COLUMBIANA COUNTY, OHIO · 59 MIN FROM OUR CORTLAND OFFICE
West Point’s wells are the deepest in Columbiana County by median: 180 feet, first of 21 towns, against a 135-foot median for the county’s domestic wells. Rock begins within 8 feet in half the logs, so nearly all of that footage is drilled stone, and the water comes in slowly: half the wells yield 8 gallons per minute or less.
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WHAT WE DO IN WEST POINT
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.
Manganese is worth a specific check. It was over the 0.05 mg/L line in 86% of the Columbiana County wells USGS sampled, and it often comes with iron. The FerronX Iron System removes both, once a water test shows what your well carries.
Budget from the deep end: a quarter of local logs went past 257 feet. With rock a median 8 feet down, nearly all of each well is drilled rock, though casing still runs at least 25 feet under Ohio’s rules. The Allegheny and Pottsville Groups are mapped at the town center.
Pump and tank are sized to the well here, not to the fixtures: half the wells yield 8 gallons per minute or less and a quarter 4 or less. A larger pressure tank cuts down on starts, and the pump hangs deep below water resting a median 75 feet down.
WELLS AROUND WEST POINT
The 927 domestic wells on file within 5 miles of West Point, from the state’s drilling logs: your neighbors’ wells, and the best guide to this ground.
middle half 120–257 ft
middle half 4–15 gpm
middle half 3–18 ft
779 wells; middle half 45–125 ft
Source: ODNR well logs, domestic wells within 5 miles, retrieved 2026-09-30.
West Point tops Columbiana County’s 21 towns for median well depth. Its 927 logs within 5 miles put the median at 180 feet, against 135 for the county’s domestic wells. Only a quarter of local logs stopped short of 120 feet, and a quarter went past 257.
Footage is the largest part of the cost of a new well, and here the deeper quarter of logs is the one to budget for. The drill keeps going until it has crossed enough water for the home, and around West Point that usually means more rock than elsewhere in the county. Residential well drilling explains how the finish depth is decided on site.
Half the West Point logs record 8 gallons per minute or less and a quarter 4 or less; just a quarter reach 15 or more, so the well, more than the house, sets the pace. The water sits low, too: at rest it stands a median 75 feet down, and deeper than 125 feet in a quarter of wells.
With yields that small and a level that deep, the pump hangs far down the well and the tank carries more of the load. A pressure tank with enough drawdown cuts short cycling, and a submersible pump sized to what the well can give back, not just to the house, keeps the level from being pulled down to the intake.
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 WEST POINT 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
Our Cortland office (7115 Hoagland Blackstub Rd. Unit C, Cortland, OH 44410) is about 59 minutes and 50 miles by road from West Point. Service calls for West Point are scheduled from there.
West Point and the municipalities around it: Lisbon, Rogers, Wellsville, East Liverpool. Beyond those, the rest of the 21 Columbiana County communities on our service map, from the same office.
Ohio’s well-log database lists 927 domestic wells within 5 miles of West Point: the median is 180 feet deep, and the middle half fall between 120 and 257 feet. The median well was logged at 8 gallons per minute. Drillers reached bedrock at a median of 8 feet. Your own well's depth depends on the ground under your lot.
Not in any way the logs can show. The logs record where a well found enough water, not what is in it. The USGS samples of Columbiana County wells found hardness, iron and manganese above their lines in most of the wells tested. A water test, on site or through a certified lab, tells you what your own well holds.
Because the rock gives water back slowly. Half the local wells yield 8 gallons per minute or less, so a long shower, laundry and a dishwasher in a row can draw the level toward the pump faster than it refills. Spacing out big loads helps most; if that isn’t enough, a well inspection measures the flow and shows whether added storage is worth it.
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