BUTLER COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA · 55 MIN FROM OUR GREENVILLE OFFICE
Around Cherry Valley, it’s hard to say in advance how deep a new well will go. A quarter of the logged wells were finished at 85 feet or less, while another quarter went past 223 feet. Budget for that range, not the median, and let the logs nearest your lot, then the drilling itself, narrow it down.
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WHAT WE DO IN CHERRY VALLEY
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.
Butler County’s USGS well samples, taken in 1926 and 1997, point to iron and manganese as common, with some acidic wells. A test of your own water sorts out which of those apply to your home, so any equipment is picked to match what it finds.
Cherry Valley wells sit on the shallow side, sharing 15th place among 21 Butler County towns by median depth. Rock comes close to the surface, at 12 feet in the median log and 5 or less in a quarter, so casing is usually short and nearly all the drilling is in rock.
The median well here gave 12 gallons per minute, and a quarter gave 7 or less. That works for a house when the pump is sized to the well’s yield and the pressure tank to the household, so the pump isn’t switching on and off all day.
WELLS AROUND CHERRY VALLEY
The 239 domestic wells on file within 5 miles of Cherry Valley, from the state’s drilling logs: your neighbors’ wells, and the best guide to this ground.
middle half 85–223 ft
middle half 7–20 gpm
middle half 5–22 ft
PaGWIS records
Source: PaGWIS (PA DCNR), domestic wells within 5 miles, retrieved 2026-09-30; older paper-record locations are approximate.
The 239 depth logs within 5 miles of Cherry Valley cover a lot of ground. The shallowest quarter stopped at 85 feet or less. The deepest quarter kept going past 223. A quote built on a single number can miss by a long way in either direction.
The practical approach is to plan for the range: expect somewhere in the middle, and know beforehand what happens if the rig has to keep going. Ask how footage beyond the estimate is handled, and how deep you’re prepared to go for more water. Depth drives much of the cost of a new well, and residential well drilling explains how a driller decides the bore has crossed enough water to stop.
Of the 222 logs in the area that record yield, half gave 12 gallons per minute or more, a quarter 20 or more, and a quarter 7 or less. For most households that’s workable, provided the system is built around the well rather than the fixtures.
On the weaker wells, a submersible pump that pulls more than the well recovers can draw the water down to its intake, so it’s sized to the measured yield, and a pressure switch set correctly with the tank controls how often it starts. Geologic maps show the Allegheny Formation at the town center: Pennsylvanian sandstone, shale, limestone, clay and coal. Water moves through cracks and layers in rock like this, which is why yields vary from bore to bore.
WATER IN BUTLER COUNTY
In USGS samples from across Butler County, taken 1926–1997, 68% of wells were hard or very hard, 56% carried iron above the staining line, 86% had manganese above 0.05 mg/L. The full record, and what it means for treatment, is on the Butler County page; your own well gets its own test.
WHY CHERRY VALLEY CHOOSES CHATFIELD
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“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.”
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 Greenville office (854 Mercer Rd., Greenville, PA 16125) is about 55 minutes and 43 miles by road from Cherry Valley. Service calls for Cherry Valley are scheduled from there.
Cherry Valley and the municipalities around it: Eau Claire, Venango Township, Allegheny Township, Clintonville, Emlenton, Scrubgrass Township, Clinton Township, Hovey Township, Foxburg, Washington Township. Beyond those, the rest of the 21 Butler County communities on our service map, from the same office.
Pennsylvania’s groundwater database (PaGWIS) lists 239 domestic wells within 5 miles of Cherry Valley: the median is 140 feet deep, and the middle half fall between 85 and 223 feet. The median well was logged at 12 gallons per minute. Drillers reached bedrock at a median of 12 feet. Your own well's depth depends on the ground under your lot.
Usually acidic water working on copper plumbing. Butler County’s USGS samples found 13% of wells below pH 6.5, though the county median was 7.1, so most wells aren’t acidic and some are. A test tells you which you have. If the pH is low, a calcite neutralizer raises it before the water reaches the pipes.
Yes. Drilling opens the ground, and any well can pick up bacteria from the surface or from pump work. A test once the well is finished, and again after repairs, shows whether it’s clear. If bacteria keep turning up, a Luminor UV system, installed after filtration, treats the water as it enters the house.
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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 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 Greenville, test your water, and walk you through the next step.