CRAWFORD COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA · 81 MIN FROM OUR GREENVILLE OFFICE
Centerville’s well logs pair depth with modest flow. The area ranks 4th of 16 Crawford County towns by median well depth, yet the median of 166 logged yields is 11 gallons per minute, and a quarter came in at 8 or less. Planning a well here means allowing for footage and sizing the pump to a slower well.
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WHAT WE DO IN CENTERVILLE
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Iron turns up in Crawford County’s USGS samples, over the 0.3 mg/L staining line in 35% of 34 wells. A water test on a Centerville well shows whether a FerronX Iron System is needed for iron or manganese.
The logs put rock at a median 31 feet, and casing usually runs down to it, leaving most of the hole in rock. Under the town center the mapped unit is Corry Sandstone through Riceville Formation, Late Devonian sandstone, shale and siltstone. Chatfield drills by air rotary and cable tool.
At a median 11 gallons per minute, with 8 or less in a quarter of logs, the pump has to be matched to the flow. A pump bigger than the well can supply draws it down; a matched submersible avoids that, and a larger pressure tank covers the peaks.
WELLS AROUND CENTERVILLE
The 169 domestic wells on file within 5 miles of Centerville, from the state’s drilling logs: your neighbors’ wells, and the best guide to this ground.
middle half 62–120 ft
middle half 8–20 gpm
middle half 20–51 ft
PaGWIS records
Source: PaGWIS (PA DCNR), domestic wells within 5 miles, retrieved 2026-09-30; older paper-record locations are approximate.
The logs here run deep without running strong. By median depth the area sits 4th of 16 in Crawford County, while the median yield is 11 gallons per minute, with a quarter of logs at 8 or less and a quarter at 20 or more. A deep hole here is no promise of a strong one.
A slower well can still run a household. The water standing in the well is a buffer for busy moments, and a pump and pressure tank sized to the yield let the well catch up between heavy draws. If the well keeps up but the pressure at the taps doesn’t, a booster pump is one tool for that.
The Centerville figures rest on 169 depth logs within 5 miles, and they spread wide. Half the wells fall between 62 and 120 feet. Rock arrived at a median 31 feet in the 136 logs that record it, but a quarter found it at 20 or less and another quarter at 51 or more.
That spread is the reason to plan a well here with room in it. Casing usually runs to rock, so its length follows whatever your hole finds, and the finished depth follows the flow. Well drilling explains how the method is matched to the ground, and the new well cost page sets out what depth and casing mean for the price.
WATER IN CRAWFORD COUNTY
In USGS samples from across Crawford County, taken 1928–2023, 77% of wells were hard or very hard, 35% carried iron above the staining line, 45% had manganese above 0.05 mg/L. The full record, and what it means for treatment, is on the Crawford County page; your own well gets its own test.
WHY CENTERVILLE 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 Greenville office (854 Mercer Rd., Greenville, PA 16125) is about 81 minutes and 54 miles by road from Centerville. Service calls for Centerville are scheduled from there.
Centerville and the municipalities around it: Rome Township, Athens Township, Steuben Township, Hydetown, Sparta Township, Bloomfield Township, Oil Creek Township, Townville, Spartansburg, Troy Township. Beyond those, the rest of the 16 Crawford County communities on our service map, from the same office.
Pennsylvania’s groundwater database (PaGWIS) lists 169 domestic wells within 5 miles of Centerville: the median is 91 feet deep, and the middle half fall between 62 and 120 feet. The median well was logged at 11 gallons per minute. Drillers reached bedrock at a median of 31 feet. Your own well's depth depends on the ground under your lot.
Because a rock well is finished by yield, not by a set depth. The hole takes in water through fractures it crosses, and those differ from one lot to the next. Around Centerville, a quarter of logged wells stopped by 62 feet and a quarter ran past 120, so two nearby wells can differ a good deal and both be normal.
A flow test measures it, and a well inspection includes one, along with the wellhead, pump and pressure tank. Set the result against the area: of 166 logged yields, a quarter came in at 8 gallons per minute or less and a quarter at 20 or more. A result in the low quarter calls for a pump and tank matched to the well, not a bigger pump.
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