Fair Grove is a small town with a lot of countryside around it, and that countryside is where most well drilling near Fair Grove, MO happens. The 65648 ZIP area held 5,784 people in 2020, more than three times the 1,582 inside the city. Water in town comes through a public water supply district, while many rural homes on the surrounding Greene County land pump from their own wells.
Based on DNR well records through 2016, household wells within 5 miles of Fair Grove have a median depth of about 365 feet, with the middle half between about 300 and 450 feet. Those depths sit inside the 200 to 500 foot band for WellDrillingCosts.com's published estimate, which puts a complete well at $10,000 to $34,000. Steel casing goes into rock, the open hole is drilled to water, and we set the pump and pressure tank.
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EPA lists Greene County Public Water Supply District 5 under Fair Grove as a groundwater system serving about 1,500 people, and the county places Water District 5 there. Whether the district reaches a given address is worth checking with the district before planning a well. EPA also lists small shared systems at Wadsworth Park Units 4 and 5 and the Pembrook Village Subdivision.
The headwaters of the North Dry Sac River lie in northern Greene County southwest of town, and Hickory Barren sits about 2 miles north of Fellows Lake. In the same DNR records, wells within 5 miles of Fair Grove have a median casing of about 105 feet, a median static water level near 120 feet and a median reported yield of about 45 gallons per minute.
In the same DNR records, depth around Fair Grove changes most from north to south. Wells north of the town center had a median depth of about 305 feet, and only about 1 in 7 passed 400. South of center the median was about 410 feet, and more than half passed 400. The wells across the line in Dallas and Polk counties had a median near 300 feet.
Water also stands close to the surface near town. Within 2.5 miles of the center, the median static water level was about 70 feet, and more than 8 in 10 wells reported water within 100 feet of the surface. On the south side the median level was about 150 feet. Wells drilled later tend to go deeper. Of those finished from 2007 through 2016, about half passed 400 feet; of those from mid 1987 through 1996, only about a third did.
Fair Grove sits inside DNR Drilling Area 9, but the casing minimums here are modest. DNR lists 80 feet for the quarter section under the center of town, and about 4 in 5 quarter sections within 5 miles carry the same figure; the highest, to the south and east, reach 240 feet. That compares with median minimums of about 150 feet near Strafford and 200 feet near Rogersville. The Dallas, Polk and Webster County land in the circle follows Area 1, where 80 feet is also the floor and the casing has to reach 30 feet into solid bedrock. In the records, the Greene County wells near town ran a median of about 105 feet of casing, and those across the other county lines about 85.
Public water reaches only part of this ground. DNR's map of water district boundaries, last updated for this district in 2007, draws Greene County Public Water Supply District 5 at about 4 square miles around town, while a 5-mile circle covers about 78.
Most wells around Fair Grove sit on Greene County land, which earns the Springfield-Greene County Health Department's lower in-county price for a bacteria test. That lab also tests samples from other counties at a higher price, and Missouri's health department says a local public health agency can supply a state lab kit, so owners across the Dallas or Polk line have two routes. Call us if a result points to a problem with the well.
Fair Grove sits on US 65 about 14 miles north of Springfield, where MO 125 and Route CC meet the highway. MO 125 ends at US 65 here and the road continues west as Route CC to MO 13, while Route H passes Hickory Barren about 4 miles southwest.
The Boegel and Hine Flour Mill, also called the Wommack Mill, was added to the National Register in 1986. Census survey figures put the median year built for Fair Grove homes at 1993.
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