The 2,256 domestic wells on file within 5 miles of Columbiana, from the state’s drilling logs: your neighbors’ wells, and the best guide to this ground.
Source: ODNR well logs, domestic wells within 5 miles, retrieved 2026-09-30.
Water Stands High in Columbiana Wells
The resting level sets these wells apart. Its median is 33 feet below the surface; a quarter of wells hold water within 18 feet, and only a quarter rest deeper than 52. In bores with a median depth of 120 feet, that leaves a long column of water standing in the well.
That column is stored supply. When several fixtures run at the same time, the pump can draw on it faster than the rock refills it, and the well recovers afterward. The pump belongs well below the resting level, deep enough that water stays over it while pumping pulls the level down. A submersible pump hung that way is the usual arrangement here, and pump system design covers the sizing.
City Wells, Private Wells and 2,256 Logs
The city’s own water is groundwater too, pumped from 11 wells, and city homes get their water report from the city. Around it, ODNR has 2,256 logs on file inside a 5-mile radius, a large record to judge a new well against.
Those logs put the median yield at 15 gallons per minute, with a quarter at 10 or less, so many wells here can support a pump sized for the household. Bedrock arrives within 20 feet in a quarter of logs and past 58 in another quarter. Casing usually runs through that soil into rock, so its length changes from lot to lot. Hardness, iron and the city supply are covered under Columbiana water treatment, and the Columbiana County page has the wider picture.
