TRUMBULL COUNTY, OHIO · 19 MIN FROM OUR CORTLAND OFFICE
Under Burghill, the mapped bedrock is a mix rather than a single layer: the Maxville Limestone and the Rushville, Logan and Cuyahoga Formations, with shale, siltstone, sandstone, conglomerate and limestone among them. The well logs meet rock close to the surface, at a median of 19 feet, above a median finished well of 85 feet.
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WHAT WE DO IN BURGHILL
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.
Some checks, such as hardness and pH, can be read on site. Others, such as bacteria, go to a certified lab, and Chatfield handles both. Limestone is among the rocks mapped here, so hardness is one result worth watching, with a LuxSoft softener if it runs high.
Half the logs hit rock by 19 feet, so casing, which Ohio requires to reach at least 25 feet, is usually seated in rock. A median depth of 85 feet ties the area for 20th of 23 Trumbull County towns, under the county's 96, with a quarter of wells past 120.
Yields spread from 10 to 30 gallons a minute in the middle half of logs, with a quarter at 30 or more. Water stands at a median of 21 feet but 39 or deeper in one log of four, and that deeper water moves the pump's setting down.
WELLS AROUND BURGHILL
The 597 domestic wells on file within 5 miles of Burghill, from the state’s drilling logs: your neighbors’ wells, and the best guide to this ground.
middle half 70–120 ft
middle half 10–30 gpm
middle half 13–26 ft
570 wells; middle half 13–39 ft
Source: ODNR well logs, domestic wells within 5 miles, retrieved 2026-09-30.
Geologic maps put more than one unit at the town center: the Maxville Limestone along with the Rushville, Logan and Cuyahoga Formations, spanning the Devonian to the Mississippian. That is the map at one point, not a record of each well. The yields in the logs vary widely too, from 10 gallons a minute or less in the lower quarter to 30 or more in the upper one.
What the logs agree on is the shallow start. Rock sits at 19 feet in the median log and within 26 feet in three logs of four, so most of the well is drilled rock. Residential well drilling covers the drilling itself, and well cleaning is the page for a well that gives less than it used to.
Static water around Burghill sits at a median of 21 feet, but it ranges from 13 feet or less in the shallow quarter to 39 or more in the deep one. The pump goes below the level the water falls to while pumping, so a well with water at 39 feet gets a deeper setting than one at 13, even at the same yield.
A submersible pump is the usual choice at these depths. Its size comes from the tested yield and that lift, and a pressure tank matched to it stops the pump cycling on every small draw. When an older system short-cycles or loses pressure, pump repair starts with the tank's air charge and the switch.
WHY BURGHILL CHOOSES CHATFIELD
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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 19 minutes and 12 miles by road from Burghill. Service calls for Burghill are scheduled from there.
Burghill and the municipalities around it: Vernon Township, Orangeville, Hartford Township, Johnston Township, South Pymatuning Township, Fowler Township, Yankee Lake, West Salem Township, Kinsman Township, Pymatuning Township. Beyond those, the rest of the 23 Trumbull County communities on our service map, from the same office.
Ohio’s well-log database lists 597 domestic wells within 5 miles of Burghill: the median is 85 feet deep, and the middle half fall between 70 and 120 feet. The median well was logged at 15 gallons per minute. Drillers reached bedrock at a median of 19 feet. Your own well's depth depends on the ground under your lot.
It depends on where your well falls in a wide range: the middle half of logs here give 10 to 30 gallons a minute. Near the top there is room for more bathrooms; near the bottom, a larger pressure tank and a carefully sized pump help it keep pace. Your well log’s yield, or a fresh measurement, is the starting point.
It is a sensible step. An inspection of the well and its equipment, with a water test alongside, shows the condition of the system and what the water carries before you commit. The seller may also have the well's drilling log, with its recorded depth and yield.
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