Water wells in Graham County
1,482 WWC-5 records — 0.5% of the Kansas register. The median well here is 77 feet deep, against 60 feet statewide.
1,482Records
77 ftMedian depth
378Plugged
93Drillers
How deep people drill in Graham 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 | 77 ft | 190 ft | 60 ft — deeper here (1,458 records, 98 %) |
| Static water level | 43 ft | 120 ft | 24 ft — higher here (1,114 records, 75 %) |
| Estimated yield | 30 gpm | 475 gpm | 25 gpm — higher here (458 records, 31 %) |
What the water is used for
| Water use | Records | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Domestic | 650 | 43.9% |
| Oil Field Water Supply | 240 | 16.2% |
| Monitoring well/observation/piezometer | 206 | 13.9% |
| Domestic, Livestock | 137 | 9.2% |
| Irrigation | 121 | 8.2% |
| Public Water Supply | 24 | 1.6% |
| Test hole/well | 18 | 1.2% |
| Domestic, changed from Oil Field Water Supply | 18 | 1.2% |
| Environmental Remediation, Soil Vapor Extraction | 13 | 0.9% |
| (unstated)/abandoned | 11 | 0.7% |
| Domestic, Lawn and Garden | 11 | 0.7% |
| Test Hole, Cased | 8 | 0.5% |
Wells tied to a water right
312 records in Graham County carry a DWR appropriation number — 21.1%, 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 Graham County
The busiest contractor on these records is Jay C. Woofter Pump & Well, INC, named on 225 of them (15.2%), ahead of Andy Anderson Drilling (189) and Woofter Pump & Well, INC (156). The oldest record here was completed in 1972 and the most recent in 2026, and the deepest well on file reaches 1708 feet — a oil field water supply well drilled by Rosencrantz-bemis Enterprises, INC in 1990.
Plugging records — in Graham County
378 of the 1,482 records in Graham County carry a plugging report (25.5%), filed on form WWC-5P. The other 1,104 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 413 records here completed before 1995, that is exactly what a buyer checks. Why it matters and who pays.
Who drills in Graham County
| Contractor | Records | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Jay C. Woofter Pump & Well, INC | 225 | 15.2% |
| Andy Anderson Drilling | 189 | 12.8% |
| Woofter Pump & Well, INC | 156 | 10.5% |
| Well Owner | 152 | 10.3% |
| Walter Woofter Pump & Well | 147 | 9.9% |
| Geocore Services INC | 63 | 4.3% |
| Woofter Pump and Well, INC | 54 | 3.6% |
| Blue Jay Drilling Co., INC | 27 | 1.8% |
| Buck's Water Well Drlg | 25 | 1.7% |
| Karst Water Well Drilling & Service, INC | 23 | 1.6% |
| B & B Drilling | 20 | 1.3% |
| D & L Drilling CO | 20 | 1.3% |
| Clarke Well and Equipment, INC | 19 | 1.3% |
| D & R Pump Service, LLC | 19 | 1.3% |
| Gsi Engineering | 15 | 1.0% |
| Marty B Drilling | 14 | 0.9% |
| Milco Environmental Services | 14 | 0.9% |
| Paul E. Brassfield Water Well Drlg & Supp | 13 | 0.9% |
When they were drilled
| Decade | Records | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 2020s | 81 | 5.5% |
| 2010s | 213 | 14.4% |
| 2000s | 397 | 26.8% |
| 1990s | 362 | 24.4% |
| 1980s | 323 | 21.8% |
| 1970s | 77 | 5.2% |
An unplugged well on land in Graham County?
1,104 of the 1,482 records in Graham 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 Graham County
| WWC-5 | Drilled by | Use | Depth (ft) | Yield (gpm) | Year | Plugging report |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1057545936 | Cody Werner | Domestic | 50 | 20 | 2026 | — |
| 1057116788 | Karst Water Well Drilling & Service, INC | Domestic | 45 | 2 | 2026 | — |
| 1057116812 | Karst Water Well Drilling & Service, INC | Domestic, Livestock | 90 | 30 | 2026 | — |
| 1057247485 | Karst Water Well Drilling & Service, INC | Domestic, Livestock | 54 | 15 | 2026 | — |
| 1057241689 | Keith Pfannenstiel | Domestic, Livestock | 80 | 2.5 | 2026 | — |
| 1057086428 | Kp Hydrotech | Domestic | 28 | 14 | 2026 | — |
| 1057241666 | Kp Hydrotech | Domestic, Livestock | 60 | 6 | 2026 | — |
| 1057539768 | Woofter Pump & Well, INC | Domestic, Livestock | 60 | 20 | 2026 | — |
| 1056332542 | Burton Well Drilling | Domestic, Livestock | 217 | 10 | 2025 | — |
| 1056687008 | Charles Sargent Irrig. - #1048 | Irrigation | 60 | 0 | 2025 | — |
| 1056687022 | Charles Sargent Irrig. - #1048 | Irrigation | 50 | 0 | 2025 | — |
| 1057008936 | Cody Werner | Domestic | 54 | 15 | 2025 | — |
| 1057008987 | Cody Werner | Domestic, Livestock | 88 | 15 | 2025 | — |
| 1056628690 | Kp Hydrotech | Domestic, Livestock | 40 | 30 | 2025 | — |
| 1056639308 | Rgn Company, INC | Domestic, Livestock | 47 | 2.5 | 2025 | — |
| 1056866977 | Rgn Company, INC | Domestic | 40 | 6 | 2025 | — |
| 1057013606 | Woofter Pump & Well #881 | Domestic | 100 | 20 | 2025 | — |
| 1057013707 | Woofter Pump & Well #881 | Domestic | 75 | 20 | 2025 | — |
| 1057013836 | Woofter Pump & Well #881 | Domestic, Livestock | 100 | 20 | 2025 | — |
| 1057013850 | Woofter Pump & Well #881 | Domestic, Livestock | 195 | 25 | 2025 | — |
| 1057167851 | Woofter Pump & Well, INC | Oil Field Water Supply | 170 | 50 | 2025 | — |
| 1055752010 | Ethan Burns | Domestic, Livestock | 82 | 10 | 2024 | — |
| 1054770544 | Rgn Company, INC | Domestic, Livestock | 18 | 10 | 2024 | — |
| 1054770554 | Rgn Company, INC | Domestic, Livestock | 54 | 25 | 2024 | — |
| 1054770565 | Rgn Company, INC | Domestic, Livestock | 170 | 20 | 2024 | — |
| 1055364833 | Rgn Company, INC | Domestic, Livestock | 90 | 24 | 2024 | — |
| 1055399439 | Rgn Company, INC | Domestic, Livestock | 20 | 1.25 | 2024 | — |
| 1054246142 | Woofter Pump & Well #881 | Domestic, Livestock | 80 | 25 | 2024 | — |
| 1054246791 | Woofter Pump & Well #881 | Domestic | 135 | 25 | 2024 | — |
| 1055459430 | Woofter Pump & Well #881 | Test hole/well | 70 | 55 | 2024 | — |
| 1057046035 | Woofter Pump & Well #881 | Domestic | 50 | 3 | 2024 | — |
| 1054144072 | Woofter Pump & Well, INC | Domestic, Livestock | 180 | 25 | 2024 | — |
| 1055174142 | Woofter Pump & Well, INC | Domestic, Livestock | 43 | 10 | 2024 | — |
| 1053375686 | B & B Drilling | Domestic | 90 | 30 | 2023 | — |
| 1053357412 | Karst Water Well Drilling & Service, INC | Domestic, Livestock | 30 | 12 | 2023 | — |
| 1053357421 | Karst Water Well Drilling & Service, INC | Domestic, Livestock | 30 | 7 | 2023 | — |
| 1053267474 | Rmd Drlg. & Well Srvc | Domestic, Livestock | 66 | 5 | 2023 | — |
| 1053330072 | Rmd Drlg. & Well Srvc | Domestic, Livestock | 25 | 2.5 | 2023 | — |
| 1052882488 | Karst Water Well Drlg | Domestic, Livestock | 100 | 20 | 2022 | — |
| 1052915089 | Woofter Pump & Well #881 | Industrial | 80 | 25 | 2022 | — |
| 1052963132 | Woofter Pump & Well #881 | Domestic, Livestock | 135 | 50 | 2022 | — |
| 1053146198 | Woofter Pump & Well #881 | Irrigation | 145 | 260 | 2022 | — |
| 1052904249 | Woofter Pump & Well, INC | Domestic | 65 | 50 | 2022 | — |
| 549678 | Karst Water Well Drilling & Service, INC | Domestic | 65 | 20 | 2021 | — |
| 539946 | Woofter Pump & Well, Inc. #881 | Domestic, Livestock | 50 | 75 | 2021 | — |
| 539949 | Woofter Pump & Well, Inc. #881 | Domestic, Livestock | 150 | 50 | 2021 | — |
| 533314 | Downey Drilling, Inc. #748 | Irrigation | 250 | 1050 | 2020 | — |
| 531427 | Env. Priority Srvc | Monitoring well/observation/piezometer | 55 | 0 | 2020 | — |
| 531428 | Env. Priority Srvc | Monitoring well/observation/piezometer | 48 | 0 | 2020 | — |
| 531429 | Env. Priority Srvc | Monitoring well/observation/piezometer | 91 | 0 | 2020 | — |
| 531430 | Env. Priority Srvc | Monitoring well/observation/piezometer | 87 | 0 | 2020 | — |
| 531431 | Env. Priority Srvc | Monitoring well/observation/piezometer | 92 | 0 | 2020 | — |
| 531432 | Env. Priority Srvc | Monitoring well/observation/piezometer | 34 | 0 | 2020 | — |
| 531433 | Env. Priority Srvc | Monitoring well/observation/piezometer | 56 | 0 | 2020 | — |
| 531434 | Env. Priority Srvc | Monitoring well/observation/piezometer | 80 | 0 | 2020 | — |
| 531435 | Env. Priority Srvc | Monitoring well/observation/piezometer | 84 | 0 | 2020 | — |
| 531436 | Env. Priority Srvc | Monitoring well/observation/piezometer | 47 | 0 | 2020 | — |
| 531449 | Groundwater Development CO | Domestic, Livestock | 35 | 10 | 2020 | — |
| 532961 | Karst Water Well Drilling & Service, INC | Domestic, Livestock | 37 | 10 | 2020 | — |
| 529862 | Rmd Drilling & Well Service, LLC | Domestic, Livestock | 120 | 50 | 2020 | — |
| 533463 | Woofter Pump & Well, Inc. #881 | Domestic, Livestock | 55 | 30 | 2020 | — |
| 533464 | Woofter Pump & Well, Inc. #881 | Domestic, Livestock | 70 | 16 | 2020 | — |
| 523539 | Woofter Pump and Well, INC | Domestic | 165 | 75 | 2019 | — |
| 524672 | Woofter Pump and Well, INC | Domestic, Livestock | 42 | 25 | 2019 | — |
| 525643 | Woofter Pump and Well, INC | Oil Field Water Supply | 210 | 50 | 2019 | — |
| 517246 | Chas. Sargent Irrigation, INC | Public Water Supply | 180 | 300 | 2018 | — |
| 512392 | Woofter Pump and Well, INC | Oil Field Water Supply | 225 | 75 | 2018 | — |
| 513969 | Woofter Pump and Well, INC | Domestic, Livestock | 45 | 15 | 2018 | — |
| 519143 | Woofter Pump and Well, INC | Domestic, Livestock | 63 | 30 | 2018 | — |
| 520074 | Woofter Pump and Well, INC | Irrigation | 215 | 800 | 2018 | — |
| 508447 | Chas. Sargent Irrigation, INC | Test Hole, Cased | 170 | 0 | 2017 | — |
| 508757 | Clarke Well and Equipment, INC | Test Hole, Cased | 112 | 0 | 2017 | — |
| 508758 | Clarke Well and Equipment, INC | Test Hole, Cased | 112 | 0 | 2017 | — |
| 508759 | Clarke Well and Equipment, INC | Test Hole, Cased | 118 | 0 | 2017 | — |
| 508760 | Clarke Well and Equipment, INC | Test Hole, Cased | 112 | 0 | 2017 | — |
| 508761 | Clarke Well and Equipment, INC | Test Hole, Cased | 116 | 0 | 2017 | — |
| 516650 | Gottschalk Water Well Drilling | Domestic, Livestock | 23 | 12 | 2017 | — |
| 508513 | Karst Water Well Drilling & Service, INC | Domestic | 30 | 15 | 2017 | — |
| 508645 | Karst Water Well Drilling & Service, INC | Domestic | 30 | 10 | 2017 | — |
| 505572 | Woofter Pump and Well, INC | Oil Field Water Supply | 250 | 50 | 2017 | — |
| 505854 | Woofter Pump and Well, INC | Domestic, Livestock | 170 | 25 | 2017 | — |
| 506869 | Woofter Pump and Well, INC | Irrigation | 632 | 550 | 2017 | — |
| 509071 | Woofter Pump and Well, INC | Domestic, Livestock | 130 | 36 | 2017 | — |
| 510412 | Woofter Pump and Well, INC | Domestic, Livestock | 100 | 40 | 2017 | — |
| 510725 | Woofter Pump and Well, INC | Domestic, Livestock | 120 | 3 | 2017 | — |
| 504626 | D & R Pump Service, LLC | Domestic, Livestock | 175 | 0 | 2016 | — |
| 500456 | Gottschalk Water Well Drilling | Domestic, Livestock | 40 | 6 | 2016 | — |
| 507507 | Gottschalk Water Well Drilling | Domestic, Livestock | 75 | 15 | 2016 | — |
| 495500 | Woofter Pump and Well, INC | Irrigation | 145 | 300 | 2016 | — |
| 495509 | Woofter Pump and Well, INC | Domestic, Livestock | 60 | 1 | 2016 | — |
| 498888 | Woofter Pump and Well, INC | Oil Field Water Supply | 200 | 75 | 2016 | — |
| 500259 | Woofter Pump and Well, INC | Domestic, Livestock | 128 | 37.5 | 2016 | — |
| 502770 | Woofter Pump and Well, INC | Irrigation | 70 | 700 | 2016 | — |
| 503430 | Woofter Pump and Well, INC | Oil Field Water Supply | 260 | 75 | 2016 | — |
| 488081 | D & R Pump Service, LLC | Domestic, Livestock | 80 | 0 | 2015 | — |
| 488082 | D & R Pump Service, LLC | Domestic, Livestock | 115 | 0 | 2015 | — |
| 491057 | D & R Pump Service, LLC | Domestic, Livestock | 80 | 0 | 2015 | — |
| 492271 | D & R Pump Service, LLC | Domestic, Livestock | 130 | 0 | 2015 | — |
| 492915 | D & R Pump Service, LLC | Domestic, Livestock | 140 | 0 | 2015 | — |
| 496841 | D & R Pump Service, LLC | Domestic, Livestock | 80 | 0 | 2015 | — |
| 496843 | D & R Pump Service, LLC | Domestic, Livestock | 158 | 0 | 2015 | — |
| 490318 | Geocore, INC | Monitoring well/observation/piezometer | 80 | 0 | 2015 | — |
| 490319 | Geocore, INC | Monitoring well/observation/piezometer | 95 | 0 | 2015 | — |
| 490445 | Geocore, INC | Monitoring well/observation/piezometer | 106 | 0 | 2015 | — |
| 493952 | Gottschalk Water Well Drilling | Domestic, Livestock | 115 | 15 | 2015 | — |
| 485700 | Karst Water Well Drilling & Service, INC | Domestic | 40 | 8 | 2015 | — |
| 483760 | Woofter Pump and Well, INC | Domestic | 55 | 42 | 2015 | — |
| 488039 | Woofter Pump and Well, INC | Irrigation | 154 | 400 | 2015 | — |
| 488053 | Woofter Pump and Well, INC | Irrigation | 138 | 310 | 2015 | — |
| 488059 | Woofter Pump and Well, INC | Irrigation | 144 | 500 | 2015 | — |
| 488068 | Woofter Pump and Well, INC | Irrigation | 155 | 420 | 2015 | — |
| 488742 | Woofter Pump and Well, INC | Domestic, Livestock | 120 | 33.3 | 2015 | — |
| 489408 | Woofter Pump and Well, INC | Irrigation | 60 | 470 | 2015 | — |
| 475369 | B & B Drilling | Domestic, Livestock | 64 | 5 | 2014 | — |
| 480843 | B & B Drilling | Domestic | 152 | 20 | 2014 | — |
| 484377 | D & R Pump Service, LLC | Domestic | 60 | 0 | 2014 | — |
| 502540 | Hildebrand and Sons | Oil Field Water Supply | 128 | 0 | 2014 | — |
| 480841 | Karst Water Well Drilling & Service, INC | Domestic | 35 | 20 | 2014 | — |
| 480842 | Karst Water Well Drilling & Service, INC | Domestic | 30 | 4 | 2014 | — |
| 476398 | Woofter Pump & Well, INC | Domestic, Livestock | 240 | 30 | 2014 | — |
| 476438 | Woofter Pump & Well, INC | Irrigation | 250 | 800 | 2014 | — |
| 477868 | Woofter Pump & Well, INC | Irrigation | 135 | 170 | 2014 | — |
| 477872 | Woofter Pump & Well, INC | Irrigation | 120 | 70 | 2014 | — |
| 477874 | Woofter Pump & Well, INC | Irrigation | 120 | 100 | 2014 | — |
| 477881 | Woofter Pump & Well, INC | Irrigation | 110 | 120 | 2014 | — |
| 477886 | Woofter Pump & Well, INC | Irrigation | 130 | 100 | 2014 | — |
| 477891 | Woofter Pump & Well, INC | Irrigation | 135 | 100 | 2014 | — |
| 477894 | Woofter Pump & Well, INC | Irrigation | 110 | 70 | 2014 | — |
| 477903 | Woofter Pump & Well, INC | Irrigation | 117 | 100 | 2014 | — |
| 479548 | Woofter Pump and Well, INC | Domestic, Livestock | 90 | 15 | 2014 | — |
| 480576 | Woofter Pump and Well, INC | Domestic, Livestock | 155 | 30 | 2014 | — |
| 481287 | Woofter Pump and Well, INC | Domestic, changed from Oil Field Water Supply | 135 | 30 | 2014 | — |
| 481660 | Woofter Pump and Well, INC | Domestic, Livestock | 205 | 30 | 2014 | — |
| 482161 | Woofter Pump and Well, INC | Domestic, Livestock | 45 | 2 | 2014 | — |
| 468057 | Aqua Pump | Oil Field Water Supply | 41 | 40 | 2013 | — |
| 473080 | B & B Drilling | Domestic | 23 | 10 | 2013 | — |
| 466396 | D & R Pump Service, LLC | Domestic, Livestock | 84 | 0 | 2013 | — |
| 466397 | D & R Pump Service, LLC | Domestic | 90 | 0 | 2013 | — |
| 467240 | D & R Pump Service, LLC | Domestic | 113 | 0 | 2013 | — |
| 475270 | Gottschalk Water Well Drilling | Domestic, Livestock | 91 | 15 | 2013 | — |
By water use in Graham County
- Domestic in Graham County 650
- Monitoring well/observation/piezometer in Graham County 206
- Oil Field Water Supply in Graham County 240
Counties with a comparable register
- Clay 1,621
- Ottawa 1,592
- Grant 1,571
- Scott 1,571
- Franklin 1,558
- Harper 1,552
- Sherman 1,533
- Clark 1,445
- Rooks 1,422
- Hodgeman 1,417
- Lyon 1,410
- Decatur 1,348
- Ness 1,336
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.