VENANGO COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA · 51 MIN FROM OUR GREENVILLE OFFICE
Utica has the shallowest median well of ten Venango County towns, 88 feet, but rock is a median 36 feet down. Since casing usually runs down to rock, on many lots it is a bigger share of a new well than the total depth suggests, and it is worth knowing where rock starts before you budget.
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WHAT WE DO IN UTICA
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.
A few county samples show iron and manganese above their staining lines. A water test on a Utica well, on site or through a certified lab, shows whether a FerronX Iron System is needed or no treatment is called for.
Wells here are the shallowest of 10 Venango County towns by median depth, going by 551 depth logs within 5 miles, and three quarters finished by 125 feet. The Greenville office drills with air rotary or cable tool and provides PA DEP permit assistance.
With a median yield of 20 gallons a minute, a standard submersible pump and a pressure tank sized to limit short cycling suit most homes here. When a pump fails, emergency repair and diagnostics come from the Greenville office.
WELLS AROUND UTICA
The 551 domestic wells on file within 5 miles of Utica, from the state’s drilling logs: your neighbors’ wells, and the best guide to this ground.
middle half 57–125 ft
middle half 15–30 gpm
middle half 22–59 ft
PaGWIS records
Source: PaGWIS (PA DCNR), domestic wells within 5 miles, retrieved 2026-09-30; older paper-record locations are approximate.
Two numbers pull against each other here. The median well is 88 feet deep, the shallowest of ten Venango County towns, yet a quarter of the 406 logs that note bedrock went 59 feet or more before reaching it. The Cuyahoga Group, siltstone, shale and sandstone, is mapped at the town center.
The result can be a well where casing is a large part of the job. Casing usually runs down to rock and holds back the loose ground above it, so a lot with deep soil needs more of it even when the finished well is short. Casing and depth both feed into the cost of a new well, and residential drilling explains the rest of the work.
The water-quality record for Venango County is small: USGS samples from 7 wells for iron and 5 for manganese, taken in 1928 and 2023. Even so, 43% of the iron samples were above the 0.3 mg/L line where orange staining starts, and 40% of the manganese samples were above the 0.05 mg/L line. The median iron figure was 0.1 mg/L, so half the samples were low.
That mix is why one test beats any county summary. Testing your own Utica well, on site or through a certified lab, gives the iron and manganese numbers for that well. If they are high, a FerronX Iron System handles both, and the iron removal page covers it.
WATER IN VENANGO COUNTY
In USGS samples from across Venango County, taken 1928–2023, 43% of wells were hard or very hard, 43% carried iron above the staining line, 40% had manganese above 0.05 mg/L. The full record, and what it means for treatment, is on the Venango County page; your own well gets its own test.
WHY UTICA 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 Greenville office (854 Mercer Rd., Greenville, PA 16125) is about 51 minutes and 26 miles by road from Utica. Service calls for Utica are scheduled from there.
Utica and the municipalities around it: Frenchcreek Township, Canal Township, Polk, French Creek Township, Mill Creek Township, Cooperstown, New Lebanon, Franklin, Jackson Township, Sugarcreek. Beyond those, the rest of the 10 Venango County communities on our service map, from the same office.
Pennsylvania’s groundwater database (PaGWIS) lists 551 domestic wells within 5 miles of Utica: the median is 88 feet deep, and the middle half fall between 57 and 125 feet. The median well was logged at 20 gallons per minute. Drillers reached bedrock at a median of 36 feet. Your own well's depth depends on the ground under your lot.
Not for a household. Around here, 15 gallons a minute is the lower quarter of the 537 yield logs, so three quarters of wells give that or more. A submersible pump and pressure tank sized to the well handle a typical home at that rate, and the local median, 20, leaves more room still.
Yes. Chatfield drills geotechnical and environmental wells, used to investigate a site or monitor groundwater, as well as water wells for homes, farms and businesses. The local logs are a useful starting point for planning one: a quarter found rock at 22 feet or less and a quarter only at 59 or more, which matters for a boring that has to reach rock. Call (724) 588-2652.
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