Kearny sits at about 1,860 feet on the Gila River in Pinal County. Homes inside the town limits are on the Town of Kearny water system, which pumps groundwater. Outside the limits it is private wells. The river places, the ground toward Kelvin and Riverside, and the ranches up the washes run their own wells.
Jacob's Well and Pump Services is based in Globe and works about 75 miles around. We have worked wells in and around Kearny. Well pump repair is the call we get most: no water, low pressure, a breaker that keeps tripping. We also handle pump replacement, pressure tanks, storage tanks, solar well pumps and windmills, so call or text (928) 961-6641.
Tell us what your well is doing. We will call or text you back.
Kearny is a planned town. Kennecott Copper laid it out in 1958 for the families of Ray, Sonora and Barcelona. The open pit was about to take those three townsites. The Ray mine is still working, and the Copper Basin Railway still hauls copper through town.
That history is why the water picture here splits in two. Inside the town limits, the Town of Kearny runs the water system and its source is groundwater. Outside the limits, the well on your ground is yours: your pump, your pipe, your power bill. When it quits, there is no utility to call.
Arizona wells are registered with the Arizona Department of Water Resources. The registry number starts with 55, and it opens the file on your well. The driller's log in that file lists how the well was built and what the drill went through. Tell us the number if you have it, because it saves guessing about depth.
It depends on where the property sits. Published USGS records for wells around Kearny run from under 100 feet to more than 1,000 feet. The shallow ones are down near the Gila, and the deep ones are up out of the valley.
Depth changes the whole job. A deep well means more drop pipe and more wire coming out of the hole. Our own pump hoist rig does that lifting. We have set a solar pump more than 700 feet down at the end of a very rough road.
Galvanized drop pipe rots thin from the inside, and a long string of it comes up with care. When pipe or a pump breaks off down the hole, we fish it out with the rig and fishing tools. While the pump is out we look at the drop pipe, the wire, the check valves and the well seal.
Kearny is low desert ground at about 1,860 feet. It gets hot here, and we have pulled pumps on days above 120 degrees. Heat is hard on anything mounted in the open. That means the control box, the wire, the pressure switch and the poly line out to a tank.
Late summer brings the monsoon, and with it lightning. Lightning is rough on pump motors, control boxes and solar controllers. A pump that ran fine before a storm and will not start after one is a common call. Heavy runoff in the washes can cut a buried pipeline or scour out a wellhead.
On the house side, heat shows up at the pressure tank and the switch. A tank that has lost its air charge makes the pump start and stop every few seconds. That short cycling is hard on a motor, and out here the motor sits a long way down. We test the pressure switch, the control box and the motor readings before anything gets pulled.
We come down AZ-77 through Dripping Springs to Winkelman, then up AZ-177 along the Gila into Kearny, about 50 miles from Globe. That highway ties Kearny to Hayden and Winkelman below town, and to Kelvin and Riverside above it. The Copper Basin Railway runs alongside that road.
Out on that ground the water job is often livestock, not a house. A well fills a storage tank, the tank feeds the troughs, and a float keeps it from running over. Many stock wells out here sit a long way from the nearest power line. That is why so much of this country runs on sun.
Solar well pumps use an array, a controller, a DC submersible pump and a float switch at the tank. There are no batteries, so the pump works while the sun is up and the tank carries the rest. We work on ranch windmills too, from the yearly gearbox oil change to new leathers, check valves and sucker rod. Steel and poly water storage tanks are their own work: patching, rebuilding a tank and its stand, and running pipeline out to troughs.
Communities and areas we serve around Kearny: Kelvin, Riverside, Hayden, Winkelman, Copper Basin, Mineral Creek, Ray Road, Florence-Kelvin Highway, Gila River valley.
Kearny ZIP codes served: 85137.
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Troubleshooting and repair for wells with no water, low pressure or a pump that will not shut off: the electrical side tested first, pumps pulled and reset with our own pump hoist rig, and dropped pumps fished out of the well.
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We replace worn out well pumps with new submersible pumps sized to the well's depth and yield. New drop pipe, wire, a check valve and a well seal go down with the pump.
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We replace waterlogged and failed well pressure tanks, pressure switches, gauges and tank tees. The precharge gets set to your switch so the pump runs long enough on each cycle.
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We install and repair water storage tanks for homes, ranches and stock water. That covers the tank, its stand and plumbing, the float controls and the booster pump.
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We design and install solar well pump systems for ranches, stock wells and off-grid homes. The panels, the controller, the pump and the tank float get sized to your well's depth and your daily gallons.
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We service and repair water pumping windmills on ranches around Globe. Gearbox oil, new leathers, sucker rod, drop pipe and tower work are all part of it.
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We clean out existing wells that have filled in with sand, rust and scale. The pump comes out, the hole gets bailed and the casing brushed, then we test pump the well.
Learn MoreReal reviews from real well and pump jobs, 13 reviews on Google.
My well is more than 20 years old and began needing repairs. Upon calling Jacob's Well and Pump Service, I was pleased with their quick response and concern to restore my water supply. Prior to the repairs, the scope of work was explained to me, the repairs were made, and the crew always worked in a professional and timely manner. I definitely recommend Jacob's Well and Pump Service.
Great people, very knowledgeable and respectful. Have the equipment to get the job done.
Jacob's does quality work at a fair price, and always gives the effort required to get the job done right and as quickly as possible. I have worked with them on a number of jobs and they work Iike they are trying to give a good first impression on every project.
Hard, dedicated workers. Had a difficult job, yet they found a workable solution.
Working with Mickey was great. We needed a pump for our well. He responded right away, and had us up and running in no time. Very knowledgable and professional. A pleasure to deal with. We certainly highly recommend him!
Mickey with Jacobs well and pump service is absolutely amazing. He is super reliable, trustworthy, and responsive at all times of the day. I 100 percent recommend his company.
A few of the questions we hear most around Kearny. If yours is not here, call and ask.
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