MAHONING COUNTY, OHIO · 41 MIN FROM OUR CORTLAND OFFICE
Most of an Ellsworth well is drilled rock. Wells here run deep, 4th of 21 Mahoning County towns by median depth, while rock sits a moderate median 35 feet down. Even a logged well at the shallow-quarter depth, 94 feet, goes well past the deep-quarter mark for rock, 54 feet.
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WHAT WE DO IN ELLSWORTH
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.
Mahoning County's USGS pH samples, from 7 wells, have a median of 7.6 and none below 6.5, so the record gives no sign of acidic water. A test at an Ellsworth home checks it for your own well; a calcite neutralizer comes in only if the reading calls for one.
The middle half of 2,377 logs finish between 94 and 185 feet. Air rotary drilling, where a rotating bit cuts the rock and compressed air lifts the cuttings out, suits a long run through rock, and the hole goes on until it takes in enough water.
Water rests a median 30 feet down, but 50 feet or more in one log in four, so pump settings differ from well to well. Yields in the middle half run 10 to 20 gallons a minute, and a submersible pump is the norm.
WELLS AROUND ELLSWORTH
The 2,377 domestic wells on file within 5 miles of Ellsworth, from the state’s drilling logs: your neighbors’ wells, and the best guide to this ground.
middle half 94–185 ft
middle half 10–20 gpm
middle half 22–54 ft
2,157 wells; middle half 17–50 ft
Source: ODNR well logs, domestic wells within 5 miles, retrieved 2026-09-30.
Of 2,200 logs near Ellsworth that record it, the middle half meet rock between 22 and 54 feet down. Casing is set into the top of the rock and sealed, and from there the well is open hole in rock, which in the logged wells is most of its length.
The rock mapped at the town center is the Allegheny and Pottsville Groups, Pennsylvanian shale, siltstone, limestone and sandstone. In layered rock like that, water enters a well through permeable beds and open fractures, and nobody can read from the surface how deep a hole must go to meet enough of them. The depth is settled by drilling, not in advance. Well drilling explains the methods, and the cost page sets out how footage affects a quote.
Yields are recorded in 2,242 logs near Ellsworth, and the middle half fall between 10 and 20 gallons a minute, with a median of 15. That yield, measured on your own well when it is test-pumped, sets the flow the pump should deliver. The resting water level, between 17 and 50 feet in the middle half, is the starting point for how deep the pump hangs and how much it lifts.
A submersible pump matched to both, a pressure switch that starts and stops it within a set range, and a tank with a sound air charge make up the system. When pressure starts to wander, the switch and the tank's air charge are among the first things checked.
WATER IN MAHONING COUNTY
In USGS samples from across Mahoning County, taken 1978–2001, 60% of wells were hard or very hard. The full record, and what it means for treatment, is on the Mahoning County page; your own well gets its own test.
WHY ELLSWORTH CHOOSES CHATFIELD
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“We bought a new home November 1st, 2024 and low and behold it had a collapsed well. After several quotes, we chose Chatfield drilling, and we’re glad we did! Matt & his team arrived quickly to assess the situation, and formulate a plan to get the H2O flowing again. Even through the holidays, they did not waiver. Eric their driller worked hard in the brutal NE Ohio cold to pound a well for us. We are beyond pleased, and have fantastic water!”
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 Cortland office (7115 Hoagland Blackstub Rd. Unit C, Cortland, OH 44410) is about 41 minutes and 24 miles by road from Ellsworth. Service calls for Ellsworth are scheduled from there.
Ellsworth and the municipalities around it: Ellsworth Township, Canfield, Berlin Township, Canfield Township, Jackson Township, Green Township, Goshen Township, Austintown Township, Milton Township, Salem. Beyond those, the rest of the 21 Mahoning County communities on our service map, from the same office.
Ohio’s well-log database lists 2,377 domestic wells within 5 miles of Ellsworth: the median is 129 feet deep, and the middle half fall between 94 and 185 feet. The median well was logged at 15 gallons per minute. Drillers reached bedrock at a median of 35 feet. Your own well's depth depends on the ground under your lot.
Yes. One log in four nearby is 94 feet deep or less, so shorter wells are well represented. Depth isn't set in advance: drilling stops once the hole takes in enough water for the house. A well that finds it early is simply shorter, still with casing into rock at the top.
Each log is a driller's record of one well, held by the Ohio Department of Natural Resources: how deep it went, where rock began, where the water came to rest, and the yield on test. The well-log figures on this page come from the logs within 5 miles of the town, with over two thousand logs behind each one.
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