Water wells in Barber County
1,835 WWC-5 records — 0.6% of the Kansas register. The median well here is 55 feet deep, against 60 feet statewide.
1,835Records
55 ftMedian depth
260Plugged
115Drillers
How deep people drill in Barber County
This is what a buyer or a builder actually wants, and the Survey does not publish it as a figure you can look up. The numbers below are medians over the records where a figure was reported — a mean would be carried away by a few deep irrigation wells.
| Measurement | Median | 90th percentile | Kansas median |
|---|---|---|---|
| Depth | 55 ft | 132 ft | 60 ft — shallower here (1,830 records, 100 %) |
| Static water level | 17.1 ft | 67 ft | 24 ft — lower here (1,711 records, 93 %) |
| Estimated yield | 15 gpm | 60 gpm | 25 gpm — lower here (998 records, 54 %) |
What the water is used for
| Water use | Records | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Domestic | 652 | 35.5% |
| Monitoring well/observation/piezometer | 371 | 20.2% |
| Oil Field Water Supply | 308 | 16.8% |
| Domestic, Livestock | 250 | 13.6% |
| Irrigation | 67 | 3.7% |
| Public Water Supply | 41 | 2.2% |
| Domestic, Lawn and Garden | 30 | 1.6% |
| Test Hole, Uncased | 25 | 1.4% |
| Environmental Remediation, Recovery | 13 | 0.7% |
| Industrial | 12 | 0.7% |
| Test hole/well | 12 | 0.7% |
| Dewatering | 11 | 0.6% |
Wells tied to a water right
291 records in Barber County carry a DWR appropriation number — 15.9%, against 11.0% statewide. A well permit and a water right are separate instruments in Kansas, and the appropriation number is the thread back to the Division of Water Resources.
What stands out in Barber County
The busiest contractor on these records is Dean L. Lyman, INC, named on 485 of them (26.4%), ahead of Kelly's Water Well Service, INC (121) and Crowdis Water Well Service, LLC (100). The oldest record here was completed in 1971 and the most recent in 2026, and the deepest well on file reaches 369 feet — a domestic, lawn and garden well drilled by Pratt Well Service in 2013.
Plugging records — in Barber County
260 of the 1,835 records in Barber County carry a plugging report (14.2%), filed on form WWC-5P. The other 1,575 do not.
That is not a list of abandoned wells, and this site never calls them that. Kansas defines abandonment by use — a well unused for two years — and nothing in this register tracks use. What the absence of a plugging report does mean is that the State has never been told the well was sealed. On the 699 records here completed before 1995, that is exactly what a buyer checks. Why it matters and who pays.
Who drills in Barber County
| Contractor | Records | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Dean L. Lyman, INC | 485 | 26.4% |
| Kelly's Water Well Service, INC | 121 | 6.6% |
| Crowdis Water Well Service, LLC | 100 | 5.4% |
| Lyman's, INC | 79 | 4.3% |
| Clarke Well and Equipment, INC | 71 | 3.9% |
| Geotechnical Services, INC | 70 | 3.8% |
| Pratt Well Service, INC | 70 | 3.8% |
| Rosencrantz-bemis Enterprises, INC | 68 | 3.7% |
| Central Well & Pump, INC | 59 | 3.2% |
| Lehl & Son Water Well Drilling | 34 | 1.9% |
| 4 Brothers LLC | 30 | 1.6% |
| Associated Environmental, INC | 27 | 1.5% |
| Leon Weber Well Service | 25 | 1.4% |
| Lyman Implement | 25 | 1.4% |
| Sam's Water Well Service | 24 | 1.3% |
| Pratt Well Service | 22 | 1.2% |
| Razek Environmental, LLC | 19 | 1.0% |
| Coranco Great Plains, INC | 18 | 1.0% |
When they were drilled
| Decade | Records | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 2020s | 185 | 10.1% |
| 2010s | 371 | 20.2% |
| 2000s | 359 | 19.6% |
| 1990s | 332 | 18.1% |
| 1980s | 387 | 21.1% |
| 1970s | 160 | 8.7% |
An unplugged well on land in Barber County?
1,575 of the 1,835 records in Barber County have no plugging report on file. If a well on your land is no longer used, Kansas requires it to be plugged and the duty falls on the landowner — with cost-share of up to USD 1,000 per well through the Kansas Department of Agriculture. This site reads the register; it does not drill and it does not plug. Tell us where and we pass the request to licensed Kansas well contractors.
We recommend no contractor and we are nobody's agent. We have no arrangement with any firm today — we are collecting these requests in order to go and find them. What we do with this.
Records in Barber County
| WWC-5 | Drilled by | Use | Depth (ft) | Yield (gpm) | Year | Plugging report |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1057134605 | 4 Brothers LLC | Domestic | 93 | 5 | 2026 | — |
| 1057150027 | 4 Brothers LLC | Domestic, Livestock | 105 | 25 | 2026 | — |
| 1057082697 | Crowdis Water Well Service, LLC | Domestic, Livestock | 65 | 10 | 2026 | — |
| 1057082883 | Crowdis Water Well Service, LLC | Domestic, Livestock | 50 | 10 | 2026 | — |
| 1057082891 | Crowdis Water Well Service, LLC | Domestic, Livestock | 65 | 10 | 2026 | — |
| 1057108240 | Crowdis Water Well Service, LLC | Domestic, Livestock | 52 | 30 | 2026 | — |
| 1057108287 | Crowdis Water Well Service, LLC | Domestic | 110 | 15 | 2026 | — |
| 1057147060 | Crowdis Water Well Service, LLC | Domestic, Livestock | 110 | 100 | 2026 | — |
| 1057147073 | Crowdis Water Well Service, LLC | Domestic, Livestock | 130 | 1 | 2026 | — |
| 1057149821 | Crowdis Water Well Service, LLC | Domestic, Livestock | 50 | 15 | 2026 | — |
| 1057208201 | Crowdis Water Well Service, LLC | Domestic | 80 | 80 | 2026 | — |
| 1057208212 | Crowdis Water Well Service, LLC | Domestic, Livestock | 80 | 90 | 2026 | — |
| 1057141861 | Lehl & Son Water Well Drlg | Domestic, Livestock | 125 | 40 | 2026 | — |
| 1057141870 | Lehl & Son Water Well Drlg | Domestic, Livestock | 107 | 0 | 2026 | — |
| 1057576509 | Travis Lehl | Domestic, Livestock | 105 | 8 | 2026 | — |
| 1057576518 | Travis Lehl | Domestic, Livestock | 80 | 50 | 2026 | — |
| 1056334025 | 4 Brothers LLC | Domestic | 137 | 5 | 2025 | — |
| 1056586340 | 4 Brothers LLC | Domestic | 65 | 25 | 2025 | — |
| 1056603015 | 4 Brothers LLC | Domestic | 160 | 0 | 2025 | — |
| 1057011103 | 4 Brothers LLC | Domestic | 180 | 2 | 2025 | — |
| 1057055284 | Crowdis Water Well Service, LLC | Domestic, Livestock | 80 | 100 | 2025 | — |
| 1057055294 | Crowdis Water Well Service, LLC | Domestic, Livestock | 50 | 100 | 2025 | — |
| 1057055324 | Crowdis Water Well Service, LLC | Domestic, Livestock | 100 | 100 | 2025 | — |
| 1056814467 | Crowdis Ww Srvc | Oil Field Water Supply | 50 | 80 | 2025 | — |
| 1056910123 | Crowdis Ww Srvc | Domestic, Livestock | 50 | 0 | 2025 | — |
| 1056910171 | Crowdis Ww Srvc | Domestic, Livestock | 55 | 80 | 2025 | — |
| 1056644683 | Env. Priority Srvc | Monitoring well/observation/piezometer | 32 | 0 | 2025 | — |
| 1056644692 | Env. Priority Srvc | Monitoring well/observation/piezometer | 32 | 0 | 2025 | — |
| 1056654844 | Env. Priority Srvc | Monitoring well/observation/piezometer | 33 | 0 | 2025 | — |
| 1057032686 | Lehl & Son Water Well Drlg | Domestic, Livestock | 65 | 0 | 2025 | — |
| 1057032696 | Lehl & Son Water Well Drlg | Domestic, Livestock | 50 | 0 | 2025 | — |
| 562329 | Lyman's, Inc. #997 | Domestic | 30 | 10 | 2025 | — |
| 562330 | Lyman's, Inc. #997 | Domestic | 30 | 15 | 2025 | — |
| 1056334040 | Obe Brant | Domestic | 152 | 2 | 2025 | — |
| 1054141949 | 4 Brothers LLC | Domestic, Livestock | 111 | 20 | 2024 | — |
| 1055029676 | 4 Brothers LLC | Domestic, Livestock | 147 | 75 | 2024 | — |
| 1055029720 | 4 Brothers LLC | Domestic, Livestock | 146 | 60 | 2024 | — |
| 1055782797 | 4 Brothers LLC | Domestic | 119 | 10 | 2024 | — |
| 1055878645 | 4 Brothers LLC | Domestic, Livestock | 99 | 12 | 2024 | — |
| 1055878656 | 4 Brothers LLC | Domestic, Livestock | 105 | 10 | 2024 | — |
| 1055878667 | 4 Brothers LLC | Domestic, Livestock | 105 | 12 | 2024 | — |
| 1056279058 | 4 Brothers LLC | Domestic, Livestock | 105 | 10 | 2024 | — |
| 560370 | Bradley Machine & Pump Repair | Domestic, Livestock | 32 | 10 | 2024 | — |
| 1055616716 | Chase Drilling | Domestic, Livestock | 160 | 1.5 | 2024 | — |
| 1054369096 | Crowdis Water Well Service, LLC | Domestic, Livestock | 50 | 5 | 2024 | — |
| 1055029731 | Crowdis Water Well Service, LLC | Domestic, Livestock | 77 | 10 | 2024 | — |
| 1055768661 | Crowdis Water Well Service, LLC | Domestic, Livestock | 60 | 20 | 2024 | — |
| 1054143235 | Crowdis Ww Srvc | Domestic, Livestock | 78 | 80 | 2024 | — |
| 1054143688 | Crowdis Ww Srvc | Domestic, Livestock | 125 | 2 | 2024 | — |
| 1054368932 | Crowdis Ww Srvc | Domestic, Livestock | 50 | 10 | 2024 | — |
| 1054402781 | Crowdis Ww Srvc | Domestic, Livestock | 160 | 30 | 2024 | — |
| 1055474181 | Crowdis Ww Srvc | Domestic, Livestock | 170 | 30 | 2024 | — |
| 1055552899 | H2o Drilling | Domestic, Livestock | 100 | 10 | 2024 | — |
| 562529 | Lehl & Son Water Well Drlg | Domestic | 95 | 7 | 2024 | — |
| 562530 | Lehl & Son Water Well Drlg | Domestic, Livestock | 65 | 40 | 2024 | — |
| 1056865910 | Lehl & Son Water Well Drlg | Domestic | 95 | 7 | 2024 | — |
| 1056865920 | Lehl & Son Water Well Drlg | Domestic, Livestock | 65 | 40 | 2024 | — |
| 1056865928 | Lehl & Son Water Well Drlg | Domestic, Livestock | 67 | 10 | 2024 | — |
| 1056865938 | Lehl & Son Water Well Drlg | Domestic | 65 | 12 | 2024 | — |
| 1056865948 | Lehl & Son Water Well Drlg | Domestic, Livestock | 80 | 12 | 2024 | — |
| 559738 | Lyman's, Inc. #997 | Domestic, Lawn and Garden | 67 | 20 | 2024 | — |
| 559769 | Lyman's, Inc. #997 | Domestic, Livestock | 30 | 50 | 2024 | — |
| 560314 | Lyman's, Inc. #997 | Domestic, Livestock | 72 | 8 | 2024 | — |
| 1055098370 | On Point Water Well Services LLC | Domestic, Livestock | 45 | 50 | 2024 | — |
| 1055098384 | On Point Water Well Services LLC | Domestic, Livestock | 35 | 4 | 2024 | — |
| 1053023736 | 4 Brothers LLC | Domestic | 75 | 25 | 2023 | — |
| 1053242329 | 4 Brothers LLC | Domestic | 90 | 20 | 2023 | — |
| 1053242353 | 4 Brothers LLC | Domestic | 190 | 7 | 2023 | — |
| 1053273767 | 4 Brothers LLC | Domestic | 75 | 7 | 2023 | — |
| 1053327848 | 4 Brothers LLC | Domestic, Livestock | 84 | 0 | 2023 | — |
| 1053424482 | 4 Brothers LLC | Domestic, Lawn and Garden | 227 | 3 | 2023 | — |
| 558055 | Crowdis Water Well Service, LLC | Domestic, Livestock | 65 | 3 | 2023 | — |
| 557817 | Crowdis Ww Srvc | Domestic, Livestock | 140 | 5 | 2023 | — |
| 557829 | Crowdis Ww Srvc | Domestic, Livestock | 35 | 80 | 2023 | — |
| 558489 | Env. Priority Srvc | Monitoring well/observation/piezometer | 25 | 0 | 2023 | — |
| 1053346816 | H2o Drilling | Domestic, Livestock | 130 | 6.5 | 2023 | — |
| 1053422187 | H2o Drilling | Domestic, Lawn and Garden | 70 | 5.5 | 2023 | — |
| 559456 | Lyman's #140 | Domestic, Livestock | 42 | 10 | 2023 | — |
| 556830 | Lyman's, Inc. #997 | Domestic, Livestock | 72 | 20 | 2023 | — |
| 1053359129 | Miller Excavation, INC | Domestic, Livestock | 40 | 6 | 2023 | — |
| 1053359277 | Miller Excavation, INC | Domestic, Livestock | 125 | 0 | 2023 | — |
| 1053359315 | Miller Excavation, INC | Domestic, Livestock | 60 | 0.5 | 2023 | — |
| 558369 | Terracon Consultants #416 | Monitoring well/observation/piezometer | 40.4 | 0 | 2023 | — |
| 1052888298 | Clarke Well & Equip | Public Water Supply | 110 | 0 | 2022 | — |
| 1052905823 | Clarke Well & Equip | Public Water Supply | 113 | 0 | 2022 | — |
| 555266 | Crowdis Water Well Service, LLC | Domestic, Livestock | 35 | 10 | 2022 | — |
| 556809 | Crowdis Water Well Service, LLC | Domestic, Livestock | 140 | 40 | 2022 | — |
| 556833 | Crowdis Water Well Service, LLC | Domestic, Livestock | 110 | 1 | 2022 | — |
| 556834 | Crowdis Water Well Service, LLC | Domestic, Livestock | 140 | 1 | 2022 | — |
| 556835 | Crowdis Water Well Service, LLC | Domestic, Livestock | 95 | 1 | 2022 | — |
| 556832 | Crowdis Ww Srvc | Domestic | 110 | 2 | 2022 | — |
| 557830 | Crowdis Ww Srvc | Domestic, Livestock | 114 | 2 | 2022 | — |
| 553261 | H20 Drilling | Domestic | 73 | 1 | 2022 | — |
| 1052893232 | H2o Drilling | Domestic, Livestock | 100 | 0 | 2022 | — |
| 1052909399 | H2o Drilling | Domestic, Lawn and Garden | 70 | 7.5 | 2022 | — |
| 552306 | Lyman's #140 | Domestic, Livestock | 164 | 0.5 | 2022 | — |
| 556829 | Lyman's #140 | Domestic, Livestock | 130 | 20 | 2022 | — |
| 556831 | Lyman's #140 | Domestic, Lawn and Garden | 54 | 25 | 2022 | — |
| 556455 | Terracon Consultants #416 | Monitoring well/observation/piezometer | 21.8 | 0 | 2022 | — |
| 1052908002 | Tyler Water Well Service, INC | Irrigation | 140 | 400 | 2022 | — |
| 539924 | 4 Brothers LLC | Domestic, Livestock | 115 | 18 | 2021 | — |
| 539925 | 4 Brothers LLC | Domestic, Livestock | 100 | 7.5 | 2021 | — |
| 539926 | 4 Brothers LLC | Domestic, Livestock | 75 | 4 | 2021 | — |
| 539927 | 4 Brothers LLC | Domestic, Livestock | 57 | 3 | 2021 | — |
| 539928 | 4 Brothers LLC | Domestic, Livestock | 38 | 5 | 2021 | — |
| 539931 | 4 Brothers LLC | Domestic, Livestock | 50 | 24 | 2021 | — |
| 539932 | 4 Brothers LLC | Domestic, Livestock | 55 | 10 | 2021 | — |
| 548886 | 4 Brothers LLC | Domestic, Lawn and Garden | 132 | 50 | 2021 | — |
| 546034 | Crowdis Water Well Service, LLC | Domestic, Livestock | 132 | 0 | 2021 | — |
| 547924 | Crowdis Water Well Service, LLC | Domestic, Livestock | 135 | 1 | 2021 | — |
| 546033 | Crowdis Ww Srvc | Domestic, Livestock | 136 | 0 | 2021 | — |
| 547920 | Crowdis Ww Srvc | Domestic, Livestock | 65 | 25 | 2021 | — |
| 547921 | Crowdis Ww Srvc | Domestic, Livestock | 105 | 15 | 2021 | — |
| 543180 | Gsi Engineering, LLC | Monitoring well/observation/piezometer | 15 | 0 | 2021 | — |
| 543181 | Gsi Engineering, LLC | Monitoring well/observation/piezometer | 14 | 0 | 2021 | — |
| 543182 | Gsi Engineering, LLC | Monitoring well/observation/piezometer | 13 | 0 | 2021 | — |
| 543183 | Gsi Engineering, LLC | Monitoring well/observation/piezometer | 14 | 0 | 2021 | — |
| 543184 | Gsi Engineering, LLC | Monitoring well/observation/piezometer | 13 | 0 | 2021 | — |
| 545700 | Lehl & Son Water Well Drlg | Domestic, Livestock | 153 | 0 | 2021 | — |
| 545701 | Lehl & Son Water Well Drlg | Domestic, Livestock | 160 | 4 | 2021 | — |
| 545702 | Lehl & Son Water Well Drlg | Domestic | 110 | 12 | 2021 | — |
| 545703 | Lehl & Son Water Well Drlg | Domestic, Livestock | 110 | 3 | 2021 | — |
| 544584 | Lyman's | Domestic | 96 | 20 | 2021 | — |
| 549804 | Lyman's #140 | Domestic, Livestock | 130 | 15 | 2021 | — |
| 537476 | Clarke Well & Equipment, INC | Irrigation | 172 | 0 | 2020 | — |
| 534432 | Crowdis Water Well Service, LLC | Monitoring well/observation/piezometer | 50 | 0 | 2020 | — |
| 534367 | Env. Priority Srvc | Monitoring well/observation/piezometer | 20 | 0 | 2020 | — |
| 534467 | Env. Priority Srvc | Monitoring well/observation/piezometer | 15 | 0 | 2020 | — |
| 534507 | Env. Priority Srvc | Monitoring well/observation/piezometer | 20 | 0 | 2020 | — |
| 534527 | Env. Priority Srvc | Monitoring well/observation/piezometer | 20 | 0 | 2020 | — |
| 534547 | Env. Priority Srvc | Monitoring well/observation/piezometer | 20 | 0 | 2020 | — |
| 534548 | Env. Priority Srvc | Monitoring well/observation/piezometer | 20 | 0 | 2020 | — |
| 534950 | Env. Priority Srvc | Monitoring well/observation/piezometer | 18 | 0 | 2020 | — |
| 538064 | Lyman's | Domestic, Livestock | 102 | 20 | 2020 | — |
| 539768 | Lyman's | Domestic, Livestock | 122 | 25 | 2020 | — |
| 532573 | Rosencrantz-bemis Ent., INC | Domestic | 118 | 20 | 2020 | — |
| 528177 | Clarke Well and Equipment, INC | Other | 175 | 0 | 2019 | — |
| 524505 | Crowdis Water Well Service, LLC | Oil Field Water Supply | 80 | 0 | 2019 | — |
| 526326 | Crowdis Water Well Service, LLC | Domestic | 118 | 0 | 2019 | — |
| 528147 | Crowdis Water Well Service, LLC | Domestic, Livestock | 110 | 0 | 2019 | — |
By water use in Barber County
- Domestic in Barber County 652
- Domestic, Livestock in Barber County 250
- Monitoring well/observation/piezometer in Barber County 371
- Oil Field Water Supply in Barber County 308
Counties with a comparable register
- Montgomery 2,285
- Cowley 2,223
- Kearny 2,143
- Sheridan 2,086
- Ellsworth 2,028
- Rush 1,921
- Geary 1,901
- Washington 1,798
- Phillips 1,775
- Norton 1,770
- Russell 1,752
- Cloud 1,746
- Morris 1,671
Neighbours by the size of their register, not a ranking: the list slides with the county, so each of the 100 county pages is reachable from the others. All of them.