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Water wells in Hodgeman County

1,417 WWC-5 records — 0.5% of the Kansas register. The median well here is 95 feet deep, against 60 feet statewide.

1,417Records
95 ftMedian depth
170Plugged
85Drillers

How deep people drill in Hodgeman 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.

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
Depth95 ft356 ft60 ft — deeper here (1,414 records, 100 %)
Static water level47 ft153 ft24 ft — higher here (1,331 records, 94 %)
Estimated yield50 gpm800 gpm25 gpm — higher here (775 records, 55 %)

What the water is used for

Water useRecordsShare
Domestic45632.2%
Irrigation36025.4%
Domestic, Livestock24517.3%
Monitoring well/observation/piezometer18513.1%
Oil Field Water Supply1117.8%
Heat Pump (Closed Loop/Disposal), Geothermal120.8%
Feedlot100.7%
Public Water Supply100.7%
Domestic, Lawn and Garden80.6%
Test hole/well70.5%
Other30.2%
(unstated)/abandoned30.2%

Wells tied to a water right

325 records in Hodgeman County carry a DWR appropriation number — 22.9%, 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 Hodgeman County

The busiest contractor on these records is Rosencrantz-bemis Enterprises, INC, named on 260 of them (18.3%), ahead of Joe's Well Service, INC (141) and Dean Waterhouse Drilling (134). The oldest record here was completed in 1975 and the most recent in 2026, and the deepest well on file reaches 645 feet — a domestic, livestock well drilled by Nash Water Well Service, LLC in 2013.

Plugging records — in Hodgeman County

170 of the 1,417 records in Hodgeman County carry a plugging report (12.0%), filed on form WWC-5P. The other 1,247 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 619 records here completed before 1995, that is exactly what a buyer checks. Why it matters and who pays.

Who drills in Hodgeman County

ContractorRecordsShare
Rosencrantz-bemis Enterprises, INC26018.3%
Joe's Well Service, INC14110.0%
Dean Waterhouse Drilling1349.5%
Leo Knoefler Drilling1218.5%
Nash Water Well Service, LLC866.1%
Kelly's Water Well Service, INC553.9%
Minter-wilson Drlg. Co., INC372.6%
Jantzen Water Well362.5%
Defenbaugh Industries, Inc. (t.e.s.t.)342.4%
Jay C. Woofter Pump & Well, INC302.1%
Ed Jantzen Water Well Repair282.0%
Clarke Well and Equipment, INC251.8%
Geotechnical Services, INC241.7%
Cornie Friesen Windmill and Supply CO231.6%
Merle Cragg Water Well Drlg191.3%
Ace-hi International, INC171.2%
Rudolph J. Reiser Water Well Service, INC161.1%
Larsen and Associates, INC161.1%

When they were drilled

DecadeRecordsShare
2020s1319.2%
2010s25117.7%
2000s25518.0%
1990s30721.7%
1980s27919.7%
1970s19413.7%

An unplugged well on land in Hodgeman County?

1,247 of the 1,417 records in Hodgeman 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 Hodgeman County

Hodgeman 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
1057239382Nash Water Well Service, LLCDomestic, Livestock380602026—
1057239483Nash Water Well Service, LLCDomestic, Livestock360252026—
1057239545Nash Water Well Service, LLCDomestic, Livestock60102026—
1057239617Nash Water Well Service, LLCIrrigation5502026—
1057221128Rosencrantz-bemis Enterprises, INCDomestic, Livestock14002026—
1056838706Halling Ww SrvcDomestic, Livestock415202025—
1056838775Halling Ww SrvcDomestic, Livestock360102025—
1056906858Halling Ww SrvcDomestic, Livestock180102025—
1057007294Jantzen Water Well - 1046Domestic, Lawn and Garden6502025—
1056658975Nash Water Well Service, LLCDomestic, Livestock280302025—
1057128769Nash Water Well Service, LLCDomestic, Livestock100502025—
1057128866Nash Water Well Service, LLCMonitoring well/observation/piezometer16062025—
1057128903Nash Water Well Service, LLCDomestic, Livestock32032025—
1056594786Rosencrantz-bemis EntDomestic8002025—
1057003131Rosencrantz-bemis EntDomestic, Livestock26002025—
1057003169Rosencrantz-bemis EntDomestic, Livestock14002025—
1057003193Rosencrantz-bemis EntDomestic, Livestock12002025—
1057003261Rosencrantz-bemis EntDomestic, Livestock24002025—
1057003569Rosencrantz-bemis EntIrrigation911412025—
1057003798Rosencrantz-bemis EntDomestic, Livestock8002025—
1057003868Rosencrantz-bemis EntDomestic, Livestock14002025—
1055282813Associated Drilling, INCMonitoring well/observation/piezometer553002024—
1055302017Associated Drilling, INCMonitoring well/observation/piezometer1631.52024—
1055302189Associated Drilling, INCMonitoring well/observation/piezometer3202002024—
1054718167Halling Water Well Service, LLCDomestic, Livestock220202024—
1054146122Halling Ww SrvcDomestic, Livestock280302024—
1054193407Halling Ww SrvcDomestic, Livestock240302024—
1054264125Halling Ww SrvcDomestic, Livestock26082024—
1054264142Halling Ww SrvcDomestic, Livestock8002024—
1054264235Halling Ww SrvcDomestic, Livestock280102024—
1054718377Halling Ww SrvcDomestic, Livestock300202024—
1055861984Halling Ww SrvcDomestic, Livestock380132024—
1055862212Halling Ww SrvcDomestic, Livestock400202024—
1055862550Halling Ww SrvcDomestic, Livestock13052024—
1054796619Nash Water Well Service, LLCDomestic, Livestock520402024—
1054796781Nash Water Well Service, LLCDomestic, Livestock28002024—
1054139018Nash Ww SrvcDomestic, Livestock440202024—
1054140693Nash Ww SrvcDomestic, Livestock300202024—
1054796766Nash Ww SrvcDomestic, Livestock10002024—
1054796802Nash Ww SrvcDomestic, Livestock40002024—
1054796827Nash Ww SrvcDomestic, Livestock26002024—
1054797133Nash Ww SrvcDomestic, Livestock400502024—
1054797173Nash Ww SrvcDomestic, Livestock4201502024—
1056831427Nash Ww SrvcDomestic, Livestock60302024—
1055234478R and G Drilling LLCDomestic, Livestock38002024—
1055125063Rosencrantz-bemis EntIrrigation1085552024—
1055314752Rosencrantz-bemis EntIrrigation7802024—
1055966714Rosencrantz-bemis EntDomestic, Livestock20002024—
1055969507Rosencrantz-bemis EntDomestic, Livestock23502024—
1054222404Clarke Well & EquipOil Field Water Supply11702023—
1053398524Crowdis Water Well Service, LLCDomestic, Livestock138102023—
1053393481Halling Water Well Service, LLCDomestic, Livestock80202023—
1053393492Halling Water Well Service, LLCDomestic, Livestock138202023—
1053393507Halling Water Well Service, LLCDomestic, Livestock160102023—
1054145732Halling Ww SrvcDomestic, Livestock340202023—
1053324139Hydro Res. Mid Continent #145Irrigation57702023—
1053421350Jantzen Water WellDomestic, Livestock4502023—
1053400543Nash Water Well Service, LLCDomestic105202023—
1054139397Nash Ww SrvcDomestic, Livestock30002023—
1054142286Nash Ww SrvcDomestic, Livestock360402023—
1054796588Nash Ww SrvcDomestic, Livestock105152023—
1053321551Rosencrantz-bemis EntDomestic, Livestock10002023—
1053408411Rosencrantz-bemis EntIrrigation1635712023—
1053321900Rosencrantz-bemis Enterprises, INCDomestic7002023—
1053381680Rosencrantz-bemis Enterprises, INCIrrigation702722023—
1052899102Clarke Well & EquipIrrigation9202022—
1052899430Clarke Well & EquipIrrigation8402022—
1052902030Clarke Well & EquipTest hole/well7802022—
552137Jantzen Water WellDomestic, Livestock30102022—
1053365914Jonagan Water Well ServiceDomestic, Livestock87202022—
1053018123Nash Water Well Service, LLCDomestic300152022—
1053017843Nash Ww SrvcDomestic, Livestock100202022—
1053018146Nash Ww SrvcDomestic100152022—
1053124488Rosencrantz-bemis EntDomestic, Livestock40402022—
1053124580Rosencrantz-bemis Enterprises, INCDomestic, Lawn and Garden10002022—
546345Clarke Well & Equipment, INCDomestic, Livestock5702021—
547648Clarke Well & Equipment, INCDomestic7502021—
552608Environmental Priority Service, INCDomestic, Livestock12002021—
548146Halling Water Well Service, LLCDomestic, Livestock11582021—
548147Halling Water Well Service, LLCDomestic, Livestock185252021—
548150Halling Water Well Service, LLCDomestic, Livestock40152021—
548865Halling Water Well Service, LLCDomestic, Livestock220202021—
542246Nash Water Well Service, LLCDomestic, Livestock520502021—
548981Nash Water Well Service, LLCDomestic, Livestock3801742021—
542691Rosencrantz-bemis Ent., INCDomestic, Livestock190202021—
543899Rosencrantz-bemis Ent., INCDomestic, Livestock205202021—
543902Rosencrantz-bemis Ent., INCDomestic, Livestock190202021—
546562Rosencrantz-bemis Ent., INCIrrigation1488262021—
548642Rosencrantz-bemis Ent., INCDomestic180202021—
548648Rosencrantz-bemis Ent., INCDomestic, Livestock353202021—
550664Rosencrantz-bemis Ent., INCDomestic, Livestock397442021—
550669Rosencrantz-bemis Ent., INCDomestic90202021—
550652Rosencrantz-bemis Enterprises, INCDomestic, Livestock235202021—
533250Environmental Priority Service, INCMonitoring well/observation/piezometer3702020—
531837Halling Water Well Service, LLCDomestic, Livestock340202020—
529395Hydro Resources Mid Continent, INCIrrigation1072062020—
529397Hydro Resources Mid Continent, INCIrrigation13211172020—
530612Rosencrantz-bemis Ent., INCIrrigation89512020—
533131Rosencrantz-bemis Ent., INCIrrigation696272020—
535542Rosencrantz-bemis Ent., INCDomestic225202020—
557891Rosencrantz-bemis Ent., INCDomestic220202020—
525727Halling Water Well ServiceDomestic, Livestock161152019—
525729Halling Water Well ServiceDomestic, Livestock375202019—
525746Halling Water Well ServiceDomestic, Livestock290102019—
525778Halling Water Well ServiceDomestic, Livestock280102019—
528267Halling Water Well ServiceDomestic, Livestock340152019—
525135Jantzen Water WellDomestic44002019—
526357Nash Water Well Service, LLCDomestic, Livestock420802019—
530679Nash Ww SrvcDomestic, Livestock80102019—
529559Rosencrantz-bemis Enterprises, INCDomestic, Livestock7002019—
529560Rosencrantz-bemis Enterprises, INCDomestic, Livestock28002019—
517506Jonagan Water Well Service LLCDomestic, Livestock10002018—
516868Larsen and Associates, INCMonitoring well/observation/piezometer6502018—
516869Larsen and Associates, INCMonitoring well/observation/piezometer6502018—
516870Larsen and Associates, INCMonitoring well/observation/piezometer6502018—
524608Nash Water Well Service, LLCDomestic, Livestock120502018—
516776Rosencrantz-bemis Enterprises, INCIrrigation11802018—
510781Cline DrillingDomestic, Livestock5032017—
516778Dunham Drilling, INCIrrigation653502017—
509026Halling Water Well ServiceDomestic, Livestock270202017—
505473Jantzen Water WellDomestic, Lawn and Garden7562017—
515294Jantzen Water WellDomestic, Livestock6002017—
510320Larsen and Associates, INCMonitoring well/observation/piezometer65.502017—
510321Larsen and Associates, INCMonitoring well/observation/piezometer6502017—
510322Larsen and Associates, INCMonitoring well/observation/piezometer6502017—
510528Larsen and Associates, INCMonitoring well/observation/piezometer6502017—
510529Larsen and Associates, INCMonitoring well/observation/piezometer65.502017—
510530Larsen and Associates, INCMonitoring well/observation/piezometer6502017—
513106Larsen and Associates, INCMonitoring well/observation/piezometer6502017—
513932Nash Water Well Service, LLCDomestic65302017—
506946Rosencrantz-bemis Enterprises, INCDomestic, Livestock12002017—
506947Rosencrantz-bemis Enterprises, INCIrrigation6102017—
508781Rosencrantz-bemis Enterprises, INCIrrigation10302017—
515293Rosencrantz-bemis Enterprises, INCIrrigation9602017—
499293Clarke Well and Equipment, INCPublic Water Supply3902016—
495497Halling Water Well ServiceDomestic, Livestock450202016—
501293Halling Water Well ServiceDomestic, Livestock207152016—
501297Halling Water Well ServiceDomestic100252016—
499287Larsen and Associates, INCMonitoring well/observation/piezometer65.3502016—
499288Larsen and Associates, INCMonitoring well/observation/piezometer64.3802016—

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