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Columbiana County is the bottom of our Ohio map, about an hour from Cortland, and the deepest ground we drill: the state’s well logs put the median domestic well at 135 feet, and the federal water record shows very hard water with iron and manganese in most sampled wells. Salem, Columbiana, Lisbon, East Liverpool, and the townships between them get the same crews.
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WHERE WE WORK IN COLUMBIANA COUNTY
From Salem and Columbiana to Lisbon, East Liverpool, and Wellsville, Chatfield serves Columbiana County homes, farms, and businesses with the whole water system.
Between towns, or not on the list? We cover the whole county, so call and we’ll schedule from Cortland.
WHAT WE DO IN COLUMBIANA 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.
Our well drilling team provides professional service tailored to Columbiana County’s soil and groundwater conditions, ensuring a safe and long-term water supply. We manage the process from permitting to installation.
If your water smells, tastes bad, or causes staining, our custom treatment systems can restore clarity, taste, and safety, with solutions for both private well water and municipal systems.
A reliable pump and pressure system are critical for consistent water flow. We provide installation, repairs, and maintenance to keep your water system dependable, and we respond quickly to restore water service and reduce costly downtime.
WATER IN COLUMBIANA COUNTY
In Columbiana County, rock can sit 5 feet under the surface while water stands 85 feet down: those are the medians near Calcutta, East Liverpool and Wellsville, and they shape how wells there are drilled and pumped.
Near Calcutta, East Liverpool and Wellsville, the logs put the median depth to bedrock at 5 feet and the median water level 85 feet below ground, with median wells of 159 to 165 feet. West Point goes deeper still: 180 feet, the deepest median on the county map, with rock at 8 feet and water at 75. Salineville’s median well is 164 feet, with rock at 9 and water at 76.
A hole like that is nearly all rock, and the pump hangs far below the surface. Yields are modest: 12 gallons a minute at Calcutta and East Liverpool, 10 at Wellsville, 8 at West Point and Salineville. A submersible pump sized to that flow and depth, with a pressure tank to match, is as much of the job as the drilling.
Elsewhere the ground changes. Near Homeworth the median depth to bedrock is 63 feet and near North Georgetown 58; Salem’s is 40, and Columbiana, Leetonia and Winona sit at 35. Water stands closer to the surface near Columbiana, a median 33 feet, and Salem, 37. The shallowest median wells are 118 feet at Salem and 120 at several towns, Washingtonville and Winona among them, and the best yields on the map are 18 gallons a minute, near East Rochester and Winona.
The rock mapped at 20 of the 21 town centers is the Allegheny and Pottsville Groups; Calcutta, on the Conemaugh Group, is the exception. Because the picture changes this much from town to town, the closest logs, not the county median, are the guide to a new residential well, and the cost guide explains what sets the price.
EPA’s map places 9 of the 21 towns in a public system. Four of those systems pump groundwater: Columbiana City from 11 active wells, Lisbon and New Waterford from 6 each, East Palestine from 5. Three take surface water. East Liverpool draws from the Ohio River, and so does the Buckeye Water District, mapped at Salineville, through two intakes. Salem uses Spring Valley Reservoir, Cold Run Creek and Salem Reservoir, plus 4 wells. Leetonia and Washingtonville buy from Salem.
Wellsville, Calcutta, West Point, Homeworth and the other towns show no system on the map, which is not a finding that no one there has a connection. The USGS county record for well chemistry rests on 14 wells, sampled in 1986 and 2016; the Columbiana County water treatment page takes it one finding at a time.
Source: Water quality: USGS National Water Information System results for Columbiana County wells, served through the Water Quality Portal, sampled between 1986 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, 9,424 domestic wells in Columbiana County with a recorded depth, logged between 1925 and 2026, retrieved 2026-09-14.
WHY COLUMBIANA 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. Well drilling tailored to Columbiana County’s soil and groundwater conditions, with Ohio EPA permitting and submersible pump installation handled as part of the job. It is the deepest county on our map: 9,424 domestic well logs with a median depth of 135 feet and a middle half between 95 and 200 feet.
On the federal record, hardness, iron, and manganese: USGS results for 14 Columbiana County wells put the median hardness at 286 mg/L, about 17 grains per gallon, with 79% of wells above the iron staining level and 86% above the manganese level. A softener handles the hardness and the FerronX Iron System the iron and manganese; which you need, and how big, comes from your own test.
Our Cortland office is at 7115 Hoagland Blackstub Rd. Unit C, Cortland, OH 44410, about 56 minutes and 47 miles by road from Lisbon. Service calls for Columbiana County are scheduled from Cortland.
All of them. Our service map lists 21 Columbiana County communities, including Columbiana, East Liverpool, Lisbon, Salem, Wellsville, Calcutta, 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 14 Columbiana County wells, the median hardness was 286 mg/L as calcium carbonate, about 16.7 grains per gallon, and 86% 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. 79% of the Columbiana County wells in USGS records were above 0.3 mg/L of iron, the level where orange staining starts, and 86% 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 9,424 domestic well logs for Columbiana County: the median well is 135 feet deep, and the middle half fall between 95 and 200 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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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.