Andover’s median is 10 and Windsor’s 9. Near Dorset and Kingsville it drops to 3, and near Ashtabula, Jefferson, North Kingsville, Pierpont, Roaming Shores and Rock Creek it is 4.
Depth varies less. Median wells run from 80 feet at Windsor, 76 at Williamsfield and 75 at Austinburg down to 53 at Jefferson, 51 at Dorset and 50 at Pierpont. On a well that gives 3 or 4 gallons a minute, the pump and pressure tank have to be sized to that flow, and the nearest well logs are the starting point for a new well.
The rock mapped at 16 of the 19 town centers is Ohio Shale. Andover and East Orwell are on Berea Sandstone and Bedford Shale, and Williamsfield on the Maxville Limestone with the Rushville, Logan and Cuyahoga Formations.
How far down the rock starts varies more than the rock itself. Logs near Rome put the median depth to bedrock at 18 feet, Windsor at 19, and Orwell and Rock Creek at 20. Near Conneaut it is 68 feet, with North Kingsville at 52 and Austinburg at 47. Water levels range widely too, from a median 7 feet below ground at Dorset to 47 at Conneaut. Where rock and water sit this close to the surface, a yearly bacteria test is worth keeping up.
EPA’s map puts 12 of the 19 towns inside a public water system. Three of those systems draw from Lake Erie. Aqua Ohio - Ashtabula serves Ashtabula, Kingsville and North Kingsville, and the other two are Conneaut and the Lake County East Water Subdistrict, mapped at Unionville Center. Andover-Camplands Water and Orwell Village, which covers Orwell and East Orwell, pump groundwater from 3 and 6 active wells. Geneva, Jefferson, Roaming Shores and Rock Creek buy water from Aqua Ohio - Ashtabula, the Ashtabula County Water System, or both.
Austinburg, Dorset, New Lyme, Pierpont, Rome, Williamsfield and Windsor show no system on the map, which does not rule out a public connection for homes there. For well chemistry, the USGS county record is small: 9 wells for hardness, iron and manganese, 48 for pH, sampled in 1982 and 2016. The Ashtabula County water treatment page works through it.
Source: Water quality: USGS National Water Information System results for Ashtabula County wells, served through the Water Quality Portal, sampled between 1982 and 2016, retrieved 2026-09-14. Each well counts once, as the median of its samples. The 0.3 mg/L iron and 0.05 mg/L manganese marks are EPA secondary standards, which are aesthetic limits, not health limits. Well depth: Ohio Department of Natural Resources well-log database, 5,480 domestic wells in Ashtabula County with a recorded depth, logged between 1936 and 2026, retrieved 2026-09-14.
WHY ASHTABULA COUNTY CHOOSES CHATFIELD
Rated 4.7 on Google across 104 reviews. Here is what working with us looks like, in a customer’s words.
“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.”
ALSO SERVING
We cover ten counties in two states from the same two offices. If you’re near a county line, either page gets you the same crew.
A LITTLE CLARITY
Yes. Residential and agricultural wells across Ashtabula County, drilled with air rotary or cable tool methods to suit the ground, with Ohio EPA permit assistance and submersible pump installation as part of the job. On the state well-log record, Ashtabula County wells are the shallowest on our map: a median of 60 feet across 5,480 domestic logs.
Very hard, on the record we have: USGS results for nine Ashtabula County wells put the median at 311 mg/L, about 18 grains per gallon, with eight of the nine hard or very hard. Nine wells is a small record, so your softener gets sized from your own test, not the county number.
Our Cortland office is at 7115 Hoagland Blackstub Rd. Unit C, Cortland, OH 44410, about 39 minutes and 30.6 miles by road from Jefferson. Service calls for Ashtabula County are scheduled from Cortland.
All of them. Our service map lists 19 Ashtabula County communities, including Andover, Ashtabula, Jefferson, Austinburg, Conneaut, Dorset, and the townships between them. If your town is not on the map, call anyway; the county line is the boundary, not the town list.
In USGS records for 9 Ashtabula County wells, the median hardness was 311 mg/L as calcium carbonate, about 18.2 grains per gallon, and 89% of wells were hard or very hard. A softener sized to your test result handles it. The test comes first because hardness varies well to well, even on the same road.
Often. 56% of the Ashtabula County wells in USGS records were above 0.3 mg/L of iron, the level where orange staining starts, and 78% were above 0.05 mg/L of manganese, the level behind black marks and a metallic taste. The FerronX Iron System treats iron and dissolved metals at the point of entry; testing establishes the level and the right configuration.
Ohio's well-log database holds 5,480 domestic well logs for Ashtabula County: the median well is 60 feet deep, and the middle half fall between 50 and 80 feet. Your well's depth depends on the formation under your property and the yield your household needs, which is why Chatfield tests water flow rather than drilling to a number.
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(724) 588-2652A LITTLE KNOWLEDGE GOES A LONG WAY
WATER TESTINGWhat a test measures, what the results mean, and what happens next.
WELL DRILLINGWhat drives the price of drilling a well in our region, and what to ask before you sign.
WATER PROBLEMSThe signs, what causes hardness in our region, and how to confirm it.
YOUR NEXT STEP
Tell us what you’re noticing. We’ll come out from Cortland, test your water, and walk you through the next step.