Water wells in Jackson County
1,112 WWC-5 records — 0.4% of the Kansas register. The median well here is 62 feet deep, against 60 feet statewide.
1,112Records
62 ftMedian depth
196Plugged
83Drillers
How deep people drill in Jackson 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 | 62 ft | 140 ft | 60 ft — deeper here (1,111 records, 100 %) |
| Static water level | 23 ft | 75 ft | 24 ft — lower here (977 records, 88 %) |
| Estimated yield | 10 gpm | 50 gpm | 25 gpm — lower here (678 records, 61 %) |
What the water is used for
| Water use | Records | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Domestic | 647 | 58.2% |
| Monitoring well/observation/piezometer | 272 | 24.5% |
| Domestic, Livestock | 75 | 6.7% |
| Public Water Supply | 33 | 3.0% |
| Domestic, Lawn and Garden | 21 | 1.9% |
| Heat Pump (Closed Loop/Disposal), Geothermal | 14 | 1.3% |
| (unstated)/abandoned | 10 | 0.9% |
| Geothermal, Closed Loop, Vertical | 8 | 0.7% |
| Test hole/well | 7 | 0.6% |
| Environmental Remediation, Soil Vapor Extraction | 5 | 0.4% |
| Feedlot | 4 | 0.4% |
| Other | 4 | 0.4% |
Wells tied to a water right
11 records in Jackson County carry a DWR appropriation number — 1.0%, 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 Jackson County
The busiest contractor on these records is Strader Drilling Co., INC, named on 534 of them (48.0%), ahead of Associated Drilling, INC (92) and Associated Environmental, INC (40). The oldest record here was completed in 1975 and the most recent in 2026, and the deepest well on file reaches 340 feet — a test hole/well well drilled by Associated Drilling, INC in 2026.
Plugging records — in Jackson County
196 of the 1,112 records in Jackson County carry a plugging report (17.6%), filed on form WWC-5P. The other 916 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 342 records here completed before 1995, that is exactly what a buyer checks. Why it matters and who pays.
Who drills in Jackson County
| Contractor | Records | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Strader Drilling Co., INC | 534 | 48.0% |
| Associated Drilling, INC | 92 | 8.3% |
| Associated Environmental, INC | 40 | 3.6% |
| Blue Valley Drilling, INC | 39 | 3.5% |
| Geocore Services INC | 34 | 3.1% |
| Larsen and Associates, INC | 34 | 3.1% |
| Well Owner | 28 | 2.5% |
| Associated Drilling, Inc. #990 | 21 | 1.9% |
| Boart Longyear Company | 19 | 1.7% |
| Associated Env | 16 | 1.4% |
| Craig Haldeman Well Drilling & Pump Service | 14 | 1.3% |
| Jay C. Woofter Pump & Well, INC | 12 | 1.1% |
| Env. Priority Srvc | 11 | 1.0% |
| Theodore Cummings Drilling CO | 9 | 0.8% |
| Pratt Well Service, INC | 9 | 0.8% |
| Razek Environmental, LLC | 9 | 0.8% |
| Plains Env. Services | 9 | 0.8% |
| Rieschick Drilling CO | 8 | 0.7% |
When they were drilled
| Decade | Records | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 2020s | 129 | 11.6% |
| 2010s | 175 | 15.7% |
| 2000s | 297 | 26.7% |
| 1990s | 276 | 24.8% |
| 1980s | 139 | 12.5% |
| 1970s | 95 | 8.5% |
An unplugged well on land in Jackson County?
916 of the 1,112 records in Jackson 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 Jackson County
| WWC-5 | Drilled by | Use | Depth (ft) | Yield (gpm) | Year | Plugging report |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1057188613 | Associated Drilling, INC | Test hole/well | 200 | 0.01 | 2026 | — |
| 1057188674 | Associated Drilling, INC | Test hole/well | 200 | 0.01 | 2026 | — |
| 1057188732 | Associated Drilling, INC | Domestic, Livestock | 160 | 20 | 2026 | — |
| 1057251433 | Associated Drilling, INC | Geothermal, Closed Loop, Vertical | 180 | 0 | 2026 | — |
| 1057275854 | Associated Drilling, INC | Domestic | 120 | 20 | 2026 | — |
| 1057547997 | Associated Drilling, INC | Monitoring well/observation/piezometer | 17 | 0 | 2026 | — |
| 1057548048 | Associated Drilling, INC | Domestic | 127 | 16 | 2026 | — |
| 1057548112 | Associated Drilling, INC | Monitoring well/observation/piezometer | 28 | 0 | 2026 | — |
| 1057548147 | Associated Drilling, INC | Monitoring well/observation/piezometer | 36 | 0 | 2026 | — |
| 1057548159 | Associated Drilling, INC | Monitoring well/observation/piezometer | 46 | 0 | 2026 | — |
| 1057548321 | Associated Drilling, INC | Domestic, Livestock | 119 | 13 | 2026 | — |
| 1057275553 | Associated Drilling, Inc. #990 | Domestic | 57 | 30 | 2026 | — |
| 1056514785 | Associated Drilling, INC | Geothermal, Closed Loop, Vertical | 180 | 0 | 2025 | — |
| 1056613495 | Associated Drilling, INC | Domestic, Livestock | 96 | 10 | 2025 | — |
| 1056899970 | Associated Drilling, INC | Domestic, Livestock | 80 | 3 | 2025 | — |
| 1056973684 | Associated Drilling, INC | Domestic, Lawn and Garden | 158 | 5 | 2025 | — |
| 1057069176 | Associated Drilling, INC | Domestic, Livestock | 104 | 30 | 2025 | — |
| 1056278909 | Associated Drilling, Inc. #990 | Domestic, Livestock | 99 | 20 | 2025 | — |
| 1056613564 | Associated Drilling, Inc. #990 | Domestic, Livestock | 153 | 15 | 2025 | — |
| 1056647355 | Associated Drilling, Inc. #990 | Domestic, Lawn and Garden | 69 | 12 | 2025 | — |
| 1056815324 | Associated Drilling, Inc. #990 | Domestic, Livestock | 159 | 15 | 2025 | — |
| 1056815342 | Associated Drilling, Inc. #990 | Domestic, Livestock | 99 | 34 | 2025 | — |
| 1056897015 | Associated Drilling, Inc. #990 | Domestic | 80 | 12 | 2025 | — |
| 1057010884 | Associated Drilling, Inc. #990 | Domestic | 58 | 40 | 2025 | — |
| 1056917111 | Cascade Drilling | Monitoring well/observation/piezometer | 40 | 0 | 2025 | — |
| 1056917152 | Cascade Drilling | Monitoring well/observation/piezometer | 60 | 0 | 2025 | — |
| 1056917165 | Cascade Drilling | Monitoring well/observation/piezometer | 30 | 0 | 2025 | — |
| 1056917176 | Cascade Drilling | Monitoring well/observation/piezometer | 70 | 0 | 2025 | — |
| 1056917188 | Cascade Drilling | Monitoring well/observation/piezometer | 20 | 0 | 2025 | — |
| 1056919986 | Flint Hills Drlg #914 | Domestic, Livestock | 120 | 10 | 2025 | — |
| 1057010807 | Rork Drilling | Domestic | 84 | 12 | 2025 | — |
| 1054193318 | Associated Drilling, INC | Domestic | 85 | 20 | 2024 | — |
| 1054216643 | Associated Drilling, INC | Domestic | 39 | 5 | 2024 | — |
| 1055006401 | Associated Drilling, INC | Domestic, Livestock | 92 | 7.5 | 2024 | — |
| 1055006418 | Associated Drilling, INC | Domestic | 104 | 12 | 2024 | — |
| 1054193348 | Associated Drilling, Inc. #990 | Domestic, Livestock | 104 | 15 | 2024 | — |
| 1054368149 | Associated Drilling, Inc. #990 | Domestic | 96 | 5 | 2024 | — |
| 1054432212 | Associated Drilling, Inc. #990 | Domestic, Livestock | 92 | 60 | 2024 | — |
| 1055412794 | Associated Drilling, Inc. #990 | Domestic, Livestock | 140 | 5 | 2024 | — |
| 1055751213 | Associated Drilling, Inc. #990 | Oil Field Water Supply | 61 | 25 | 2024 | — |
| 1055751239 | Associated Drilling, Inc. #990 | Oil Field Water Supply | 57 | 9 | 2024 | — |
| 1055852632 | Associated Drilling, Inc. #990 | Domestic | 225 | 50 | 2024 | — |
| 1055852722 | Associated Drilling, Inc. #990 | Test hole/well | 225 | 90 | 2024 | — |
| 562030 | Blue Valley Drilling | Domestic, Livestock | 75 | 10 | 2024 | — |
| 1055006189 | Flint Hills Drlg #914 | Domestic | 137 | 5.4 | 2024 | — |
| 1056892716 | Rork Drilling | Domestic, Lawn and Garden | 65.6 | 4 | 2024 | — |
| 1054718190 | Yoakum Well Drilling, LLC | Domestic | 92 | 5 | 2024 | — |
| 1054718203 | Yoakum Well Drilling, LLC | Domestic | 92 | 1 | 2024 | — |
| 1054718320 | Yoakum Well Drilling, LLC | Domestic | 132 | 0.5 | 2024 | — |
| 1055098701 | Yoakum Well Drilling, LLC | Domestic | 104 | 0.25 | 2024 | — |
| 1055384469 | Yoakum Well Drilling, LLC | Domestic | 70 | 20 | 2024 | — |
| 1053294734 | Associated Drilling, Inc. #990 | Domestic | 115 | 15 | 2023 | — |
| 1053416303 | Associated Drilling, Inc. #990 | Domestic, Livestock | 95 | 4 | 2023 | — |
| 1053435914 | Associated Drilling, Inc. #990 | Domestic | 200 | 0 | 2023 | — |
| 1053433218 | Flint Hills Drlg #914 | Domestic | 220 | 7 | 2023 | — |
| 551362 | Associated Drilling, INC | Domestic | 98 | 1 | 2022 | — |
| 551806 | Associated Drilling, INC | Domestic | 165 | 100 | 2022 | — |
| 1052889151 | Associated Drilling, INC | Domestic, Livestock | 97 | 10 | 2022 | — |
| 1052891039 | Associated Drlg | Domestic | 98 | 0 | 2022 | — |
| 1052891055 | Associated Drlg | Domestic | 84 | 0 | 2022 | — |
| 1052905622 | Associated Drlg | Domestic | 132 | 20 | 2022 | — |
| 1052960080 | Associated Drlg | Domestic, Livestock | 98 | 0 | 2022 | — |
| 1052960092 | Associated Drlg | Domestic, Livestock | 96 | 0 | 2022 | — |
| 1052978440 | Associated Drlg | Domestic, Livestock | 136 | 0 | 2022 | — |
| 552276 | Flint Hills Drilling #914 | Domestic | 120 | 15 | 2022 | — |
| 552277 | Flint Hills Drilling #914 | Domestic, Livestock | 155 | 15 | 2022 | — |
| 552278 | Flint Hills Drilling #914 | Domestic, Livestock | 120 | 50 | 2022 | — |
| 1052891764 | Flint Hills Drlg #914 | Domestic, Livestock | 120 | 3 | 2022 | — |
| 1052972382 | Gsi Engineering | Monitoring well/observation/piezometer | 32 | 0 | 2022 | — |
| 554207 | Larsen and Associates, INC | Monitoring well/observation/piezometer | 20 | 0 | 2022 | — |
| 554208 | Larsen and Associates, INC | Monitoring well/observation/piezometer | 18.5 | 0 | 2022 | — |
| 554226 | Larsen and Associates, INC | Monitoring well/observation/piezometer | 25 | 0 | 2022 | — |
| 554227 | Larsen and Associates, INC | Monitoring well/observation/piezometer | 30 | 0 | 2022 | — |
| 554228 | Larsen and Associates, INC | Monitoring well/observation/piezometer | 29 | 0 | 2022 | — |
| 539325 | Associated Drilling, INC | Domestic | 98 | 0.5 | 2021 | — |
| 544433 | Associated Drilling, INC | Domestic | 200 | 8 | 2021 | — |
| 544520 | Associated Drilling, INC | Domestic | 117 | 30 | 2021 | — |
| 544530 | Associated Drilling, INC | Domestic | 185 | 30 | 2021 | — |
| 547184 | Associated Drilling, INC | Domestic, Livestock | 130 | 0.5 | 2021 | — |
| 547185 | Associated Drilling, INC | Geothermal, Closed Loop, Vertical | 180 | 0 | 2021 | — |
| 547228 | Associated Drilling, INC | Domestic | 58 | 50 | 2021 | — |
| 551466 | Blue Valley Drilling, INC | Domestic | 61 | 6 | 2021 | — |
| 542821 | Flint Hills Drilling #914 | Domestic, Livestock | 75 | 7.5 | 2021 | — |
| 549705 | Flint Hills Drilling #914 | Domestic | 113 | 10 | 2021 | — |
| 532076 | Associated Drilling, INC | Domestic | 56 | 2 | 2020 | — |
| 532079 | Associated Drilling, INC | Domestic | 58 | 15 | 2020 | — |
| 538964 | Associated Drilling, INC | Domestic | 98 | 2 | 2020 | — |
| 539343 | Associated Drilling, INC | Domestic | 115 | 10 | 2020 | — |
| 531587 | Associated Env | Monitoring well/observation/piezometer | 20 | 0 | 2020 | — |
| 531588 | Associated Env | Monitoring well/observation/piezometer | 20 | 0 | 2020 | — |
| 531589 | Associated Env | Monitoring well/observation/piezometer | 20 | 0 | 2020 | — |
| 531590 | Associated Env | Monitoring well/observation/piezometer | 20 | 0 | 2020 | — |
| 531591 | Associated Env | Monitoring well/observation/piezometer | 20 | 0 | 2020 | — |
| 531592 | Associated Env | Monitoring well/observation/piezometer | 20 | 0 | 2020 | — |
| 531593 | Associated Env | Monitoring well/observation/piezometer | 20 | 0 | 2020 | — |
| 531594 | Associated Env | Monitoring well/observation/piezometer | 20 | 0 | 2020 | — |
| 537214 | Flint Hills Drilling #914 | Domestic | 40 | 10 | 2020 | — |
| 527736 | Associated Drilling, INC | Domestic | 41 | 25 | 2019 | — |
| 525141 | Blue Valley Drilling, INC | Domestic | 110 | 10 | 2019 | — |
| 527333 | Flint Hills Drilling | Domestic, Lawn and Garden | 38 | 20 | 2019 | — |
| 530505 | Rieschick Drilling CO | Domestic | 61 | 6 | 2019 | — |
| 526000 | Rork Drilling | Domestic, Livestock | 60.5 | 10 | 2019 | — |
| 513520 | Associated Drilling, INC | Domestic, Livestock | 58 | 11 | 2018 | — |
| 513534 | Associated Drilling, INC | Domestic, Livestock | 77 | 10 | 2018 | — |
| 517722 | Associated Drilling, INC | Domestic, Livestock | 138 | 30 | 2018 | — |
| 522179 | Associated Drilling, INC | Domestic | 98 | 100 | 2018 | — |
| 515673 | Blue Valley Drilling, INC | Domestic, Livestock | 110 | 20 | 2018 | — |
| 515674 | Blue Valley Drilling, INC | Domestic, Livestock | 60 | 10 | 2018 | — |
| 518869 | Blue Valley Drilling, INC | Domestic | 50 | 25 | 2018 | — |
| 518870 | Blue Valley Drilling, INC | Domestic, Livestock | 80 | 20 | 2018 | — |
| 521824 | Blue Valley Drilling, INC | Domestic | 92 | 8 | 2018 | — |
| 521825 | Blue Valley Drilling, INC | Domestic, Livestock | 100 | 5 | 2018 | — |
| 527283 | Flint Hills Drilling | Domestic | 120 | 0.25 | 2018 | — |
| 527284 | Flint Hills Drilling | Domestic, Livestock | 34 | 12 | 2018 | — |
| 518318 | Sargent Drilling | Public Water Supply | 166 | 198 | 2018 | — |
| 518323 | Sargent Drilling | Public Water Supply | 145 | 175 | 2018 | — |
| 507407 | Associated Drilling, INC | Domestic, Livestock | 138 | 20 | 2017 | — |
| 508782 | Blue Valley Drilling, INC | Domestic, Livestock | 166 | 15 | 2017 | — |
| 510778 | Blue Valley Drilling, INC | Domestic | 75 | 25 | 2017 | — |
| 510779 | Blue Valley Drilling, INC | Domestic | 50 | 3 | 2017 | — |
| 510780 | Blue Valley Drilling, INC | Domestic, Livestock | 125 | 40 | 2017 | — |
| 512230 | Blue Valley Drilling, INC | Domestic, Lawn and Garden | 40 | 15 | 2017 | — |
| 506827 | Flint Hills Drilling | Domestic | 158 | 10 | 2017 | — |
| 495476 | Associated Drilling, INC | Domestic, Livestock | 98 | 15 | 2016 | — |
| 495478 | Associated Drilling, INC | Geothermal, Closed Loop, Vertical | 200 | 0 | 2016 | — |
| 500258 | Associated Drilling, INC | Domestic | 100 | 1 | 2016 | — |
| 500324 | Associated Drilling, INC | Domestic, Livestock | 45 | 15 | 2016 | — |
| 501191 | Associated Drilling, INC | Domestic, Livestock | 98 | 10 | 2016 | — |
| 505388 | Associated Drilling, INC | Domestic | 76 | 5 | 2016 | — |
| 505584 | Associated Drilling, INC | Domestic, Livestock | 37 | 35 | 2016 | — |
| 499294 | Blue Valley Drilling, INC | Domestic | 91 | 75 | 2016 | — |
| 499295 | Blue Valley Drilling, INC | Domestic | 52 | 30 | 2016 | — |
| 506948 | Blue Valley Drilling, INC | Domestic | 65 | 30 | 2016 | — |
| 500463 | Geocore, INC | Monitoring well/observation/piezometer | 22 | 0 | 2016 | — |
| 487628 | Associated Drilling, INC | Domestic | 34 | 1 | 2015 | — |
| 491301 | Associated Drilling, INC | Domestic | 98 | 50 | 2015 | — |
| 495507 | Associated Drilling, INC | Domestic, Livestock | 70 | 80 | 2015 | — |
| 489640 | Blue Valley Drilling, INC | Domestic | 100 | 10 | 2015 | — |
| 492946 | Larsen and Associates, INC | Monitoring well/observation/piezometer | 29.95 | 0 | 2015 | — |
| 492955 | Larsen and Associates, INC | Monitoring well/observation/piezometer | 29.98 | 0 | 2015 | — |
By water use in Jackson County
Counties with a comparable register
- Morton 1,201
- Gove 1,196
- Jefferson 1,189
- Brown 1,151
- Neosho 1,142
- Cheyenne 1,136
- Comanche 1,131
- Lincoln 1,069
- Wabaunsee 1,061
- Stanton 1,059
- Marshall 1,058
- Osborne 1,047
- Wichita 1,037
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.