ASHTABULA COUNTY, OHIO · 29 MIN FROM OUR CORTLAND OFFICE
Few surprises show up in the New Lyme well logs. In the middle half of the logs within five miles, wells finish between 47 and 62 feet, meet rock between 15 and 29 feet, and hold water between 5 and 12 feet down. For a new well, that makes depth and casing easier to plan than flow.
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WHAT WE DO IN NEW LYME
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.
When a test finds more than one problem, order matters. Iron and manganese come out first, with the FerronX Iron System, and a LuxSoft water softener goes after it, so the softener's resin isn't fouled. Testing your water shows which, if any, your well needs.
The town ranks 15th of 19 county towns by median depth, at 55 feet, below the county median of 60. Rock starts a median 22 feet down, and casing runs at least 25 feet under Ohio's private-well rules, deeper where rock is.
Water stands a median 8 feet below ground, so a well here holds a lot of water for its depth. Flow is less even: 2 to 10 gallons a minute in the middle half of 553 logs, with a median of 5.
WELLS AROUND NEW LYME
The 605 domestic wells on file within 5 miles of New Lyme, from the state’s drilling logs: your neighbors’ wells, and the best guide to this ground.
middle half 47–62 ft
middle half 2–10 gpm
middle half 15–29 ft
580 wells; middle half 5–12 ft
Source: ODNR well logs, domestic wells within 5 miles, retrieved 2026-09-30.
Across the county's 5,480 domestic logs, the middle half of wells run from 50 to 80 feet. The local middle half runs from 47 to 62: shallower at the top end and tighter overall. Rock is just as steady, between 15 and 29 feet in the middle half of 568 logs, and the rock mapped at the town center is Ohio Shale.
That consistency helps before drilling starts. The logs nearest a site give a fair idea of where rock will start and roughly how deep the hole will go, and the driller confirms both at the rig. Residential well drilling covers the work, and the cost page explains how depth and casing shape a quote.
The static level, where water rests with the pump off, sits between 5 and 12 feet down in the middle half of 580 logs. A pump hung low in a 55-foot well has most of the bore's water above it, and the lift to the house is short.
The flow sets the pump's size. With a median of 5 gallons a minute and a quarter of logs at 2 or less, the pump is matched to what the well gives on test, and a pressure switch and pressure tank set to suit it keep the pump from short cycling. A well that has slowed since it was drilled is a case for a well inspection.
WATER IN ASHTABULA COUNTY
In USGS samples from across Ashtabula County, taken 1982–2016, 89% of wells were hard or very hard, 56% carried iron above the staining line, 78% had manganese above 0.05 mg/L. The full record, and what it means for treatment, is on the Ashtabula County page; your own well gets its own test.
WHY NEW LYME 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 29 minutes and 23 miles by road from New Lyme. Service calls for New Lyme are scheduled from there.
New Lyme and the municipalities around it: New Lyme Township, Roaming Shores, Rome Township, Colebrook Township, Lenox Township, Rock Creek, Morgan Township, Cherry Valley Township, Orwell Village, Orwell Township. Beyond those, the rest of the 19 Ashtabula County communities on our service map, from the same office.
Ohio’s well-log database lists 605 domestic wells within 5 miles of New Lyme: the median is 55 feet deep, and the middle half fall between 47 and 62 feet. The median well was logged at 5 gallons per minute. Drillers reached bedrock at a median of 22 feet. Your own well's depth depends on the ground under your lot.
Probably not, going by the county's USGS record: across 48 sampled Ashtabula County wells, the median pH was 7.8 and 8% were below 6.5. Acidic water tends to show as blue-green stains under faucets. If a test of your well finds it, a calcite neutralizer raises the pH, ahead of any softener.
First, when it drops. A fade during long use often means the well is running low, which happens on slower wells: a quarter of local logs show 2 gallons a minute or less. A drop at any time more often points to the pump, the pressure switch or the tank. Chatfield's pump diagnostics and repair cover both.
Talk with the Chatfield team.
(724) 588-2652A LITTLE KNOWLEDGE GOES A LONG WAY
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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 Cortland, test your water, and walk you through the next step.