LAWRENCE COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA · 53 MIN FROM OUR CORTLAND OFFICE
A new well near Bessemer is likely to be a deep one. The 712 depth logs within 5 miles put the median at 150 feet, third of nine Lawrence County towns, and a quarter went past 200. Depth shapes the drilling, the pump setting and the cost here.
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WHAT WE DO IN BESSEMER
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.
The borough’s system holds iron and manganese in the water by sequestration, and a private well has no such step. A water test, on site or through a certified lab, shows whether a FerronX Iron System should take them out at the house.
Rock arrives at a median 31 feet in the 597 logs that note it, and past 52 on a quarter of them. Casing usually runs down to rock, and the rest of a well that often tops 150 feet is open bore in rock.
At these depths a submersible pump is the norm. Yields vary: a median 15 gallons a minute, but a quarter of 683 logs show 9 or less, where a larger pressure tank or storage with a booster pump helps.
WELLS AROUND BESSEMER
The 712 domestic wells on file within 5 miles of Bessemer, from the state’s drilling logs: your neighbors’ wells, and the best guide to this ground.
middle half 110–200 ft
middle half 9–30 gpm
middle half 16–52 ft
PaGWIS records
Source: PaGWIS (PA DCNR), domestic wells within 5 miles, retrieved 2026-09-30; older paper-record locations are approximate.
The depth logs here start deep and stay deep: only a quarter of the 712 records finished at 110 feet or less. The Allegheny Formation is mapped at the town center, Pennsylvanian layers of sandstone, shale, limestone, clay and coal, and a typical bore spends far more of its length in rock than above it.
A deeper well costs more to drill, and it needs a pump system chosen for the depth: a submersible pump with the wire, pipe and horsepower for the depth it is set at. The cost page explains how footage adds up. Chatfield’s crew comes from the Cortland office, and PA DEP permit assistance is part of the job on this side of the state line.
EPA lists Bessemer Borough Water Department as a groundwater system with two active wells, Well #1 and Well #2, and one treatment plant. It serves about 1,100 people through 498 connections. The steps it reports are chlorine, sequestration for iron and manganese, and 4-log treatment of viruses. Sequestration binds those metals so they stay dissolved rather than filtering them out, and the virus treatment means nearly every one is killed. Customers get their water report from the borough.
On a private well, iron is removed rather than held. A FerronX Iron System takes it out where the water enters the house. Iron turns up often in the county’s USGS well samples, so a water test is worth doing before choosing equipment. See iron removal for how it fits.
WATER IN LAWRENCE COUNTY
In USGS samples from across Lawrence County, taken 1928–2023, 86% of wells were hard or very hard, 79% carried iron above the staining line, 58% had manganese above 0.05 mg/L. The full record, and what it means for treatment, is on the Lawrence County page; your own well gets its own test.
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NEARBY
We send the same crews to each of these towns. If you’re between towns, pick the closest one; the service doesn’t change.
A LITTLE CLARITY
Our Cortland office (7115 Hoagland Blackstub Rd. Unit C, Cortland, OH 44410) is about 53 minutes and 32 miles by road from Bessemer. Service calls for Bessemer are scheduled from there.
Bessemer and the municipalities around it: S.N.P.J., North Beaver Township, New Middletown, Mahoning Township, Springfield Township, Poland Township, Lowellville, Union Township, Taylor Township, Little Beaver Township. Beyond those, the rest of the 9 Lawrence County communities on our service map, from the same office.
Pennsylvania’s groundwater database (PaGWIS) lists 712 domestic wells within 5 miles of Bessemer: the median is 150 feet deep, and the middle half fall between 110 and 200 feet. The median well was logged at 15 gallons per minute. Drillers reached bedrock at a median of 31 feet. Your own well's depth depends on the ground under your lot.
It can still run a house. A quarter of the 683 yield logs around here show 9 or less, so it isn’t unusual. The pump is sized to what the well gives, and a larger pressure tank or a storage tank with a booster pump covers peak use. On a deep well, setting the pump at the right depth matters as much as its size.
It can be. A constant-pressure upgrade uses a variable-speed controller to hold pressure steady as demand changes, rather than letting it swing between the pressure switch settings. On a deep well with a moderate yield, it evens out showers and appliances running together, though it can’t make the well produce more. The Cortland office can size one; call (330) 828-6060.
Talk with the Chatfield team.
(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 PROBLEMSIron and manganese in well water: what causes it and how a test confirms 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.