MAHONING COUNTY, OHIO · 63 MIN FROM OUR CORTLAND OFFICE
Sebring's wells are the deepest in Mahoning County, first of 21 towns by median depth, and the resting water level is deep as well: a median 37 feet down, and 60 feet or more in one log in four. Where the pump hangs, and how far it has to lift, take more planning here.
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WHAT WE DO IN SEBRING
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 village's own system, fed from the Mahoning River, covers the town center. It lists pH adjustment and an orthophosphate inhibitor to protect pipes, and every lead round EPA records for it is under the action level. Homes on wells nearby test their own water.
The middle half of logged wells finish between 100 and 200 feet, against 85 to 165 for the county's domestic wells. Rock begins a median 53 feet down, so a new well usually carries a long casing before the open hole in rock starts.
Yields run a median 12 gallons a minute, 8 to 20 in the middle half. With the water sitting deep, the pump works against more lift, and sizing starts from the pumping level found when the new well is test-pumped.
WELLS AROUND SEBRING
The 1,889 domestic wells on file within 5 miles of Sebring, from the state’s drilling logs: your neighbors’ wells, and the best guide to this ground.
middle half 100–200 ft
middle half 8–20 gpm
middle half 32–90 ft
1,677 wells; middle half 22–60 ft
Source: ODNR well logs, domestic wells within 5 miles, retrieved 2026-09-30.
Of 1,677 logs near Sebring that record a resting water level, the middle half put it between 22 and 60 feet down. When the pump runs, the level falls further, and the pump has to sit below that pumping level with room to spare, so a submersible pump here often hangs deeper than in towns where water rests near the surface.
A deeper setting means more lift before the house's pressure is added, and a pump and motor sized for it. The yield, a median 12 gallons a minute, sets the flow the pump should match, so it doesn't pull the water down to its intake. A pressure tank sized to the pump keeps it from short-cycling, and the cost page explains how depth enters a quote.
The village system, run by local government, serves 6,058 people through 2,438 connections. EPA's lead table for it starts in 2016: the 90th percentile was 0.007116 mg/L for the period ending June 2016 and 0.0102 for the period ending December 2016, then 0.005735 and 0.0066 for the two periods of 2017. Since then every round is recorded as zero except 0.00401, for the period ending December 2019. All were under the 0.015 mg/L action level.
The system lists pH adjustment and an orthophosphate inhibitor for corrosion control. Its figures come from homes sampled across the system, and your tap can differ with your plumbing. A certified-lab test gives your own number, and reverse osmosis at the kitchen sink is the usual answer if it finds lead.
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.
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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 63 minutes and 41 miles by road from Sebring. Service calls for Sebring are scheduled from there.
Sebring and the municipalities around it: Beloit, Smith Township, Alliance, Goshen Township, Lexington Township, Deerfield Township, Washington Township, Berlin Township, Limaville, Salem. Beyond those, the rest of the 21 Mahoning County communities on our service map, from the same office.
Ohio’s well-log database lists 1,889 domestic wells within 5 miles of Sebring: the median is 140 feet deep, and the middle half fall between 100 and 200 feet. The median well was logged at 12 gallons per minute. Drillers reached bedrock at a median of 53 feet. Your own well's depth depends on the ground under your lot.
No. One log in four nearby reaches 200 feet or more, so a well that deep is well within the local record. Depth isn't chosen in advance: drilling continues until the hole takes in enough water for the house. One logged well in four stops at 100 feet or less, so a shorter well is just as possible.
EPA's list for the village system includes powdered activated carbon for taste and odor control and granular activated carbon to control disinfection by-products, compounds that can form when chlorine reacts with organic matter in water. Both are part of how the village treats Mahoning River water before it reaches taps on its line.
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