Water wells in Grant County
1,571 WWC-5 records — 0.5% of the Kansas register. The median well here is 403 feet deep, against 60 feet statewide.
1,571Records
403 ftMedian depth
280Plugged
108Drillers
How deep people drill in Grant 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 | 403 ft | 570 ft | 60 ft — deeper here (1,569 records, 100 %) |
| Static water level | 234 ft | 325 ft | 24 ft — higher here (1,380 records, 88 %) |
| Estimated yield | 90 gpm | 1350 gpm | 25 gpm — higher here (685 records, 44 %) |
What the water is used for
| Water use | Records | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Irrigation | 529 | 33.7% |
| Domestic | 476 | 30.3% |
| Monitoring well/observation/piezometer | 209 | 13.3% |
| Oil Field Water Supply | 164 | 10.4% |
| Domestic, Livestock | 55 | 3.5% |
| Industrial | 34 | 2.2% |
| Feedlot | 33 | 2.1% |
| Test hole/well | 18 | 1.1% |
| (unstated)/abandoned | 11 | 0.7% |
| Public Water Supply | 10 | 0.6% |
| Domestic, Lawn and Garden | 8 | 0.5% |
| Other | 7 | 0.4% |
Wells tied to a water right
451 records in Grant County carry a DWR appropriation number — 28.7%, 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 Grant County
The busiest contractor on these records is Gerald Houck Bros. Drilling CO, named on 228 of them (14.5%), ahead of Minter-wilson Drlg. Co., INC (211) and Howard Drilling Company Ag, LLC (161). The oldest record here was completed in 1974 and the most recent in 2026, and the deepest well on file reaches 799 feet — a irrigation well drilled by Downey Drlg #748 in 2022.
Plugging records — in Grant County
280 of the 1,571 records in Grant County carry a plugging report (17.8%), filed on form WWC-5P. The other 1,291 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 650 records here completed before 1995, that is exactly what a buyer checks. Why it matters and who pays.
Who drills in Grant County
| Contractor | Records | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Gerald Houck Bros. Drilling CO | 228 | 14.5% |
| Minter-wilson Drlg. Co., INC | 211 | 13.4% |
| Howard Drilling Company Ag, LLC | 161 | 10.2% |
| Henkle Drilling & Supply Co. INC | 101 | 6.4% |
| Destal Tyler Water Well Service | 75 | 4.8% |
| Bernard E. Carlile Water Well Service, INC | 57 | 3.6% |
| Hydro Resources Mid Continent, INC | 46 | 2.9% |
| Martin's Well Service | 37 | 2.4% |
| Prairie Land Environmental Remed | 33 | 2.1% |
| K.i. Drilling CO | 32 | 2.0% |
| Tyler Water Well, INC | 30 | 1.9% |
| Well Owner | 26 | 1.7% |
| Associated Environmental, INC | 24 | 1.5% |
| Will Purdon, Maximum/kansas City Testing | 23 | 1.5% |
| Nash Ww Srvc | 23 | 1.5% |
| Hydro Res. Mid Continent #145 | 19 | 1.2% |
| James Ray Smith Pump Service | 18 | 1.1% |
| Coranco Great Plains, INC | 18 | 1.1% |
When they were drilled
| Decade | Records | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 2020s | 128 | 8.1% |
| 2010s | 229 | 14.6% |
| 2000s | 277 | 17.6% |
| 1990s | 422 | 26.9% |
| 1980s | 210 | 13.4% |
| 1970s | 302 | 19.2% |
An unplugged well on land in Grant County?
1,291 of the 1,571 records in Grant 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 Grant County
| WWC-5 | Drilled by | Use | Depth (ft) | Yield (gpm) | Year | Plugging report |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1057242500 | Hydro Resources Mid Continent, INC | Irrigation | 734 | 0 | 2026 | — |
| 1057254643 | Nash Water Well Service, LLC | Domestic | 700 | 100 | 2026 | — |
| 1057049150 | B & M Services Swk, LLC | Domestic, Livestock | 455 | 0 | 2025 | — |
| 1056902432 | Downey Drilling, INC | Irrigation | 460 | 247 | 2025 | — |
| 1057030718 | Downey Drilling, INC | Irrigation | 610 | 900 | 2025 | — |
| 1056891415 | Gt Water Well Drilling LLC | Domestic | 440 | 0 | 2025 | — |
| 1057022757 | Hydro Res. Mid Continent #145 | Irrigation | 665 | 0 | 2025 | — |
| 1056387302 | Hydro Res. Mid Continent #548 | Irrigation | 599 | 0 | 2025 | — |
| 1057006966 | Hydro Resources Mid Continent, INC | Irrigation | 585 | 400 | 2025 | — |
| 1057192576 | Mh Drilling | Domestic | 536 | 50 | 2025 | — |
| 1057114741 | Nash Water Well Service, LLC | Domestic, Lawn and Garden | 300 | 25 | 2025 | — |
| 1057123125 | Nash Water Well Service, LLC | Industrial | 700 | 60 | 2025 | — |
| 1056603931 | Southwest Windmill and Water Well Service, INC | Domestic | 391 | 50 | 2025 | — |
| 1056893396 | Sw Windmill & Ww Srvc | Domestic, Livestock | 465 | 25 | 2025 | — |
| 1056912481 | Sw Windmill & Ww Srvc | Domestic, Livestock | 470 | 50 | 2025 | — |
| 1057034944 | Sw Windmill & Ww Srvc | Domestic | 518 | 50 | 2025 | — |
| 1056594322 | Blue Sage Services | Domestic | 390 | 0 | 2024 | — |
| 1055864204 | Downey Drilling, INC | Irrigation | 690 | 400 | 2024 | — |
| 1055865064 | Downey Drilling, INC | Irrigation | 700 | 700 | 2024 | — |
| 1055865273 | Downey Drilling, INC | Irrigation | 688 | 950 | 2024 | — |
| 1056637687 | Downey Drilling, INC | Irrigation | 623 | 300 | 2024 | — |
| 1054401697 | Downey Drlg #748 | Irrigation | 659 | 500 | 2024 | — |
| 1055221115 | Downey Drlg #748 | Irrigation | 760 | 525 | 2024 | — |
| 1055221289 | Downey Drlg #748 | Irrigation | 755 | 1000 | 2024 | — |
| 1055864849 | Downey Drlg #748 | Irrigation | 735 | 550 | 2024 | — |
| 1054813790 | Hydro Res. Mid Continent #145 | Irrigation | 766 | 1700 | 2024 | — |
| 1056884898 | Hydro Res. Mid Continent #145 | Irrigation | 668 | 0 | 2024 | — |
| 1056885037 | Hydro Res. Mid Continent #145 | Irrigation | 748 | 206 | 2024 | — |
| 1055524149 | Southwest Windmill and Water Well Service, INC | Domestic | 420 | 25 | 2024 | — |
| 1055006040 | Sw Windmill & Ww Srvc | Domestic | 420 | 50 | 2024 | — |
| 1055006061 | Sw Windmill & Ww Srvc | Domestic | 424 | 50 | 2024 | — |
| 1055523823 | Sw Windmill & Ww Srvc | Domestic | 555 | 50 | 2024 | — |
| 1055524040 | Sw Windmill & Ww Srvc | Domestic | 420 | 25 | 2024 | — |
| 1054139999 | Downey Drlg #748 | Irrigation | 578 | 500 | 2023 | — |
| 1054145786 | Downey Drlg #748 | Irrigation | 747 | 900 | 2023 | — |
| 1053324028 | Hydro Resources Mid Continent, INC | Irrigation | 740 | 1200 | 2023 | — |
| 1054139631 | Nash Ww Srvc | Domestic | 700 | 50 | 2023 | — |
| 1054139728 | Nash Ww Srvc | Domestic | 500 | 15 | 2023 | — |
| 1054140669 | Nash Ww Srvc | Domestic, Livestock | 460 | 25 | 2023 | — |
| 1054143650 | Nash Ww Srvc | Domestic | 700 | 0 | 2023 | — |
| 1054145691 | Nash Ww Srvc | Domestic | 560 | 40 | 2023 | — |
| 1053425978 | Sw Windmill & Ww Srvc | Domestic | 480 | 50 | 2023 | — |
| 1053426175 | Sw Windmill & Ww Srvc | Domestic | 386 | 25 | 2023 | — |
| 1052895202 | Downey Drilling, INC | Irrigation | 653 | 800 | 2022 | — |
| 1052957624 | Downey Drilling, INC | Irrigation | 694 | 0 | 2022 | — |
| 551132 | Downey Drilling, Inc. #748 | Irrigation | 552 | 250 | 2022 | — |
| 1052882868 | Downey Drlg #748 | Irrigation | 790 | 500 | 2022 | — |
| 1052890363 | Downey Drlg #748 | Feedlot | 591 | 225 | 2022 | — |
| 1052969369 | Downey Drlg #748 | Irrigation | 554 | 0 | 2022 | — |
| 1053018274 | Downey Drlg #748 | Irrigation | 799 | 0 | 2022 | — |
| 1053018351 | Downey Drlg #748 | Irrigation | 510 | 750 | 2022 | — |
| 557689 | Hydro Res. Mid Continent #145 | Monitoring well/observation/piezometer | 420 | 0 | 2022 | — |
| 1052884648 | Hydro Res. Mid Continent #145 | Irrigation | 692 | 0 | 2022 | — |
| 1052897165 | Hydro Res. Mid Continent #145 | Irrigation | 757 | 0 | 2022 | — |
| 1052957543 | Hydro Res. Mid Continent #145 | Irrigation | 711 | 0 | 2022 | — |
| 1053098625 | Hydro Res. Mid Continent #145 | Monitoring well/observation/piezometer | 580 | 0 | 2022 | — |
| 1052957918 | Hydro Resources Mid Continent, INC | Irrigation | 578 | 0 | 2022 | — |
| 552279 | Hydro Resources Mid Continent, Inc. #145 | Irrigation | 755 | 400 | 2022 | — |
| 1053017755 | Nash Ww Srvc | Domestic | 540 | 30 | 2022 | — |
| 1053017968 | Nash Ww Srvc | Domestic | 660 | 40 | 2022 | — |
| 1053018520 | Nash Ww Srvc | Domestic | 600 | 30 | 2022 | — |
| 1053252464 | Nash Ww Srvc | Domestic | 540 | 25 | 2022 | — |
| 1053258322 | Nash Ww Srvc | Domestic | 400 | 15 | 2022 | — |
| 541725 | Downey Drilling, Inc. #748 | Irrigation | 502 | 700 | 2021 | — |
| 542725 | Downey Drilling, Inc. #748 | Irrigation | 644 | 400 | 2021 | — |
| 542729 | Downey Drilling, Inc. #748 | Irrigation | 735 | 800 | 2021 | — |
| 549827 | Downey Drilling, Inc. #748 | Irrigation | 695 | 400 | 2021 | — |
| 545384 | Hydro Resources Mid Continent, Inc. #145 | Irrigation | 602 | 1003 | 2021 | — |
| 547726 | Hydro Resources Mid Continent, Inc. #145 | Irrigation | 574 | 190 | 2021 | — |
| 548977 | Nash Water Well Service, LLC | Domestic, Livestock | 400 | 35 | 2021 | — |
| 548961 | Nash Ww Srvc | Domestic, Livestock | 500 | 40 | 2021 | — |
| 548962 | Nash Ww Srvc | Domestic, Livestock | 480 | 40 | 2021 | — |
| 548974 | Nash Ww Srvc | Domestic, Livestock | 460 | 30 | 2021 | — |
| 548975 | Nash Ww Srvc | Domestic, Livestock | 480 | 30 | 2021 | — |
| 548976 | Nash Ww Srvc | Domestic | 650 | 40 | 2021 | — |
| 548978 | Nash Ww Srvc | Domestic, Livestock | 340 | 20 | 2021 | — |
| 552586 | Nash Ww Srvc | Domestic | 480 | 18 | 2021 | — |
| 539444 | Southwest Windmill & Water Well Service, INC | Domestic, Livestock | 388 | 50 | 2021 | — |
| 542957 | Southwest Windmill & Water Well Service, INC | Domestic, Livestock | 460 | 50 | 2021 | — |
| 542958 | Southwest Windmill & Water Well Service, INC | Domestic, Livestock | 440 | 50 | 2021 | — |
| 548714 | Southwest Windmill & Water Well Service, INC | Domestic, Livestock | 505 | 25 | 2021 | — |
| 529073 | Downey Drilling, INC | Irrigation | 552 | 500 | 2020 | — |
| 531534 | Downey Drilling, Inc. #748 | Domestic, Livestock | 500 | 90 | 2020 | — |
| 534136 | Downey Drilling, Inc. #748 | Irrigation | 770 | 300 | 2020 | — |
| 534138 | Downey Drilling, Inc. #748 | Feedlot | 615 | 400 | 2020 | — |
| 532666 | Howard Drilling Company Ag, LLC | Domestic | 320 | 90 | 2020 | — |
| 542027 | Nash Water Well Service, LLC | Domestic | 380 | 0 | 2020 | — |
| 531439 | Nash Ww Srvc | Domestic, Livestock | 460 | 20 | 2020 | — |
| 536785 | Nash Ww Srvc | Domestic | 440 | 25 | 2020 | — |
| 542213 | Nash Ww Srvc | Domestic, Livestock | 480 | 40 | 2020 | — |
| 542214 | Nash Ww Srvc | Domestic, Livestock | 420 | 40 | 2020 | — |
| 542325 | Nash Ww Srvc | Domestic, Livestock | 340 | 20 | 2020 | — |
| 533816 | Southwest Windmill & Water Well Service, INC | Domestic | 504 | 50 | 2020 | — |
| 527107 | Howard Drilling CO | Domestic, Livestock | 360 | 10 | 2019 | — |
| 523078 | Hydro Resources Mid Continent, INC | Irrigation | 512 | 808 | 2019 | — |
| 525255 | Hydro Resources Mid Continent, INC | Irrigation | 740 | 1154 | 2019 | — |
| 529055 | Hydro Resources Mid Continent, INC | Irrigation | 767 | 690 | 2019 | — |
| 524589 | Nash Water Well Service, LLC | Domestic, Livestock | 460 | 60 | 2019 | — |
| 524590 | Nash Water Well Service, LLC | Domestic, Livestock | 480 | 30 | 2019 | — |
| 524591 | Nash Water Well Service, LLC | Domestic, Livestock | 370 | 25 | 2019 | — |
| 526354 | Nash Water Well Service, LLC | Domestic, Livestock | 540 | 30 | 2019 | — |
| 530856 | Nash Ww Srvc | Domestic, Livestock | 540 | 30 | 2019 | — |
| 525826 | Southwest Windmill and Water Well | Domestic, Livestock | 435 | 50 | 2019 | — |
| 535415 | Southwest Windmill and Water Well Service, INC | Domestic | 370 | 50 | 2019 | — |
| 517985 | Associated Environmental, INC | Monitoring well/observation/piezometer | 70 | 0 | 2018 | — |
| 517986 | Associated Environmental, INC | Monitoring well/observation/piezometer | 70 | 0 | 2018 | — |
| 517987 | Associated Environmental, INC | Monitoring well/observation/piezometer | 70 | 0 | 2018 | — |
| 517747 | Downey Drilling, INC | Irrigation | 686 | 500 | 2018 | — |
| 517749 | Downey Drilling, INC | Irrigation | 674 | 750 | 2018 | — |
| 517752 | Downey Drilling, INC | Irrigation | 544 | 1000 | 2018 | — |
| 515368 | Hydro Resources Mid Continent, INC | Irrigation | 534 | 547 | 2018 | — |
| 517436 | Hydro Resources Mid Continent, INC | Irrigation | 692 | 410 | 2018 | — |
| 516647 | Nash Water Well Service, LLC | Domestic, Livestock | 440 | 20 | 2018 | — |
| 521809 | Nash Water Well Service, LLC | Domestic | 680 | 40 | 2018 | — |
| 520747 | Southwest Windmill and Water Well Service, INC | Domestic | 380 | 50 | 2018 | — |
| 520748 | Southwest Windmill and Water Well Service, INC | Domestic | 380 | 50 | 2018 | — |
| 505445 | Coranco Great Plains, INC | Monitoring well/observation/piezometer | 80 | 0 | 2017 | — |
| 505654 | Coranco Great Plains, INC | Monitoring well/observation/piezometer | 80 | 0 | 2017 | — |
| 508980 | Downey Drilling, INC | Irrigation | 692 | 1019 | 2017 | — |
| 512789 | Downey Drilling, INC | Irrigation | 735 | 700 | 2017 | — |
| 509045 | Gspf Irrigation Service | Domestic, Lawn and Garden | 450 | 25 | 2017 | — |
| 509298 | Howard Drilling CO | Domestic | 480 | 50 | 2017 | — |
| 513814 | Nash Water Well Service, LLC | Domestic, Livestock | 500 | 20 | 2017 | — |
| 508994 | Downey Drilling, INC | Irrigation | 530 | 300 | 2016 | — |
| 505849 | Hydro Resources Mid Continent, INC | Irrigation | 770 | 359 | 2016 | — |
| 502010 | Southwest Windmill and Water Well Service, INC | Domestic, Livestock | 374 | 50 | 2016 | — |
| 495430 | Steve's Drilling | Domestic | 490 | 25 | 2016 | — |
| 500866 | Steve's Drilling | Domestic | 355 | 12 | 2016 | — |
| 501908 | Steve's Drilling | Domestic, Lawn and Garden | 380 | 15 | 2016 | — |
| 501958 | Steve's Drilling | Domestic | 640 | 35 | 2016 | — |
| 488146 | Cascade Drilling | Monitoring well/observation/piezometer | 69 | 0 | 2015 | — |
| 488147 | Cascade Drilling | Monitoring well/observation/piezometer | 70 | 0 | 2015 | — |
| 488152 | Cascade Drilling | Test Hole, Uncased | 70 | 0 | 2015 | — |
| 488222 | Cascade Drilling | Monitoring well/observation/piezometer | 73 | 0 | 2015 | — |
| 488239 | Cascade Drilling | Monitoring well/observation/piezometer | 75 | 0 | 2015 | — |
| 488240 | Cascade Drilling | Monitoring well/observation/piezometer | 75 | 0 | 2015 | — |
| 488241 | Cascade Drilling | Monitoring well/observation/piezometer | 80 | 0 | 2015 | — |
| 488242 | Cascade Drilling | Monitoring well/observation/piezometer | 75 | 0 | 2015 | — |
| 489736 | Cascade Drilling | Monitoring well/observation/piezometer | 82 | 0 | 2015 | — |
| 498998 | Coranco Great Plains, INC | Monitoring well/observation/piezometer | 75 | 0 | 2015 | — |
By water use in Grant County
- Domestic in Grant County 476
- Irrigation in Grant County 529
- Monitoring well/observation/piezometer in Grant County 209
Counties with a comparable register
- Norton 1,770
- Russell 1,752
- Cloud 1,746
- Morris 1,671
- Rawlins 1,643
- Clay 1,621
- Ottawa 1,592
- Scott 1,571
- Franklin 1,558
- Harper 1,552
- Sherman 1,533
- Graham 1,482
- Clark 1,445
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.