CRAWFORD COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA · 52 MIN FROM OUR GREENVILLE OFFICE
Saegertown Borough runs seven wells, with treatment spread across six points, and 724 depth logs record the private wells around it. Those logs tie the area for 5th of 16 Crawford County towns by median depth, while rock comes up early, at a median 20 feet, so most of a typical well is drilled in rock.
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WHAT WE DO IN SAEGERTOWN
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.
The borough’s record lists chlorine gas added after treatment, so chlorine is what a borough tap may taste of. A CityLux whole-home system removes it, shower included. Around Saegertown, a home on a private well has its water tested before any equipment is picked.
Rock arrives early and consistently: of 352 logs that record it, a quarter reached it by 13 feet, the median is 20, and three in four were in rock by 34. With rock that shallow, casing, which usually runs down to rock, is a short part of most wells.
Of 700 logged yields, the median is 15 gallons per minute and a quarter came in at 8 or less. So the submersible and tank are picked from each well’s own flow test, with extra tank capacity for wells in that lower quarter.
WELLS AROUND SAEGERTOWN
The 724 domestic wells on file within 5 miles of Saegertown, from the state’s drilling logs: your neighbors’ wells, and the best guide to this ground.
middle half 63–103 ft
middle half 8–20 gpm
middle half 13–34 ft
PaGWIS records
Source: PaGWIS (PA DCNR), domestic wells within 5 miles, retrieved 2026-09-30; older paper-record locations are approximate.
EPA’s record for Saegertown Borough lists seven active wells, all groundwater, serving a population of 1,500 through 388 connections. Six treatment facilities are named after the wells: one each for Wells #1 through #5, and one for Well 6 and Well 7 together. The steps listed are chlorine gas after treatment, 4-log treatment of viruses (disinfection that kills virtually all of them), and sequestration for iron and manganese.
EPA lists no lead 90th-percentile rounds for the system. A system figure is measured across many homes in any case, and one tap can differ, so testing your own is how to know. Water testing can be done on site or through a certified lab, and reverse osmosis at the kitchen sink is the usual answer if lead turns up.
A typical well around Saegertown is a short cased section over a long run of open hole. Half of the 724 depth logs fall between 63 and 103 feet, tying the area for 5th of 16 in Crawford County by median depth, while rock sits a median 20 feet down.
At the town center, the map shows the Venango Formation: Late Devonian siltstone, conglomerate, sandstone and shale. That is a guide to the area rather than a record of any one hole. Well drilling covers air rotary work in bedrock, and what a new well costs explains how depth drives the price.
WATER IN CRAWFORD COUNTY
In USGS samples from across Crawford County, taken 1928–2023, 77% of wells were hard or very hard, 35% carried iron above the staining line, 45% had manganese above 0.05 mg/L. The full record, and what it means for treatment, is on the Crawford County page; your own well gets its own test.
WHY SAEGERTOWN 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 Greenville office (854 Mercer Rd., Greenville, PA 16125) is about 52 minutes and 37 miles by road from Saegertown. Service calls for Saegertown are scheduled from there.
Saegertown and the municipalities around it: Hayfield Township, Woodcock Township, Woodcock, Venango, Meadville, Blooming Valley, West Mead Township, Venango Township, Cussewago Township, Cambridge Township. Beyond those, the rest of the 16 Crawford County communities on our service map, from the same office.
Pennsylvania’s groundwater database (PaGWIS) lists 724 domestic wells within 5 miles of Saegertown: the median is 83 feet deep, and the middle half fall between 63 and 103 feet. The median well was logged at 15 gallons per minute. Drillers reached bedrock at a median of 20 feet. Your own well's depth depends on the ground under your lot.
EPA lists sequestration for iron and manganese at Saegertown Borough. Sequestration binds the metals so they stay dissolved and are less likely to stain; it doesn’t filter them out. If orange or dark marks still appear at your taps, a test shows what’s reaching you, and a FerronX Iron System removes both metals for the whole house.
From PaGWIS, the well database kept by PA DCNR: 724 logs with a depth within 5 miles of the town, 700 with a yield and 352 with a depth to rock. They are records of wells already drilled, so they show the area’s range, not what one lot will give. Your own well’s log and flow test are what the pump is sized from.
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