# Water wells in Kearny County, Kansas — 2,143 WWC-5 records > 2,143 water well records in Kearny County. The median well is 262 feet deep. Who drilled them, how deep, and which ones have no plugging report on file. ## Water wells in Kearny County **2,143** WWC-5 records — 0.7% of the Kansas register. The median well here is **262 feet** deep, against 60 feet statewide. ### How deep people drill in Kearny 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* | Measurement | Median | 90th percentile | Kansas median | |---|---|---|---| | Depth | **262 ft** | 465 ft | 60 ft — deeper here (2,138 records, 100 %) | | Static water level | **112 ft** | 236 ft | 24 ft — higher here (1,901 records, 89 %) | | Estimated yield | **404 gpm** | 1600 gpm | 25 gpm — higher here (844 records, 39 %) | ### What the water is used for | Water use | Records | Share | |---|---|---| | [Irrigation](/county/kearny/irrigation.md) | 967 | 45.1% | | [Domestic](/county/kearny/domestic.md) | 596 | 27.8% | | [Monitoring well/observation/piezometer](/county/kearny/monitoring-well-observation-piezometer.md) | 226 | 10.5% | | [Oil Field Water Supply](/use/oil-field-water-supply.md) | 146 | 6.8% | | [Domestic, Livestock](/use/domestic-livestock.md) | 121 | 5.6% | | [Domestic, Lawn and Garden](/use/domestic-lawn-and-garden.md) | 31 | 1.4% | | Feedlot | 18 | 0.8% | | Industrial | 7 | 0.3% | | [(unstated)/abandoned](/use/unstated-abandoned.md) | 6 | 0.3% | | [Public Water Supply](/use/public-water-supply.md) | 5 | 0.2% | | Test Hole, Uncased | 5 | 0.2% | | [Test hole/well](/use/test-hole-well.md) | 3 | 0.1% | ### Wells tied to a water right **698** records in Kearny County carry a DWR appropriation number — 32.6%, 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 Kearny County The busiest contractor on these records is **Minter-wilson Drlg. Co., INC**, named on 414 of them (19.3%), ahead of Well Owner (241) and Henkle Drilling & Supply Co. INC (176). The oldest record here was completed in **1975** and the most recent in 2026, and the deepest well on file reaches **790 feet** — a irrigation well drilled by Downey Drilling, INC in 2026. ### Plugging records — in Kearny County **652** of the 2,143 records in Kearny County carry a plugging report (30.4%), filed on form WWC-5P. The other **1,491** 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 **702** records here completed before 1995, that is exactly what a buyer checks. [Why it matters and who pays](/abandoned.md). ### Who drills in Kearny County | Contractor | Records | Share | |---|---|---| | [Minter-wilson Drlg. Co., INC](/driller/minter-wilson-drlg-co-inc.md) | 414 | 19.3% | | [Well Owner](/driller/well-owner.md) | 241 | 11.2% | | [Henkle Drilling & Supply Co. INC](/driller/henkle-drilling-supply-co-inc.md) | 176 | 8.2% | | [Hydro Resources Mid Continent, INC](/driller/hydro-resources-mid-continent-inc.md) | 172 | 8.0% | | [Midwest Well & Pump, INC](/driller/midwest-well-pump-inc.md) | 108 | 5.0% | | Richard Henkle Drilling & Supply Co. INC | 52 | 2.4% | | High Plains Drilling & Supply | 46 | 2.1% | | T & W Water Well Serv., INC | 46 | 2.1% | | Downey Drilling, INC | 45 | 2.1% | | [Howard Drilling Company Ag, LLC](/driller/howard-drilling-company-ag-llc.md) | 42 | 2.0% | | [Bernard E. Carlile Water Well Service, INC](/driller/bernard-e-carlile-water-well-service-inc.md) | 40 | 1.9% | | Gerald Houck Bros. Drilling CO | 29 | 1.4% | | Ed Jantzen Water Well Repair | 28 | 1.3% | | [Associated Environmental, INC](/driller/associated-environmental-inc.md) | 28 | 1.3% | | [Larsen & Associates](/driller/larsen-associates.md) | 26 | 1.2% | | Henkle Drilling & Supply Co, INC | 24 | 1.1% | | [Geocore Services INC](/driller/geocore-services-inc.md) | 24 | 1.1% | | Prairie Land Environmental Remed | 23 | 1.1% | ### When they were drilled | Decade | Records | Share | |---|---|---| | 2020s | 193 | 9.0% | | 2010s | 359 | 16.8% | | 2000s | 364 | 17.0% | | 1990s | 631 | 29.4% | | 1980s | 291 | 13.6% | | 1970s | 291 | 13.6% | ### An unplugged well on land in Kearny County? 1,491 of the 2,143 records in Kearny 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](/privacy.md). ### Records in Kearny County *Kearny 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-5 | Drilled by | Use | Depth (ft) | Yield (gpm) | Year | Plugging report | |---|---|---|---|---|---|---| | [1057192595](/search.md) | Downey Drilling, INC | Irrigation | 645 | 500 | 2026 | — | | [1057192694](/search.md) | Downey Drilling, INC | Irrigation | 517 | 1500 | 2026 | — | | [1057192830](/search.md) | Downey Drilling, INC | Irrigation | 670 | 800 | 2026 | — | | [1057234174](/search.md) | Downey Drilling, INC | Irrigation | 580 | 850 | 2026 | — | | [1057234334](/search.md) | Downey Drilling, INC | Irrigation | 790 | 300 | 2026 | — | | [1057137404](/search.md) | Gt Water Well Drilling LLC | Domestic | 310 | 0 | 2026 | — | | [1057206960](/search.md) | Gt Water Well Drilling LLC | Domestic, Livestock | 30 | 0 | 2026 | — | | [1057210407](/search.md) | Hydro Resources Mid Continent, INC | Irrigation | 400 | 0 | 2026 | — | | [1057242413](/search.md) | Hydro Resources Mid Continent, INC | Irrigation | 255 | 0 | 2026 | — | | [1057258111](/search.md) | Mh Drilling | Domestic, Lawn and Garden | 410 | 0 | 2026 | — | | [1057049011](/search.md) | B & M Services Swk, LLC | Domestic, Livestock | 160 | 0 | 2025 | — | | [1057049023](/search.md) | B & M Services Swk, LLC | Domestic | 180 | 0 | 2025 | — | | [1056902733](/search.md) | Downey Drilling, INC | Irrigation | 670 | 550 | 2025 | — | | [1057030411](/search.md) | Downey Drilling, INC | Irrigation | 608 | 1250 | 2025 | — | | [1057030980](/search.md) | Downey Drilling, INC | Irrigation | 623 | 350 | 2025 | — | | [1056902536](/search.md) | Downey Drlg #748 | Irrigation | 286 | 500 | 2025 | — | | [1056902556](/search.md) | Downey Drlg #748 | Irrigation | 367 | 425 | 2025 | — | | [1057030322](/search.md) | Downey Drlg #748 | Irrigation | 465 | 1500 | 2025 | — | | [1056650658](/search.md) | Gt Water Well Drilling LLC | Domestic | 360 | 0 | 2025 | — | | [1056657840](/search.md) | Gt Water Well Drilling LLC | Domestic | 156 | 0 | 2025 | — | | [1057057640](/search.md) | Gt Water Well Drilling LLC | Domestic | 230 | 0 | 2025 | — | | [1056884943](/search.md) | Hydro Res. Mid Continent #145 | Irrigation | 323 | 420 | 2025 | — | | [1057010916](/search.md) | Hydro Res. Mid Continent #145 | Irrigation | 507 | 0 | 2025 | — | | [1056892982](/search.md) | Hydro Resources Mid Continent, INC | Irrigation | 631 | 0 | 2025 | — | | [1056973911](/search.md) | Hydro Resources Mid Continent, INC | Irrigation | 379 | 0 | 2025 | — | | [1057058325](/search.md) | Hydro Resources Mid Continent, INC | Irrigation | 398 | 0 | 2025 | — | | [1056836882](/search.md) | Jantzen Water Well - 1046 | Domestic | 190 | 0 | 2025 | — | | [1056973701](/search.md) | Jantzen Water Well LLC | Domestic, Livestock | 532 | 26 | 2025 | — | | [1056609854](/search.md) | Larsen & Associates | Monitoring well/observation/piezometer | 35 | 0 | 2025 | — | | [1056609865](/search.md) | Larsen & Associates | Monitoring well/observation/piezometer | 35 | 0 | 2025 | — | | [1056609877](/search.md) | Larsen & Associates | Monitoring well/observation/piezometer | 35 | 0 | 2025 | — | | [1056609886](/search.md) | Larsen & Associates | Monitoring well/observation/piezometer | 35 | 0 | 2025 | — | | [1056609897](/search.md) | Larsen & Associates | Monitoring well/observation/piezometer | 35 | 0 | 2025 | — | | [1056609962](/search.md) | Larsen & Associates | Monitoring well/observation/piezometer | 35 | 0 | 2025 | — | | [1056610011](/search.md) | Larsen & Associates | Monitoring well/observation/piezometer | 35 | 0 | 2025 | — | | [1056610022](/search.md) | Larsen & Associates | Monitoring well/observation/piezometer | 35 | 0 | 2025 | — | | [1056610034](/search.md) | Larsen & Associates | Monitoring well/observation/piezometer | 35 | 0 | 2025 | — | | [1056984583](/search.md) | Larsen & Associates | Monitoring well/observation/piezometer | 35.5 | 0 | 2025 | — | | [1056984595](/search.md) | Larsen & Associates | Monitoring well/observation/piezometer | 35.5 | 0 | 2025 | — | | [1056984657](/search.md) | Larsen & Associates | Monitoring well/observation/piezometer | 35.5 | 0 | 2025 | — | | [1056984669](/search.md) | Larsen & Associates | Monitoring well/observation/piezometer | 35.5 | 0 | 2025 | — | | [1056984678](/search.md) | Larsen & Associates | Monitoring well/observation/piezometer | 35.5 | 0 | 2025 | — | | [1056984950](/search.md) | Larsen & Associates | Monitoring well/observation/piezometer | 35.5 | 0 | 2025 | — | | [1056602477](/search.md) | Mh Drilling | Domestic, Lawn and Garden | 209 | 50 | 2025 | — | | [1056820750](/search.md) | Mh Drilling | Domestic, Livestock | 402 | 50 | 2025 | — | | [1057087693](/search.md) | Midwest Well & Pump - #1047 | Domestic, Livestock | 220 | 100 | 2025 | — | | [1057128928](/search.md) | Nash Water Well Service, LLC | Domestic, Livestock | 55 | 40 | 2025 | — | | [1054145304](/search.md) | Downey Drlg #748 | Irrigation | 331 | 2200 | 2024 | — | | [1055869439](/search.md) | Downey Drlg #748 | Irrigation | 540 | 1150 | 2024 | — | | [1054837822](/search.md) | Hydro Res. Mid Continent #145 | Irrigation | 334 | 800 | 2024 | — | | [1055782717](/search.md) | Hydro Res. Mid Continent #145 | Irrigation | 427 | 987 | 2024 | — | | [1054837853](/search.md) | Hydro Resources Mid Continent, INC | Irrigation | 220 | 1200 | 2024 | — | | [1055782759](/search.md) | Hydro Resources Mid Continent, INC | Irrigation | 322 | 1300 | 2024 | — | | [1054174779](/search.md) | Jantzen Water Well LLC | Domestic, Livestock | 405 | 0 | 2024 | — | | [1054216396](/search.md) | Jantzen Water Well LLC | Domestic | 510 | 0 | 2024 | — | | [1054246972](/search.md) | Jantzen Water Well LLC | Domestic | 550 | 0 | 2024 | — | | [1054849567](/search.md) | Kansas Water Wells | Domestic | 382 | 40 | 2024 | — | | [1055046034](/search.md) | Kansas Water Wells | Domestic | 260 | 40 | 2024 | — | | [1055847543](/search.md) | Mh Drilling | Domestic | 205 | 50 | 2024 | — | | [1053277456](/search.md) | Downey Drilling, INC | Irrigation | 609 | 1100 | 2023 | — | | [1053339413](/search.md) | Downey Drilling, INC | Irrigation | 685 | 650 | 2023 | — | | [1053277920](/search.md) | Downey Drlg #748 | Irrigation | 578 | 850 | 2023 | — | | [1053339514](/search.md) | Downey Drlg #748 | Irrigation | 340 | 1000 | 2023 | — | | [1053339608](/search.md) | Downey Drlg #748 | Irrigation | 785 | 835 | 2023 | — | | [1053410544](/search.md) | Downey Drlg #748 | Irrigation | 444 | 1000 | 2023 | — | | [1053410688](/search.md) | Downey Drlg #748 | Irrigation | 465 | 1000 | 2023 | — | | [1054141758](/search.md) | Downey Drlg #748 | Irrigation | 548 | 0 | 2023 | — | | [1054142433](/search.md) | Downey Drlg #748 | Irrigation | 329 | 147 | 2023 | — | | [1054142471](/search.md) | Downey Drlg #748 | Irrigation | 554 | 750 | 2023 | — | | [1054143154](/search.md) | Downey Drlg #748 | Irrigation | 347 | 0 | 2023 | — | | [1054146246](/search.md) | Downey Drlg #748 | Irrigation | 330 | 150 | 2023 | — | | [1053323770](/search.md) | Hydro Res. Mid Continent #145 | Irrigation | 413 | 1690 | 2023 | — | | [1053323987](/search.md) | Hydro Res. Mid Continent #145 | Irrigation | 409 | 0 | 2023 | — | | [1053324209](/search.md) | Hydro Res. Mid Continent #145 | Irrigation | 476 | 680 | 2023 | — | | [1054799722](/search.md) | Hydro Res. Mid Continent #145 | Irrigation | 659 | 825 | 2023 | — | | [1054813251](/search.md) | Hydro Res. Mid Continent #145 | Irrigation | 476 | 498 | 2023 | — | | [1053323489](/search.md) | Hydro Resources Mid Continent, INC | Irrigation | 392 | 1003 | 2023 | — | | [1054799927](/search.md) | Hydro Resources Mid Continent, INC | Irrigation | 527 | 1256 | 2023 | — | | [1054145872](/search.md) | Jantzen Water Well | Domestic | 430 | 50 | 2023 | — | | [1052977823](/search.md) | Kansas Water Wells | Domestic, Livestock | 196 | 0 | 2023 | — | | [1053421824](/search.md) | Kansas Water Wells | Domestic, Livestock | 243 | 45 | 2023 | — | | [1053436810](/search.md) | Kansas Water Wells | Domestic, Livestock | 122 | 50 | 2023 | — | | [1053850318](/search.md) | Kansas Water Wells | Domestic, Livestock | 120 | 50 | 2023 | — | | [1054140645](/search.md) | Nash Water Well Service, LLC | Domestic | 480 | 480 | 2023 | — | | [1052885771](/search.md) | Downey Drilling, INC | Irrigation | 660 | 800 | 2022 | — | | [1052885859](/search.md) | Downey Drilling, INC | Irrigation | 652 | 700 | 2022 | — | | [1052908845](/search.md) | Downey Drilling, INC | Irrigation | 628 | 0 | 2022 | — | | [1052899065](/search.md) | Downey Drlg #748 | Irrigation | 588 | 1000 | 2022 | — | | [1052884050](/search.md) | Hydro Resources Mid Continent, INC | Irrigation | 256 | 0 | 2022 | — | | [1052892336](/search.md) | Hydro Resources Mid Continent, INC | Irrigation | 422 | 0 | 2022 | — | | [1052897675](/search.md) | Hydro Resources Mid Continent, INC | Irrigation | 239 | 0 | 2022 | — | | [1053023646](/search.md) | Hydro Resources Mid Continent, INC | Irrigation | 330 | 1550 | 2022 | — | | [552282](/search.md) | Hydro Resources Mid Continent, Inc. #145 | Domestic, Livestock | 503 | 200 | 2022 | — | | [1052884283](/search.md) | Kansas Water Wells | Domestic | 390 | 30 | 2022 | — | | [1052889023](/search.md) | Kansas Water Wells | Domestic, Livestock | 138 | 30 | 2022 | — | | [1052907559](/search.md) | Kansas Water Wells | Domestic, Livestock | 212 | 20 | 2022 | — | | [1053258257](/search.md) | Nash Water Well Service, LLC | Domestic | 240 | 10 | 2022 | — | | [555769](/search.md) | Nash Ww Srvc | Domestic, Livestock | 260 | 50 | 2022 | — | | [1053018039](/search.md) | Nash Ww Srvc | Domestic | 360 | 30 | 2022 | — | | [1053018692](/search.md) | Nash Ww Srvc | Domestic, Livestock | 400 | 50 | 2022 | — | | [540495](/search.md) | Downey Drilling, INC | Irrigation | 630 | 1200 | 2021 | — | | [542540](/search.md) | Downey Drilling, INC | Irrigation | 555 | 1100 | 2021 | — | | [541366](/search.md) | Downey Drilling, Inc. #748 | Irrigation | 382 | 1100 | 2021 | — | | [541724](/search.md) | Downey Drilling, Inc. #748 | Irrigation | 535 | 700 | 2021 | — | | [542539](/search.md) | Downey Drilling, Inc. #748 | Irrigation | 564 | 1100 | 2021 | — | | [545708](/search.md) | Downey Drilling, Inc. #748 | Irrigation | 528 | 650 | 2021 | — | | [548045](/search.md) | Downey Drilling, Inc. #748 | Irrigation | 629 | 1000 | 2021 | — | | [543557](/search.md) | Hydro Resources Mid Continent, INC | Irrigation | 563 | 2002 | 2021 | — | | [539506](/search.md) | Hydro Resources Mid Continent, Inc. #145 | Irrigation | 392 | 1726 | 2021 | — | | [542352](/search.md) | Hydro Resources Mid Continent, Inc. #145 | Irrigation | 639 | 700 | 2021 | — | | [545386](/search.md) | Hydro Resources Mid Continent, Inc. #145 | Irrigation | 298 | 467 | 2021 | — | | [550629](/search.md) | Hydro Resources Mid Continent, Inc. #145 | Irrigation | 402 | 1500 | 2021 | — | | [542476](/search.md) | Jantzen Water Well | Domestic, Livestock | 375 | 20 | 2021 | — | | [542485](/search.md) | Jantzen Water Well | Domestic, Livestock | 375 | 20 | 2021 | — | | [543615](/search.md) | Jantzen Water Well | Domestic | 420 | 25 | 2021 | — | | [549247](/search.md) | Jantzen Water Well | Domestic | 205 | 25 | 2021 | — | | [550220](/search.md) | Jantzen Water Well | Domestic | 530 | 25 | 2021 | — | | [552088](/search.md) | Jonagan Water Well Service LLC | Domestic | 190 | 50 | 2021 | — | | [540505](/search.md) | Kansas Water Wells, INC | Domestic | 325 | 40 | 2021 | — | | [540506](/search.md) | Kansas Water Wells, INC | Domestic | 192 | 40 | 2021 | — | | [548982](/search.md) | Nash Ww Srvc | Domestic | 480 | 40 | 2021 | — | | [548989](/search.md) | Nash Ww Srvc | Domestic, Livestock | 500 | 35 | 2021 | — | | [552731](/search.md) | Nash Ww Srvc | Domestic | 395 | 30 | 2021 | — | | [535861](/search.md) | Associated Env | Monitoring well/observation/piezometer | 30 | 0 | 2020 | — | | [535860](/search.md) | Associated Environmental, INC | Monitoring well/observation/piezometer | 30 | 0 | 2020 | — | | [528747](/search.md) | Downey Drilling, INC | Irrigation | 564 | 902 | 2020 | — | | [528748](/search.md) | Downey Drilling, INC | Irrigation | 636 | 708 | 2020 | — | | [528749](/search.md) | Downey Drilling, INC | Irrigation | 597 | 1102 | 2020 | — | | [528750](/search.md) | Downey Drilling, INC | Irrigation | 597 | 1330 | 2020 | — | | [529334](/search.md) | Downey Drilling, INC | Irrigation | 675 | 900 | 2020 | — | | [529335](/search.md) | Downey Drilling, INC | Irrigation | 661 | 650 | 2020 | — | | [529336](/search.md) | Downey Drilling, INC | Irrigation | 611 | 802 | 2020 | — | | [531542](/search.md) | Downey Drilling, INC | Feedlot | 320 | 200 | 2020 | — | | [531543](/search.md) | Downey Drilling, INC | Feedlot | 276 | 90 | 2020 | — | | [532660](/search.md) | Downey Drilling, INC | Irrigation | 650 | 800 | 2020 | — | | [533316](/search.md) | Downey Drilling, INC | Irrigation | 651 | 1000 | 2020 | — | | [533317](/search.md) | Downey Drilling, INC | Irrigation | 624 | 1100 | 2020 | — | | [535566](/search.md) | Downey Drilling, INC | Irrigation | 650 | 1000 | 2020 | — | | [536603](/search.md) | Downey Drilling, INC | Irrigation | 676 | 900 | 2020 | — | | [530068](/search.md) | Downey Drilling, Inc. #748 | Irrigation | 318 | 125 | 2020 | — | ### By water use in Kearny County - [Domestic in Kearny County](/county/kearny/domestic.md) 596 - [Irrigation in Kearny County](/county/kearny/irrigation.md) 967 - [Monitoring well/observation/piezometer in Kearny County](/county/kearny/monitoring-well-observation-piezometer.md) 226 ### Counties with a comparable register - [Kiowa](/county/kiowa.md) 2,662 - [Stevens](/county/stevens.md) 2,587 - [Marion](/county/marion.md) 2,513 - [Meade](/county/meade.md) 2,318 - [Haskell](/county/haskell.md) 2,288 - [Montgomery](/county/montgomery.md) 2,285 - [Cowley](/county/cowley.md) 2,223 - [Sheridan](/county/sheridan.md) 2,086 - [Ellsworth](/county/ellsworth.md) 2,028 - [Rush](/county/rush.md) 1,921 - [Geary](/county/geary.md) 1,901 - [Barber](/county/barber.md) 1,835 - [Washington](/county/washington.md) 1,798 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](/county.md). --- Página: https://wwc5.pages.dev/county/kearny/ Fonte: Water Wells WWC5 — Kansas Geological Survey, from records filed with the Kansas Department of Health and Environment Recolha: 2026-08-21