ASHTABULA COUNTY, OHIO · 35 MIN FROM OUR CORTLAND OFFICE
Around Rome, rock is close to the surface. Half of the 625 logs within five miles that record bedrock reach it within 18 feet, and a quarter within 11. With water resting a median 8 feet down, most of a finished hole stands full.
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WHAT WE DO IN ROME
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.
Thin ground over rock filters less of what soaks in from the surface, so a yearly bacteria test through a certified lab is worth keeping up. If one comes back positive, a Luminor UV system goes in after the filters, where clear water lets the light work.
The median depth of 730 local logs is 60 feet, level with the county median and tenth of 19 towns. With rock this shallow, most of the drilling is through rock. The formation mapped at the town center is Ohio Shale.
A pump here has little lifting to do, with water between 5 and 14 feet down in the middle half of 674 logs. Flow is what changes from well to well: 2 to 15 gallons a minute in the middle half of 682 logs.
WELLS AROUND ROME
The 730 domestic wells on file within 5 miles of Rome, from the state’s drilling logs: your neighbors’ wells, and the best guide to this ground.
middle half 50–76 ft
middle half 2–15 gpm
middle half 11–31 ft
674 wells; middle half 5–14 ft
Source: ODNR well logs, domestic wells within 5 miles, retrieved 2026-09-30.
Little lies over the rock here. Three in four logs that record bedrock reach it within 31 feet, and the median is 18. Casing runs through that thin cover of soil and loose material and often on into the rock, since Ohio's private-well rules call for at least 25 feet of it. Sealed in place, it keeps loose ground and surface water out. Below it, the hole is open rock to whatever depth gives enough water.
The middle half of 730 logs stop between 50 and 76 feet, so a typical well goes well past its casing. The cost page explains how depth and casing enter a quote, and residential well drilling covers the work.
Flow is where local wells differ most. Of the 682 logs that record a yield, a quarter show 2 gallons a minute or less, a quarter 15 or more, and the median is 5. Water rests high in most of them, 14 feet or less in three of four.
At the slow end, the water standing in the bore does much of the work, and the pump is sized to the well's refill rate with a pressure tank large enough to limit starts. At the fast end there's room for more demand. Either way, a submersible pump hung low in the bore is sized to the flow the well gives on test.
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 ROME 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 35 minutes and 28 miles by road from Rome. Service calls for Rome are scheduled from there.
Rome and the municipalities around it: Rome Township, Roaming Shores, Morgan Township, Rock Creek, Hartsgrove Township, Orwell Village, Orwell Township, New Lyme Township, Windsor Township, Trumbull 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 730 domestic wells within 5 miles of Rome: the median is 60 feet deep, and the middle half fall between 50 and 76 feet. The median well was logged at 5 gallons per minute. Drillers reached bedrock at a median of 18 feet. Your own well's depth depends on the ground under your lot.
It means water rises almost to the top of the hole once the pump shuts off, a median 8 feet below ground in the local logs. The pump has little lift to do, and much of the bore is stored water. The level is no guide to flow, though. A full well can still refill slowly, so the pump is still sized from the yield on test.
The casing is usually seated in the rock, and the gap between it and the drilled hole is filled with grout, which keeps surface water from running down the outside. With rock within 18 feet in half the local logs, the soil cover above it is thin, one more reason a yearly bacteria test is worth keeping.
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(724) 588-2652A LITTLE KNOWLEDGE GOES A LONG WAY
WATER TESTINGWhat a test measures, what the results mean, and what happens next.
WELL DRILLINGWhat drives the price of drilling a well in our region, and what to ask before you sign.
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.