Water wells in Chase County
648 WWC-5 records — 0.2% of the Kansas register. The median well here is 52 feet deep, against 60 feet statewide.
648Records
52 ftMedian depth
128Plugged
62Drillers
How deep people drill in Chase 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 | 52 ft | 120 ft | 60 ft — shallower here (635 records, 98 %) |
| Static water level | 18 ft | 40 ft | 24 ft — lower here (555 records, 86 %) |
| Estimated yield | 10 gpm | 30 gpm | 25 gpm — lower here (454 records, 70 %) |
What the water is used for
| Water use | Records | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Domestic | 400 | 61.7% |
| Domestic, Livestock | 88 | 13.6% |
| Monitoring well/observation/piezometer | 46 | 7.1% |
| (unstated)/abandoned | 32 | 4.9% |
| Public Water Supply | 25 | 3.9% |
| Domestic, Lawn and Garden | 22 | 3.4% |
| Geothermal, Closed Loop, Vertical | 12 | 1.9% |
| Feedlot | 6 | 0.9% |
| Test hole/well | 4 | 0.6% |
| Heat Pump (Closed Loop/Disposal), Geothermal | 4 | 0.6% |
| Feedlot/Livestock/Windmill | 3 | 0.5% |
| Test Hole, Cased | 2 | 0.3% |
Wells tied to a water right
7 records in Chase County carry a DWR appropriation number — 1.1%, 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 Chase County
The busiest contractor on these records is Zinn Water Well Drlg, named on 156 of them (24.1%), ahead of Mcnee Drilling & Metals (123) and Associated Drilling, INC (65). The oldest record here was completed in 1974 and the most recent in 2026, and the deepest well on file reaches 300 feet — a heat pump (closed loop/disposal), geothermal well drilled by Evans Energy Development, INC in 2011.
Plugging records — in Chase County
128 of the 648 records in Chase County carry a plugging report (19.8%), filed on form WWC-5P. The other 520 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 220 records here completed before 1995, that is exactly what a buyer checks. Why it matters and who pays.
Who drills in Chase County
| Contractor | Records | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Zinn Water Well Drlg | 156 | 24.1% |
| Mcnee Drilling & Metals | 123 | 19.0% |
| Associated Drilling, INC | 65 | 10.0% |
| Associated Environmental, INC | 45 | 6.9% |
| Grogan Ebberts Drilling | 43 | 6.6% |
| Well Owner | 24 | 3.7% |
| J. C. Mcnee Drilling & Metals | 16 | 2.5% |
| Peterson Irrigation, INC | 13 | 2.0% |
| Backhus Well Drilling, LLC | 9 | 1.4% |
| Backhus Well Drlg | 9 | 1.4% |
| Euler Water Well Drilling | 8 | 1.2% |
| K-w Oil Well Service, INC | 7 | 1.1% |
| Larsen and Associates, INC | 7 | 1.1% |
| Hazen P. Bledsoe 11 Service CO | 6 | 0.9% |
| Evans Energy Development, INC | 6 | 0.9% |
| Flint Hills Drilling | 6 | 0.9% |
| Clarke Well and Equipment, INC | 6 | 0.9% |
| George J. Lespagnard Water Well Contract | 5 | 0.8% |
When they were drilled
| Decade | Records | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 2020s | 53 | 8.2% |
| 2010s | 136 | 21.0% |
| 2000s | 108 | 16.7% |
| 1990s | 167 | 25.8% |
| 1980s | 115 | 17.7% |
| 1970s | 67 | 10.3% |
An unplugged well on land in Chase County?
520 of the 648 records in Chase 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 Chase County
| WWC-5 | Drilled by | Use | Depth (ft) | Yield (gpm) | Year | Plugging report |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1057251112 | Associated Drilling, INC | Domestic, Livestock | 120 | 30 | 2026 | — |
| 1057251327 | Associated Drilling, INC | Domestic, Livestock | 58 | 7 | 2026 | — |
| 1057548296 | Associated Drilling, INC | Domestic, Livestock | 140 | 12 | 2026 | — |
| 1057245327 | Euler Water Well Drilling | Domestic | 100 | 7.5 | 2026 | — |
| 1057114827 | Mcpherson Drilling CO | Domestic, Livestock | 125 | 15 | 2026 | — |
| 1056900008 | Associated Drilling, Inc. #990 | Domestic | 100 | 8 | 2025 | — |
| 1057272023 | Backhus Well Drilling, LLC | Domestic, Livestock | 110 | 15 | 2025 | — |
| 1057272034 | Backhus Well Drilling, LLC | Domestic, Livestock | 90 | 15 | 2025 | — |
| 1056997269 | Euler Water Well Drilling | Domestic, Lawn and Garden | 100 | 4 | 2025 | — |
| 1056570591 | Peterson Mcnett Drlg | Geothermal, Closed Loop, Vertical | 200 | 0 | 2025 | — |
| 1054861367 | Backhus Well Drlg | Domestic, Livestock | 110 | 8 | 2024 | — |
| 1054861706 | Backhus Well Drlg | Domestic, Livestock | 110 | 8 | 2024 | — |
| 1055207209 | Euler Water Well Drilling | Domestic | 40 | 0 | 2024 | — |
| 1055207510 | Euler Water Well Drilling | Domestic, Livestock | 60 | 20 | 2024 | — |
| 1054246958 | Numac LLC | Domestic, Livestock | 100 | 12 | 2024 | — |
| 1055872178 | Numac LLC | Domestic, Livestock | 140 | 0 | 2024 | — |
| 1056514272 | Sargent Drlg #946 | Public Water Supply | 55 | 0 | 2024 | — |
| 1053386437 | Backhus Well Drlg | Domestic, Livestock | 110 | 5 | 2023 | — |
| 1053848010 | Backhus Well Drlg | Domestic, Livestock | 135 | 3.5 | 2023 | — |
| 1053848117 | Backhus Well Drlg | Domestic, Livestock | 110 | 15 | 2023 | — |
| 1053848423 | Backhus Well Drlg | Domestic, Livestock | 115 | 15 | 2023 | — |
| 1053848434 | Backhus Well Drlg | Domestic, Livestock | 135 | 3 | 2023 | — |
| 1053229527 | Mcpherson Drlg | Domestic | 127 | 200 | 2023 | — |
| 1053437965 | Zinn Water Well Drlg | Domestic | 45 | 10 | 2023 | — |
| 1052893303 | Associated Drilling, INC | Domestic | 100 | 0 | 2022 | — |
| 1052883188 | Associated Drlg | Domestic | 100 | 2 | 2022 | — |
| 1052909321 | Associated Drlg | Domestic | 100 | 0 | 2022 | — |
| 1052909353 | Associated Drlg | Domestic | 120 | 2.5 | 2022 | — |
| 1052897234 | Backhus Well Drlg | Domestic | 102 | 4.5 | 2022 | — |
| 1053384790 | Backhus Well Drlg | Domestic, Lawn and Garden | 100 | 5 | 2022 | — |
| 555270 | Euler Water Well Drilling | Domestic | 50 | 15 | 2022 | — |
| 555271 | Euler Water Well Drilling | Domestic | 50 | 22 | 2022 | — |
| 557852 | Euler Water Well Drilling | Domestic | 45 | 20 | 2022 | — |
| 1052899454 | Zinn Water Well Drlg | Domestic, Livestock | 50 | 10 | 2022 | — |
| 1052900061 | Zinn Water Well Drlg | Domestic | 41 | 20 | 2022 | — |
| 1052900880 | Zinn Water Well Drlg | Domestic | 50 | 0 | 2022 | — |
| 1052900894 | Zinn Water Well Drlg | Domestic, Livestock | 50 | 30 | 2022 | — |
| 544428 | Associated Drilling, INC | Domestic | 105 | 8 | 2021 | — |
| 547206 | Associated Drilling, INC | Geothermal, Closed Loop, Vertical | 200 | 0 | 2021 | — |
| 549438 | Associated Drilling, INC | Domestic | 97 | 20 | 2021 | — |
| 552704 | Backhus Well Drilling, LLC | Domestic, Livestock | 170 | 0.5 | 2021 | — |
| 541514 | Flint Hills Drilling #914 | Domestic | 100 | 0.25 | 2021 | — |
| 539664 | Zinn Water Well Drlg | Domestic | 100 | 1 | 2021 | — |
| 538952 | Associated Drilling, INC | Domestic | 98 | 2.5 | 2020 | — |
| 552409 | Associated Drilling, INC | Domestic | 60 | 30 | 2020 | — |
| 534726 | Mcpherson Drilling CO | Domestic, Livestock | 160 | 9 | 2020 | — |
| 534732 | Mcpherson Drilling CO | Domestic | 220 | 1 | 2020 | — |
| 533171 | Peterson Mcnett Drilling, INC | Domestic | 39 | 2 | 2020 | — |
| 524362 | Associated Drilling, INC | Domestic | 57 | 25 | 2019 | — |
| 527197 | Associated Drilling, INC | Domestic | 118 | 1.5 | 2019 | — |
| 527999 | Backhus Well Drilling, LLC | Domestic, Livestock | 107 | 15 | 2019 | — |
| 523933 | Mcnee Drilling & Metals | Domestic | 73 | 8 | 2019 | — |
| 528668 | Zinn Water Well Drlg | Domestic | 50 | 20 | 2019 | — |
| 518193 | Associated Drilling, INC | Domestic | 118 | 30 | 2018 | — |
| 518757 | Flint Hills Drilling | Domestic, Livestock | 98 | 20 | 2018 | — |
| 518762 | Flint Hills Drilling | Domestic, Livestock | 120 | 10 | 2018 | — |
| 523934 | Mcnee Drilling & Metals | Domestic | 106 | 0 | 2018 | — |
| 517529 | Mcpherson Drilling CO | Domestic, Livestock | 100 | 40 | 2018 | — |
| 517534 | Mcpherson Drilling CO | Domestic, Livestock | 120 | 40 | 2018 | — |
| 513647 | Peterson Mcnett Drilling, INC | Domestic, Livestock | 38 | 50 | 2018 | — |
| 516106 | Zinn Water Well Drlg | Domestic, Livestock | 50 | 7 | 2018 | — |
| 517525 | Zinn Water Well Drlg | Domestic, Livestock | 110 | 10 | 2018 | — |
| 509439 | Associated Drilling, INC | Domestic | 39 | 30 | 2017 | — |
| 513487 | Associated Drilling, INC | Domestic | 98 | 10 | 2017 | — |
| 513488 | Associated Drilling, INC | Domestic | 99 | 3 | 2017 | — |
| 513491 | Associated Drilling, INC | Domestic | 58 | 1.5 | 2017 | — |
| 513492 | Associated Drilling, INC | Domestic | 98 | 9 | 2017 | — |
| 513526 | Associated Drilling, INC | Domestic, Lawn and Garden | 98 | 4 | 2017 | — |
| 509859 | Backhus Well Drilling, LLC | Domestic, Livestock | 75 | 19 | 2017 | — |
| 512195 | Backhus Well Drilling, LLC | Domestic | 31 | 35 | 2017 | — |
| 509845 | Flint Hills Drilling | Domestic | 58 | 24 | 2017 | — |
| 513308 | Flint Hills Drilling | Domestic | 72 | 10 | 2017 | — |
| 510380 | Mcnee Drilling & Metals | Domestic | 50 | 5 | 2017 | — |
| 500290 | Associated Drilling, INC | Domestic, Livestock | 98 | 3 | 2016 | — |
| 501206 | Associated Drilling, INC | Domestic, Livestock | 80 | 10 | 2016 | — |
| 505387 | Associated Drilling, INC | Domestic | 97 | 30 | 2016 | — |
| 505396 | Associated Drilling, INC | Geothermal, Closed Loop, Vertical | 200 | 0 | 2016 | — |
| 505587 | Associated Drilling, INC | Domestic, Livestock | 80 | 10 | 2016 | — |
| 499253 | Clarke Well and Equipment, INC | Public Water Supply | 52 | 0 | 2016 | — |
| 495521 | Flint Hills Drilling | Domestic, Livestock | 118 | 20 | 2016 | — |
| 497683 | Mcnee Drilling & Metals | Domestic, Livestock | 106 | 4 | 2016 | — |
| 504268 | Mcnee Drilling & Metals | Domestic, Livestock | 48 | 40 | 2016 | — |
| 500078 | Peterson Mcnett Drilling, INC | Domestic | 42 | 7 | 2016 | — |
| 501907 | Zinn Water Well Drlg | Domestic, Lawn and Garden | 50 | 15 | 2016 | — |
| 503425 | Backhus Well Drilling, LLC | Domestic | 70 | 60 | 2015 | — |
| 509841 | Backhus Well Drilling, LLC | Domestic, Livestock | 32 | 45 | 2015 | — |
| 497118 | Clarke Well and Equipment, INC | Test hole/well | 50 | 0 | 2015 | — |
| 497120 | Clarke Well and Equipment, INC | Monitoring well/observation/piezometer | 46 | 0 | 2015 | — |
| 494603 | Mcnee Drilling & Metals | Domestic, Lawn and Garden | 100 | 1 | 2015 | — |
| 496561 | Mcnee Drilling & Metals | Domestic | 96 | 1.5 | 2015 | — |
| 492213 | Zinn Water Well Drlg | Domestic | 38 | 25 | 2015 | — |
| 492228 | Zinn Water Well Drlg | Domestic | 38 | 10 | 2015 | — |
| 476340 | Associated Drilling, INC | Domestic | 56 | 100 | 2014 | — |
| 476386 | Associated Drilling, INC | Domestic | 60 | 5 | 2014 | — |
| 487060 | Associated Drilling, INC | Domestic | 98 | 1 | 2014 | — |
| 487098 | Associated Drilling, INC | Domestic, Livestock | 65 | 50 | 2014 | — |
| 487119 | Associated Drilling, INC | Domestic | 80 | 2 | 2014 | — |
| 487286 | Associated Drilling, INC | Domestic | 31 | 2.5 | 2014 | — |
| 553026 | Backhus Drilling | Domestic, Livestock | 105 | 4 | 2014 | — |
| 480826 | Evans Energy Development, INC | Geothermal, Closed Loop, Vertical | 200 | 0 | 2014 | — |
| 483556 | Evans Energy Development, INC | Geothermal, Closed Loop, Vertical | 200 | 0 | 2014 | — |
| 483557 | Evans Energy Development, INC | Geothermal, Closed Loop, Vertical | 200 | 0 | 2014 | — |
| 476020 | Mcnee Drilling & Metals | Domestic | 40 | 11 | 2014 | — |
| 480314 | Mcnee Drilling & Metals | Domestic | 32 | 10 | 2014 | — |
| 481564 | Mcnee Drilling & Metals | Domestic, Lawn and Garden | 39 | 10 | 2014 | — |
| 483017 | Mcnee Drilling & Metals | Domestic, Lawn and Garden | 100 | 8 | 2014 | — |
| 475249 | Peterson Irrigation, INC | Public Water Supply | 45 | 175 | 2014 | — |
| 476733 | Zinn Water Well Drlg | Domestic, Livestock | 70 | 10 | 2014 | — |
| 480179 | Zinn Water Well Drlg | Domestic | 43 | 25 | 2014 | — |
| 464490 | Associated Drilling, INC | Geothermal, Closed Loop, Vertical | 200 | 0 | 2013 | — |
| 464504 | Associated Drilling, INC | Geothermal, Closed Loop, Vertical | 200 | 0 | 2013 | — |
| 466929 | Associated Drilling, INC | Domestic, Livestock | 156 | 6 | 2013 | — |
| 466945 | Associated Drilling, INC | Domestic, Livestock | 160 | 6 | 2013 | — |
| 471286 | Associated Drilling, INC | Domestic | 120 | 6 | 2013 | — |
| 471694 | Associated Drilling, INC | Domestic, Livestock | 54 | 15 | 2013 | — |
| 505643 | Associated Drilling, INC | Domestic | 78 | 12 | 2013 | — |
| 470791 | Evans Energy Development, INC | Geothermal, Closed Loop, Vertical | 200 | 0 | 2013 | — |
| 465283 | Mcnee Drilling & Metals | Domestic, Livestock | 100 | 1.5 | 2013 | — |
| 466883 | Mcnee Drilling & Metals | Domestic, Livestock | 134 | 1 | 2013 | — |
| 467058 | Mcnee Drilling & Metals | Domestic, Lawn and Garden | 75 | 2 | 2013 | — |
| 471502 | Mcnee Drilling & Metals | Domestic | 50 | 20 | 2013 | — |
| 472083 | Mcnee Drilling & Metals | Feedlot | 80 | 20 | 2013 | — |
| 465771 | Zinn Water Well Drlg | Domestic | 50 | 5 | 2013 | — |
| 465935 | Zinn Water Well Drlg | Domestic, Livestock | 90 | 13 | 2013 | — |
| 466097 | Zinn Water Well Drlg | Domestic | 45 | 6 | 2013 | — |
| 466134 | Zinn Water Well Drlg | Domestic, Livestock | 65 | 4 | 2013 | — |
| 471254 | Zinn Water Well Drlg | Domestic | 50 | 20 | 2013 | — |
| 471302 | Zinn Water Well Drlg | Domestic | 35 | 20 | 2013 | — |
| 472037 | Zinn Water Well Drlg | Domestic | 40 | 16 | 2013 | — |
| 453875 | Associated Drilling, INC | Domestic | 142 | 1 | 2012 | — |
| 458103 | Associated Drilling, INC | Domestic | 50 | 15 | 2012 | — |
| 505424 | Associated Drilling, INC | Domestic | 100 | 1.5 | 2012 | — |
| 505527 | Associated Drilling, INC | Domestic | 120 | 1 | 2012 | — |
| 505563 | Associated Drilling, INC | Domestic | 120 | 5 | 2012 | — |
| 505581 | Associated Drilling, INC | Domestic | 55 | 13.5 | 2012 | — |
| 455098 | Mcnee Drilling & Metals | Domestic | 58 | 2 | 2012 | — |
| 455607 | Mcnee Drilling & Metals | Domestic | 51 | 5 | 2012 | — |
| 455608 | Mcnee Drilling & Metals | Domestic | 76 | 4 | 2012 | — |
| 455815 | Mcnee Drilling & Metals | Pond/Swimming Pool/Recreation | 122 | 10 | 2012 | — |
| 462940 | Mcnee Drilling & Metals | Domestic, Livestock | 100 | 0.5 | 2012 | — |
By water use in Chase County
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- Hamilton 854
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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.