The 858 domestic wells on file within 5 miles of Youngstown, from the state’s drilling logs: your neighbors’ wells, and the best guide to this ground.
Source: ODNR well logs, domestic wells within 5 miles, retrieved 2026-09-30.
Shallower Wells Than Most of Mahoning County
Wells around Youngstown are among the shallowest in the county. The city ranks 20th of 21 Mahoning County towns by median well depth, with a median of 102 feet against 120 for the county's domestic wells. The deep quarter of logs here starts at 133 feet; the county's starts at 165.
The rock mapped at the town center is Devonian to Mississippian in age: the Maxville Limestone and the Rushville, Logan and Cuyahoga Formations, a unit that takes in conglomerate as well as shale, siltstone, sandstone and limestone. The logs record what each hole actually passed through. For a new well, less depth means less drilled footage. The cost page explains how that figures in, residential drilling covers the job, and the treatment page covers the water itself.
Water Level and Flow for a Youngstown-Area Pump
In the logs near Youngstown, the static level falls between 15 and 40 feet in the middle half, so many wells hold their water deeper than a basement jet pump can comfortably pull by suction. A submersible pump hung below the water line is the common choice, and its setting follows the water level rather than the depth of the hole.
Of the 626 logs that record a yield, the middle half give between 9 and 20 gallons per minute. The pump is sized from that yield and the lift together, and a pressure tank matched to it keeps the cycles long. Where a well sits at the stronger end, a constant-pressure setup can hold pressure even while several taps run. The well pumps page covers pumps, tanks and controls.
