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Domestic wells in Cowley County

485 of the 2,223 WWC-5 records in Cowley County — 21.8% — are recorded for domestic.

How this group compares

Cowley County holds 0.6% of the 77,399 domestic records in Kansas, while holding 0.7% of the register overall — so this use is under-represented here.

water for a household. The commonest use on the register by a wide margin, and the one most likely to sit under a property somebody is buying.

Medians, on the records where the driller reported a figure — never a mean, which a handful of deep irrigation wells would carry away
MeasurementMedian90th percentileKansas median
Depth86 ft150 ft60 ft — deeper here (484 records, 100 %)
Static water level30 ft53 ft24 ft — higher here (461 records, 95 %)
Estimated yield13.5 gpm50 gpm25 gpm — lower here (295 records, 61 %)

What stands out among these

The busiest contractor on these records is G & S Drilling, INC, named on 84 of them (17.3%), ahead of Harp Well & Pump Service, INC (46) and Reiserer Well Drilling (39). The oldest record here was completed in 1974 and the most recent in 2026, and the deepest well on file reaches 230 feet — a domestic well drilled by Mcpherson Drilling CO in 2026.

Plugging records — for domestic in Cowley County

43 of the 485 records for domestic in Cowley County carry a plugging report (8.9%), filed on form WWC-5P. The other 442 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 279 records here completed before 1995, that is exactly what a buyer checks. Why it matters and who pays.

Who drilled them

ContractorRecordsShare
G & S Drilling, INC8417.3%
Harp Well & Pump Service, INC469.5%
Reiserer Well Drilling398.0%
Dale Eastman Drilling367.4%
Charles Winter Well Drilling326.6%
Richard D. Braddy Water Wells275.6%
Donald E. Bailey Drilling CO265.4%
Winter Well Drilling204.1%
Billy Mcpherson Drilling CO204.1%
Mcpherson Drlg193.9%
Ronal Heffron Drilling153.1%
Mcpherson Drilling CO122.5%
Walter A. Hunt Drilling CO112.3%
Rosencrantz-bemis Enterprises, INC102.1%
Well Owner91.9%
Premier Pump & Well Service, Inc. #23861.2%

An unplugged well on land in Cowley County?

442 of the 485 records in Cowley 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.

The records

Domestic, Cowley County — « plugging report » reads yes where a WWC-5P was filed and a dash where none was, which is NOT a finding that the well is abandoned. A 0 means the driller reported no figure, not a measurement of zero. The legal description is on the record, never on a page.
WWC-5Drilled byUseDepth (ft)Yield (gpm)YearPlugging report
1057114688Mcpherson Drilling CODomestic2301.22026
1057141917Mcpherson Drilling CODomestic1901.752026
1057061661Funkee DrillingDomestic30122025
1057095635Mcpherson Drilling CODomestic16052025
1056973614Mcpherson DrlgDomestic120102025
1056973642Mcpherson DrlgDomestic16012025
1057006851Premier Pump & Well Service, INCDomestic8002025
1056642110Premier Pump & Well Srvc #238Domestic5802025
1056869451Premier Pump & Well Srvc #238Domestic4102025
1057046774Premier Pump & Well Srvc #238Domestic5502025
1057089527Weninger Drilling, LLCDomestic52202025
1054660460Mcpherson Drilling CODomestic2101.52024
1054140880Mcpherson DrlgDomestic120152024
1054274666Mcpherson DrlgDomestic107252024
1055785005Premier Pump & Well Service, INCDomestic41502024
1053229513Mcpherson DrlgDomestic12742023
1054139287Mcpherson DrlgDomestic16752023
1054140056Mcpherson DrlgDomestic140352023
1054142141Mcpherson DrlgDomestic140152023
1054142905Mcpherson DrlgDomestic162252023
1054142921Mcpherson DrlgDomestic14072023
1054142960Mcpherson DrlgDomestic140202023
1053328803Premier Pump & Well Srvc #238Domestic8002023
555272Allison Well & Pump ServicesDomestic16022022
1052884183East Wichita Well & Pump SrvcDomestic100152022
553629Mcpherson Drilling CODomestic140252022
1053173118Mcpherson Drilling CODomestic100402022
1053229476Mcpherson Drilling CODomestic1270.52022
1052888768Mcpherson DrlgDomestic140352022
1052899899Mcpherson DrlgDomestic18022022
1053173105Mcpherson DrlgDomestic120402022
1053173132Mcpherson DrlgDomestic147402022
1053173175Mcpherson DrlgDomestic20712022
1053229554Mcpherson DrlgDomestic140502022
1053346442Mcpherson DrlgDomestic140252022
549844Euler Water Well DrillingDomestic1000.52021
546904H2o DrillingDomestic43202021
548587Mcpherson Drilling CODomestic2000.752021
553596Mcpherson Drilling CODomestic22032021
553601Mcpherson Drilling CODomestic100202021
553602Mcpherson Drilling CODomestic15032021
553632Mcpherson Drilling CODomestic18032021
1052898397Mcpherson DrlgDomestic1000.52021
545603Premier Pump & Well Service, INCDomestic80302021
545612Premier Pump & Well Service, Inc. #238Domestic5432021
546545Premier Pump & Well Service, Inc. #238Domestic60212021
546546Premier Pump & Well Service, Inc. #238Domestic8162021
547687Premier Pump & Well Service, Inc. #238Domestic65202021
547689Premier Pump & Well Service, Inc. #238Domestic65302021
527927Domestic140502020
533469Premier Pump & Well Service, INCDomestic60202020
533470Premier Pump & Well Service, Inc. #238Domestic126122020
525728H2o DrillingDomestic30302019
553626Mcpherson Drlg. CODomestic140402019
512707Mcpherson Drlg. CODomestic120802018
515582Rosencrantz-bemis Enterprises, INCDomestic3502018
515584Rosencrantz-bemis Enterprises, INCDomestic4502018
512844Weninger Drilling, LLCDomestic50252017
501919Hobbs Mechanical, INCDomestic3552016
500208Premier Pump and Well Service, INCDomestic70202016
463859Geocore, INCDomestic6502013
466867Geocore, INCDomestic6502013
496726Hobbs Mechanical, INCDomestic4032013
455826Peterson Irrigation, INCDomestic41112012
457198Reiserer Well DrillingDomestic80202012
451067Peterson Irrigation, INCDomestic4727.52011
430874Harp Well & Pump Service, INCDomestic9502010
423631Reiserer Well DrillingDomestic60302009
423632Reiserer Well DrillingDomestic65402009
423634Rosencrantz-bemis Enterprises, INCDomestic3602009
423789Rosencrantz-bemis Enterprises, INCDomestic4302009
423790Rosencrantz-bemis Enterprises, INCDomestic2902009
423791Rosencrantz-bemis Enterprises, INCDomestic2502009
423792Rosencrantz-bemis Enterprises, INCDomestic2302009
423794Rosencrantz-bemis Enterprises, INCDomestic2602009
411848Charles Winter Well DrillingDomestic21052008
414106Charles Winter Well DrillingDomestic21052008
417186Charles Winter Well DrillingDomestic150252008
417634Reiserer Well DrillingDomestic94302008
414753Rosencrantz-bemis Enterprises, INCDomestic4002008
414755Rosencrantz-bemis Enterprises, INCDomestic3702008
402977Charles Winter Well DrillingDomestic148152007
405533Charles Winter Well DrillingDomestic21052007
405534Charles Winter Well DrillingDomestic125202007
387597Charles Winter Well DrillingDomestic190502006
390815Charles Winter Well DrillingDomestic21052006
389067Curtis J. Weninger IrrigationDomestic75202006
371911Charles Winter Well DrillingDomestic7052005
379305Charles Winter Well DrillingDomestic168502005
379306Charles Winter Well DrillingDomestic147402005
387189Reiserer Well DrillingDomestic9202005
353103Charles Winter Well DrillingDomestic19022004
353104Charles Winter Well DrillingDomestic147202004
356950Charles Winter Well DrillingDomestic16822004
353560Reiserer Well DrillingDomestic15052004
353561Reiserer Well DrillingDomestic15052004
353562Reiserer Well DrillingDomestic14042004
353563Reiserer Well DrillingDomestic16052004
353564Reiserer Well DrillingDomestic15862004
353565Reiserer Well DrillingDomestic14042004
356943Winter Well DrillingDomestic127502004
336784Charles Winter Well DrillingDomestic16732003
338753Charles Winter Well DrillingDomestic125402003
339139Charles Winter Well DrillingDomestic145352003
339140Charles Winter Well DrillingDomestic21052003
340945Charles Winter Well DrillingDomestic165352003
326580Charles Winter Well DrillingDomestic21052002
326581Charles Winter Well DrillingDomestic210102002
332926Charles Winter Well DrillingDomestic187502002
332927Charles Winter Well DrillingDomestic147202002
334764Charles Winter Well DrillingDomestic125302002
329917Harp Well & Pump Service, INCDomestic10202002
320133Charles Winter Well DrillingDomestic147502001
320134Charles Winter Well DrillingDomestic126202001
323248Charles Winter Well DrillingDomestic125602001
312303Charles Winter Well DrillingDomestic105202000
317222Charles Winter Well DrillingDomestic147102000
313392Robert L. Sharp Water Well ServicesDomestic9002000
302349Harp Well & Pump Service, INCDomestic11001999
348016Billy Mcpherson Drilling CODomestic100201998
456142Billy Mcpherson Drilling CODomestic1801.51998
456156Billy Mcpherson Drilling CODomestic14051998
456157Billy Mcpherson Drilling CODomestic14091998
456526Billy Mcpherson Drilling CODomestic16011998
456527Billy Mcpherson Drilling CODomestic2001.51998
458362G & S Drilling, INCDomestic12001998
300453Harp Well & Pump Service, INCDomestic10601998
456219Martin Water Well DrillingDomestic7501998
458376Martin Water Well DrillingDomestic4601998
456141Winter Well DrillingDomestic2102001998
456529Winter Well DrillingDomestic14751998
456137Billy Mcpherson Drilling CODomestic100201997
456144Billy Mcpherson Drilling CODomestic2000.251997
456146Billy Mcpherson Drilling CODomestic2000.251997
456216Billy Mcpherson Drilling CODomestic12051997
456217Billy Mcpherson Drilling CODomestic1403.51997
456218Billy Mcpherson Drilling CODomestic120801997
456525Billy Mcpherson Drilling CODomestic1603.51997
115406Charles Winter Well DrillingDomestic105351997
115407Charles Winter Well DrillingDomestic125251997
117720Harp Well & Pump Service, INCDomestic8201997
115409Winter Well DrillingDomestic14531997
456143Billy Mcpherson Drilling CODomestic1800.251996
456161Billy Mcpherson Drilling CODomestic80201996
456531Billy Mcpherson Drilling CODomestic100151996
456645Billy Mcpherson Drilling CODomestic12071996
104379G & S Drilling, INCDomestic10001996
108935G & S Drilling, INCDomestic5501996
109559G & S Drilling, INCDomestic7001996
105383Winter Well DrillingDomestic1701001996
456158Billy Mcpherson Drilling CODomestic12061995
456159Billy Mcpherson Drilling CODomestic12061995
456160Billy Mcpherson Drilling CODomestic12091995
97706G & S Drilling, INCDomestic9001995
100627G & S Drilling, INCDomestic10001995
101079G & S Drilling, INCDomestic4001995
101083G & S Drilling, INCDomestic5501995
101149G & S Drilling, INCDomestic10001995
103131G & S Drilling, INCDomestic6001995
103964G & S Drilling, INCDomestic10001995
101145Reiserer Well DrillingDomestic70101995
101147Reiserer Well DrillingDomestic82421995
101598Reiserer Well DrillingDomestic74351995
9859G & S Drilling, INCDomestic30301994
94232G & S Drilling, INCDomestic4001994
95662G & S Drilling, INCDomestic10001994
95845G & S Drilling, INCDomestic10001994
96008G & S Drilling, INCDomestic12001994
9639Harp Well & Pump Service, INCDomestic8001994
9642Harp Well & Pump Service, INCDomestic5001994
9823Reiserer Well DrillingDomestic80201994
94331William J. Stobbe Water Well DrlgDomestic42101994
9736Winter Well DrillingDomestic125201994
93180Winter Well DrillingDomestic1451001994
9741Dennis Metz Water Well ServiceDomestic10001993
9577Reiserer Well DrillingDomestic10001993
9676Reiserer Well DrillingDomestic100601993
9678Reiserer Well DrillingDomestic120101993
9658Bearden Pump & Well ServiceDomestic3701992
9657Harp Well & Pump Service, INCDomestic8001992
9661Harp Well & Pump Service, INCDomestic8501992
9744Harp Well & Pump Service, INCDomestic4001992
9559Reiserer Well DrillingDomestic80351992
9631Reiserer Well DrillingDomestic80401992
9670Winter Well DrillingDomestic10551992
9640Dennis Metz Water Well ServiceDomestic4701991
9568Harp Well & Pump Service, INCDomestic90801991
9655Harp Well & Pump Service, INCDomestic6501991
9750Harp Well & Pump Service, INCDomestic8001991
9915Reiserer Well DrillingDomestic15751991
9574Robert L. Sharp Water Well ServicesDomestic9501991
9596Winter Well DrillingDomestic105301991
9721Dennis Metz Water Well ServiceDomestic4301990
9735Dennis Metz Water Well ServiceDomestic3801990
9592Harp Well & Pump Service, INCDomestic6501990
9593Harp Well & Pump Service, INCDomestic10001990
9637Harp Well & Pump Service, INCDomestic8501990
362216Harp Well & Pump Service, INCDomestic4901990
9630Reiserer Well DrillingDomestic85151990
9673Winter Well DrillingDomestic105251990
9603Dale Eastman DrillingDomestic12001989
9841Dale Eastman DrillingDomestic10001989
9723G & S Drilling, INCDomestic80351989
9733G & S Drilling, INCDomestic60301989
9822G & S Drilling, INCDomestic75301989
9555Reiserer Well DrillingDomestic9201989
9570Reiserer Well DrillingDomestic10501989
9569Fudge DrillingDomestic46151988
9718G & S Drilling, INCDomestic6013.51988
9719G & S Drilling, INCDomestic6013.51988
9826G & S Drilling, INCDomestic70161988
9835G & S Drilling, INCDomestic801.251988
9836G & S Drilling, INCDomestic355.51988
9855G & S Drilling, INCDomestic34.562.51988
9908G & S Drilling, INCDomestic70301988
9909G & S Drilling, INCDomestic70301988
9912G & S Drilling, INCDomestic80551988
10037G & S Drilling, INCDomestic600.381988
10039G & S Drilling, INCDomestic600.381988
10045G & S Drilling, INCDomestic600.51988
10051Harp Well & Pump Service, INCDomestic6001988
362217Harp Well & Pump Service, INCDomestic6001988
9581Reiserer Well DrillingDomestic90151988
9582Reiserer Well DrillingDomestic90191988
9583Reiserer Well DrillingDomestic90151988
9584Reiserer Well DrillingDomestic90151988
9585Reiserer Well DrillingDomestic90151988
9586Reiserer Well DrillingDomestic90201988
9587Reiserer Well DrillingDomestic90171988
9588Reiserer Well DrillingDomestic101301988
9589Reiserer Well DrillingDomestic90201988
9590Reiserer Well DrillingDomestic90171988
9644Reiserer Well DrillingDomestic90151988
9645Reiserer Well DrillingDomestic90171988
9646Reiserer Well DrillingDomestic90151988
9651Reiserer Well DrillingDomestic95151988
9652Reiserer Well DrillingDomestic91191988
9690Dale Eastman DrillingDomestic5501987
9852Dale Eastman DrillingDomestic185111987
10018Dale Eastman DrillingDomestic2101987

Part of a bigger picture: all 2,223 records in Cowley County, and every domestic record in Kansas.

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