COLUMBIANA COUNTY, OHIO · 73 MIN FROM OUR CORTLAND OFFICE
Wellsville is an Ohio River village a few miles downstream from East Liverpool, with Yellow Creek Township’s hills behind it. The village is on public water; the hill country above it is on wells, and those homes call us for well service, repairs, and new wells. Chatfield drills, treats, and services from our Cortland office.
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WHAT WE DO IN WELLSVILLE
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.
On a hillside well above Wellsville, the water test looks first for what the Columbiana County record shows most: iron, manganese, and hard water. The results set the order. A sediment filter goes first where there is grit, then the iron filter for iron and manganese, then the softener.
Wells in the hills around Wellsville go through rock, and depth varies from one ridge to the next. We match the drilling method to the ground, handle the permit paperwork, set the casing and the pump, and test water flow before the rig leaves.
Most Wellsville well repairs turn out to be pump calls: pressure falling off, a pump that runs without filling the tank, or no water. The crew diagnoses the pump, switch, and tank together and replaces what failed, with the common sizes on the truck.
WELLS AROUND WELLSVILLE
The 477 domestic wells on file within 5 miles of Wellsville, from the state’s drilling logs: your neighbors’ wells, and the best guide to this ground.
middle half 115–225 ft
middle half 5–20 gpm
middle half 3–12 ft
431 wells; middle half 53–125 ft
Source: ODNR well logs, domestic wells within 5 miles, retrieved 2026-09-30.
Wellsville’s wells run deep, tied for the second-deepest median of the county’s 21 towns at 165 feet, set against 135 for domestic wells across ODNR’s county records. A quarter of local wells pass 225 feet. Most of that footage is rock: in three logs out of four, bedrock came within 12 feet of the surface.
So a new well here is usually a long bore through rock, with casing running from the surface down into it and grouted in place, and footage drives much of what a new well costs. Geologic maps show the Allegheny and Pottsville Groups under the town: shale, siltstone, limestone and sandstone, Pennsylvanian in age. Residential well drilling covers the steps, from sizing the well to setting the pump.
Water in these wells rests low: the median resting level is 85 feet, and a quarter sit at 125 feet or deeper. The pump has to hang well below that to stay submerged while it runs, which makes this submersible pump country; jet pumps work best where water sits much closer to the top.
Yields are light as well. Half the logs record 10 gallons per minute or less, and a quarter 5 or less, so the pump’s output is matched to what the well can recover, not only to the house. When pressure fades on a well like this, pump diagnostics should look at the water level as well as the pump. For iron, manganese and hardness, see Wellsville water treatment.
WATER IN COLUMBIANA COUNTY
In USGS samples from across Columbiana County, taken 1986–2016, 86% of wells were hard or very hard, 79% carried iron above the staining line, 86% had manganese above 0.05 mg/L. The full record, and what it means for treatment, is on the Columbiana County page; your own well gets its own test.
WHY WELLSVILLE CHOOSES CHATFIELD
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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
Yes. Wellhead, pump, switch, and pressure tank repairs for Wellsville and Yellow Creek Township, from our Cortland office. We diagnose before we replace, and no-water calls go to the front of the line.
Yes. New residential wells through the hill rock, with the method matched to the ground, the permit handled, and the flow tested before we are done.
No. Homes on the Wellsville village supply and on private wells in the hills get the same free test, with the results explained. On a well it covers iron, hardness, and the basics; on the village supply it covers what reaches your tap, while the utility’s annual water report covers the supply itself. Lead from the plumbing takes a certified-lab test, and the recommendation follows the results.
Our Cortland office (7115 Hoagland Blackstub Rd. Unit C, Cortland, OH 44410) is about 73 minutes and 62 miles by road from Wellsville. Service calls for Wellsville are scheduled from there.
Wellsville and the municipalities around it: Chester, East Liverpool, Irondale, Stratton, Empire, New Cumberland, Glasgow, Georgetown, Hookstown, Greene Township. Beyond those, the rest of the 21 Columbiana County communities on our service map, from the same office.
Ohio’s well-log database lists 477 domestic wells within 5 miles of Wellsville: the median is 165 feet deep, and the middle half fall between 115 and 225 feet. The median well was logged at 10 gallons per minute. Drillers reached bedrock at a median of 5 feet. Your own well's depth depends on the ground under your lot.
Often because the water level has been pulled down to the pump. Water here already rests deep, and with half the local wells yielding 10 gallons per minute or less, long showers and laundry back to back can draw the bore down faster than it refills. The usual fix is setting the pump deeper, reducing its output to match the well, or both, once a check confirms the pump itself isn’t failing.
It can be. A constant-pressure controller varies the pump’s speed to hold pressure steady as taps open and close, instead of cycling between two set points. On a low-yield well it also needs a sensible top speed, so the pump never asks more of the bore than it can recover; around Wellsville, a quarter of wells give 5 gallons per minute or less.
Talk with the Chatfield team.
(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.