CRAWFORD COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA · 60 MIN FROM OUR GREENVILLE OFFICE
Around Woodcock, the logs put the area in the middle of the pack for Crawford County towns: it ties for 8th of 16 by median depth. The number worth watching sits at the low end of yield, where a quarter of 432 logs recorded 8 gallons per minute or less.
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WHAT WE DO IN WOODCOCK
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 the easy one to miss: Crawford County’s USGS samples put it over the 0.05 mg/L line in 45% of 29 wells, and it runs clear before staining later. A water test on a Woodcock well measures it, and a FerronX Iron System removes it.
Rock came at a median 24 feet in 280 logs, and three in four reached it by 41, so casing is usually a short run. At the town center, the map shows Berea Sandstone through Riceville Formation, Late Devonian shale, sandstone and siltstone.
The pump is sized to the well’s flow test rather than to a bigger number, and a pressure tank sized for peak use keeps it from starting every time a tap opens. For wells in the low quarter, that sizing matters most.
WELLS AROUND WOODCOCK
The 445 domestic wells on file within 5 miles of Woodcock, from the state’s drilling logs: your neighbors’ wells, and the best guide to this ground.
middle half 60–97 ft
middle half 8–20 gpm
middle half 16–41 ft
PaGWIS records
Source: PaGWIS (PA DCNR), domestic wells within 5 miles, retrieved 2026-09-30; older paper-record locations are approximate.
Of 432 logs within 5 miles that record a yield, the median is 15 gallons per minute and the upper quarter 20 or more, but a quarter came in at 8 or less. Wells in that lower quarter need a setup matched to them: a submersible pump sized not to outrun the well, and a larger pressure tank to help cover the minutes when laundry, dishes and a shower overlap.
If you’re buying a home with a well here, the flow test is the number to ask for. A well inspection measures it and checks the pump, the tank and the wellhead, and shows whether the setup in place fits the well it’s on.
For budgeting a new well near Woodcock, the useful figures are the middle half of the 445 depth logs: 60 to 97 feet. The area ties for 8th of 16 Crawford County towns by median depth, and the upper end of that range, not the median, is the safer figure to plan around. The finished depth is set at the rig by the water the hole finds, and depth is the biggest single driver of the price.
What a new well costs lays out the other factors, from casing to permits, and residential well drilling explains the job. Chatfield drills by air rotary and cable tool and offers PA DEP permit assistance.
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 WOODCOCK 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 Greenville office (854 Mercer Rd., Greenville, PA 16125) is about 60 minutes and 41 miles by road from Woodcock. Service calls for Woodcock are scheduled from there.
Woodcock and the municipalities around it: Venango, Woodcock Township, Cambridge Township, Cambridge Springs, Venango Township, Saegertown, Blooming Valley, Hayfield Township, Richmond Township, Rockdale 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 445 domestic wells within 5 miles of Woodcock: the median is 80 feet deep, and the middle half fall between 60 and 97 feet. The median well was logged at 15 gallons per minute. Drillers reached bedrock at a median of 24 feet. Your own well's depth depends on the ground under your lot.
Chatfield’s crew from the Greenville office does emergency pump repair and diagnostics, on the office line at (724) 588-2652. The first job is finding which part failed, the pump, the pressure switch, the tank or the wiring between them, before anything is replaced.
Yes. Hardness, manganese and bacteria don’t always show in a glass of water. Crawford County’s USGS samples found 77% of 35 wells hard or very hard, which shows up later as scale on fixtures and in the water heater. A water test, on site or through a certified lab, gives your own numbers before any equipment is chosen.
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 PROBLEMSThe signs, what causes hardness in our region, and how to confirm it.
YOUR NEXT STEP
Tell us what you’re noticing. We’ll come out from Greenville, test your water, and walk you through the next step.