MAHONING COUNTY, OHIO · 39 MIN FROM OUR CORTLAND OFFICE
Around Lake Milton, resting water in the well logs sits a median 30 feet down, and within 20 feet in only one log in four. That puts the pump setting a fair way down the hole in most wells. Rock starts a median 40 feet down, and 64 feet or more in one log in four, so casing runs can be long.
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WHAT WE DO IN LAKE MILTON
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.
A rotten-egg smell isn't something the county's USGS record measures, so mention it when you book a water test at a Lake Milton home. Where hydrogen sulfide is the cause, a CataPure Carbon System with chlorine or peroxide injection is the Chatfield answer.
Rock begins between 25 and 64 feet in the middle half of 1,929 logs, and the casing runs down into it. Below that the hole is drilled rock, and it goes on until it takes in enough water for the house.
With water resting between 20 and 45 feet down in the middle half of logs and yields between 10 and 20 gallons a minute, a submersible pump set below the pumping level, with a pressure tank sized to it, is the usual arrangement.
WELLS AROUND LAKE MILTON
The 2,118 domestic wells on file within 5 miles of Lake Milton, from the state’s drilling logs: your neighbors’ wells, and the best guide to this ground.
middle half 85–160 ft
middle half 10–20 gpm
middle half 25–64 ft
1,951 wells; middle half 20–45 ft
Source: ODNR well logs, domestic wells within 5 miles, retrieved 2026-09-30.
Of the 1,951 logs near Lake Milton that record a resting water level, the middle half fall between 20 and 45 feet down. That is the level with the pump off. Once it runs, the water drops, and the pump has to hang below that pumping level with room to spare, so a submersible pump is set lower than the resting figure alone suggests.
The pump's work is the height from the pumping level to the house plus the pressure setting, so a well with water at 45 feet asks more of its pump than one at 20. When a pump fails or pressure drops, pump repair should include measuring where the water stands now, since a well's level can shift over the years.
Casing runs from the surface into the top of the rock and is grouted, so where rock sits deep, as it does in one log in four here, there is a long run of pipe before the open hole begins. The rock mapped at the town center is the Allegheny and Pottsville Groups, Pennsylvanian shale, siltstone, limestone and sandstone.
Chatfield drills with air rotary and cable tool rigs. Air rotary cuts rock with a turning bit and lifts the cuttings out with compressed air; cable tool raises and drops a heavy bit, with the casing following it down through loose ground. Well drilling explains both, and the cost page sets out how depth and casing affect a quote.
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 LAKE MILTON 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.”
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 39 minutes and 31 miles by road from Lake Milton. Service calls for Lake Milton are scheduled from there.
Lake Milton and the municipalities around it: Milton Township, Craig Beach, Palmyra Township, Newton Township, Berlin Township, Jackson Township, Newton Falls, Paris Township, Deerfield Township, Lordstown. Beyond those, the rest of the 21 Mahoning County communities on our service map, from the same office.
Ohio’s well-log database lists 2,118 domestic wells within 5 miles of Lake Milton: the median is 119 feet deep, and the middle half fall between 85 and 160 feet. The median well was logged at 15 gallons per minute. Drillers reached bedrock at a median of 40 feet. Your own well's depth depends on the ground under your lot.
Not on its own. One log in four nearby records water at 45 feet or deeper, so a low level can be normal for a given well. What matters is change: if the level or the flow falls over time, a well inspection measures the flow and checks the pump, tank and wellhead before anything is replaced.
Close to it. The town ranks 10th of 21 by median depth, at 119 feet against the county's 120 for domestic wells, and the middle half of logs run from 85 to 160 feet, against the county's 85 to 165. Where your own well lands in that range depends on the water the drill meets.
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