Well Pump Freeze?

[PsyOps]

I am on well water. The pump is completely coevered with snow. Should I be concerned about it freezing or cracking? Should I dig the snow away from it?

TIA

 

[Bavarian]

Is the pump really covered with snow, or just the cap? Our well in a couple of hundred feet down.
If you have concerns of freezing either of the pump or exposed pipes, let the water run slowly.

 

[Vince]

A deep well pump is in the ground well below the freeze line. However deep they drilled your well, that's where they put the pump. Even a shallow well pump won't freeze. If it does, we'll all be isicles before that. They only thing you see above the ground is your well cap and the elect running to it.

 

[desertrat]

I am on well water. The pump is completely coevered with snow. Should I be concerned about it freezing or cracking? Should I dig the snow away from it?

TIA

You'll be fine. I can't even see mine. Everything that matters is well (haha) below the freeze line.

 

[GWguy]

I am on well water. The pump is completely coevered with snow. Should I be concerned about it freezing or cracking? Should I dig the snow away from it?

TIA

It's warmer than it has been, so if it hasn't frozen by now, I wouldn't be too concerned. Snow also makes a good insulator, the temp under the snow at the exposed part of the pump is probably warmer than the air by a degree or two. I was just out shoveling, and under the snow and ice the bottom layer is water, not frozen.

 

[PsyOps]

I am on well water. The pump is completely coevered with snow. Should I be concerned about it freezing or cracking? Should I dig the snow away from it?

TIA

Okay, so I'm talking about the cap. So, no worries. Thanks.

 

[ylexot]

It's probably warmer under the snow than it is on the non-snowy nights where the temperatures drop well below freezing. Snow acts like insulation.