How to Request a Custom Off-line Search for
Well Logs and Sealing Reports

BEFORE YOU CALL, FAX, E-MAIL OR WRITE;

Please gather as much of the below information as
possible about the well or wells you are interested in.

 

1. County the well is located in.

2. Township the well is located in

3. Street address where well is located

4. Nearest intersection to the well

5. Original property owners name          and/or     Name of owner at time well was drilled

6. Approximate year the well was drilled

7. Name of the drilling contractor for the well

Attention consulting firms:

At this time we can no longer offer to conduct the radius search for you.  Please see the section below this for instructions on conducting the search using our on-line database search methods.

Other information that may help us locate your well log(s).

Names of the previous owners of the property
Other names that might occur on the well log
Subdivision name and lot number

Once the above data has been collected
please submit your request by any method below.
Be sure to specify which type(s) of records (well log or sealing report)
you are interested in for the locations given.

By phone: (614) 265-6740

By fax: (614) 265-6767

By e-Mail:  cleve.brown@dnr.state.oh.us

By mail:

The Ohio Department of Natural Resources Division of Soil and Water Resources Ground Water Mapping and Technical Services 2045 Morse Road, Bldg. B-2 Columbus, Ohio 43229-6693

If a log is not within our files at the Division of Water it may be present at your local County Health Department office.

 

NOTE: As of September 8, 2009, the Division of Soil and Water Resources can no longer provide the service of searching and compiling the located water well records within a customer's desired radius.
 
Information necessary for consulting firms to conduct an area well log search:

There are 3 types of locational water well record searches: Radius, Area, and Polygon

• Radius Search - enter latitude and longiutde for 1 point and then click on a predetermined radius of either 2000 feet, 1/2 mile, 1, mile, 1.5 miles, or 2 miles.
• Area Search - enter latitude and longitude for 1 point and then specify the distance from that point in the north, south, east, and west directions that you would like to create a rectangular study area.
• Polygon Search - enter the latitudes and longitudes for 4 points.  The program connects these four points to create your study area. 

All the water well records that lie within the designated area will be returned.  From the results of search page, you can download the images and/or a database of any or all of the returned well records.  Within the database will be the coordinates for each well. 

You will not receive a map showing these well locations.  You will have to create a map showing the well locations using the coordinates that are in the database.
 

For most counties, less than half of the water well records have known coordinates.  If you want to search the database for both the located and unlocated well records, please use the Custom Data Search.  If you do not want to use our on-line method, you can come to our office to search the paper files. Our office hours are 8:00 A.M. until 5:00 P.M. Monday-Friday.

If you have questions or need help using our on-line database search tools, please call Jim Raab at 614-265-6747.

By mail:

The Ohio Department of Natural Resources Division of Soil and Water Resources Ground Water Mapping and Technical Services 2045 Morse Road, Bldg. B-2 Columbus, Ohio 43229-6693