The 2,584 domestic wells on file within 5 miles of New Springfield, 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.
New Springfield Depths Are Settled at the Rig
Depths in the New Springfield logs spread about as widely as the county's. Of 2,584 logs within five miles, one in four ends at 85 feet or shallower, the same as the county, and one in four runs to 167 or deeper, a little past the county's 165. The town ranks 12th of 21 in Mahoning County by median depth.
That spread is why the finished depth of a new well is decided at the rig, not on paper. The driller keeps going until the hole has crossed enough water-bearing rock to give the flow a house needs. The final footage, and the casing and pump setting that follow from it, are confirmed as the hole goes down. The cost page covers how footage figures in, and residential drilling covers the job.
Two Medians of 30 Feet, Two Different Jobs
Two measurements in these logs share a median. The top of rock sits at a median of 30 feet, and so does the static level, where water settles with the pump off. Their middle halves match too, 18 to 50 feet. They measure different things, though, and in any one well they needn't agree.
Rock depth sets the casing, which usually runs from the surface through the upper ground, seats in the top of the rock and is sealed. In one log in four, rock was 50 feet down or more. The water level sets the pump, which hangs below it with room for the drop pumping causes. Both are measured on your own well. Submersible pumps covers the usual choice at these levels, and the treatment page covers what the water itself carries.
