Rogersville, MO straddles the Webster and Greene county line, and our well drilling there covers the rural land on both sides. Three city wells and three elevated tanks supply the town, so in-town homes are on city water. Homes in the surrounding countryside still pump from private wells.
Based on DNR well records through 2016, the median household well within 5 miles of Rogersville is about 500 feet deep, with the middle half between about 425 and 565 feet. That lands right at the top of the 200 to 500 foot band covered by WellDrillingCosts.com's $10,000 to $34,000 published estimate for a complete well, so a deeper hole means extra footage on the quote. We case into solid rock and then drill open hole to a water-bearing layer.
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The city's three wells, Wells 1, 4 and 5 (the last also called the Porter Well), pump a combined 1,225 gallons per minute into three elevated tanks holding 475,000 gallons. Beyond that system, EPA lists small shared groundwater systems at Cross Roads Acres and the Eastbourough Subdivision, and other rural homes rely on their own wells.
In 2010 the state found TCE in a few wells on the west edge of Rogersville. EPA lists the area as the Compass Plaza Well TCE Superfund site, and the remedial program continues. Rogersville's city wells have not shown TCE. Owners near the west edge can ask a lab to add a VOC test.
A 5-mile circle around Rogersville reaches into three counties. Of the 869 household wells inside it in the same DNR records, 363 were in Webster County, 278 in Greene and 228 in Christian.
The state drilling rules split as well. The center of town is in DNR Drilling Area 1, where a bedrock well gets at least 80 feet of casing, reaching 30 feet into solid bedrock and grouted along its lowest 30 feet. The Greene County land to the west and part of the Christian County land to the southwest fall in Area 9 instead. There, DNR's quarter section minimums within 5 miles of town have a median of about 200 feet, and more than 9 in 10 are at least 150 feet.
The older wells show the same divide. On the Area 9 side, more than half carried over 150 feet of casing, with a median near 170 feet. On the Area 1 side the median was about 105 feet, and under 1 in 4 passed 150. Two lots a few miles apart can need very different amounts of casing, so we put casing on its own line of the quote once we know which area the land is in. DNR's WISDIM map shows the requirements for any address if you want to check first.
DNR has classified about 79 miles of stream within 5 miles of Rogersville as losing, against under 9 miles as gaining. The list includes Pedelo Creek, Sawyer Creek, Turner Creek, Norman Branch, Parched Corn Creek and Dry Fork, many of their tributaries, and one channel DNR labels simply as a tributary to an unnamed sinkhole. That is roughly four times the losing mileage mapped within 5 miles of Strafford.
Depth climbs close to town. Wells within 2.5 miles of the center had a median depth of about 550 feet, and about 1 in 3 went past 600; farther out, the median was about 465 feet. Water levels are kinder: about 6 in 7 nearby wells found water within 200 feet of the surface.
Testing follows the county line too. The Springfield-Greene County Health Department charges its in-county price only for Greene County wells, and Webster County wells can go through the Webster County Health Unit. We drill new wells and replace pumps on both sides of the line, so call us and we'll talk through what your property needs.
US 60 runs past Rogersville, and US 60 Business loops through town with one end in Greene County and one in Webster County. MO 125 meets US 60 at a roundabout interchange, and the old Cody crossroads there is now inside the city. Route B runs beside the railroad, and Route D runs from Palmetto east to Henderson.
Nearby communities include Palmetto about 2 miles northwest, Oak Grove Heights on MO 125 about 5 miles northwest, Henderson in Webster County, and the Logan area where Farm Roads 164 and 219 cross.
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