Water wells in Lincoln County
1,069 WWC-5 records — 0.3% of the Kansas register. The median well here is 92 feet deep, against 60 feet statewide.
1,069Records
92 ftMedian depth
139Plugged
77Drillers
How deep people drill in Lincoln 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 | 92 ft | 218 ft | 60 ft — deeper here (1,067 records, 100 %) |
| Static water level | 44 ft | 146 ft | 24 ft — higher here (939 records, 88 %) |
| Estimated yield | 20 gpm | 60 gpm | 25 gpm — lower here (692 records, 65 %) |
What the water is used for
| Water use | Records | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Domestic | 526 | 49.2% |
| Domestic, Livestock | 245 | 22.9% |
| Monitoring well/observation/piezometer | 181 | 16.9% |
| Domestic, Lawn and Garden | 40 | 3.7% |
| Irrigation | 24 | 2.2% |
| (unstated)/abandoned | 14 | 1.3% |
| Public Water Supply | 11 | 1.0% |
| Environmental Remediation, Recovery | 7 | 0.7% |
| Industrial | 3 | 0.3% |
| Feedlot | 3 | 0.3% |
| Heat Pump (Closed Loop/Disposal), Geothermal | 3 | 0.3% |
| Geothermal, Closed Loop, Vertical | 3 | 0.3% |
Wells tied to a water right
28 records in Lincoln County carry a DWR appropriation number — 2.6%, 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 Lincoln County
The busiest contractor on these records is Kelly's Water Well Service, INC, named on 362 of them (33.9%), ahead of Associated Drilling, INC (78) and Geocore Services INC (76). The oldest record here was completed in 1974 and the most recent in 2026, and the deepest well on file reaches 400 feet — a monitoring well/observation/piezometer well drilled by Natural Gas Pipeline CO in 1989.
Plugging records — in Lincoln County
139 of the 1,069 records in Lincoln County carry a plugging report (13.0%), filed on form WWC-5P. The other 930 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 296 records here completed before 1995, that is exactly what a buyer checks. Why it matters and who pays.
Who drills in Lincoln County
| Contractor | Records | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kelly's Water Well Service, INC | 362 | 33.9% |
| Associated Drilling, INC | 78 | 7.3% |
| Geocore Services INC | 76 | 7.1% |
| Associated Drilling, Inc. #990 | 58 | 5.4% |
| Well Owner | 38 | 3.6% |
| Larsen and Associates, INC | 37 | 3.5% |
| Peterson Irrigation, INC | 36 | 3.4% |
| Rosencrantz-bemis Enterprises, INC | 27 | 2.5% |
| Michael Peterson Irrigation, INC | 21 | 2.0% |
| Paul Pestinger Pump & Water Well Drlg., INC | 20 | 1.9% |
| Pestinger Pump & Water Well Drlg., INC | 20 | 1.9% |
| Associated Environmental, INC | 20 | 1.9% |
| Geocore, INC | 18 | 1.7% |
| O.s. Fent Hydraulic Drilling Company | 16 | 1.5% |
| Clarke Well and Equipment, INC | 15 | 1.4% |
| Boart Longyear CO | 13 | 1.2% |
| Peterson Mcnett Drilling, INC | 13 | 1.2% |
| Geocore, LLC | 11 | 1.0% |
When they were drilled
| Decade | Records | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 2020s | 163 | 15.2% |
| 2010s | 212 | 19.8% |
| 2000s | 266 | 24.9% |
| 1990s | 226 | 21.1% |
| 1980s | 141 | 13.2% |
| 1970s | 60 | 5.6% |
An unplugged well on land in Lincoln County?
930 of the 1,069 records in Lincoln 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 Lincoln County
| WWC-5 | Drilled by | Use | Depth (ft) | Yield (gpm) | Year | Plugging report |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1057134433 | Associated Drilling, INC | Domestic | 194 | 100 | 2026 | — |
| 1057190620 | Associated Drilling, INC | Domestic, Livestock | 250 | 40 | 2026 | — |
| 1057251041 | Associated Drilling, INC | Domestic, Livestock | 78 | 20 | 2026 | — |
| 1057211402 | Peterson Drilling, LLC | Domestic | 115.5 | 50 | 2026 | — |
| 1057268580 | Us Drilling Corp | Domestic | 104 | 0 | 2026 | — |
| 1057270790 | Us Drilling Corp | Domestic, Livestock | 180 | 50 | 2026 | — |
| 1056613642 | Associated Drilling, INC | Domestic, Livestock | 238 | 30 | 2025 | — |
| 1056815415 | Associated Drilling, INC | Domestic, Livestock | 220 | 20 | 2025 | — |
| 1056837661 | Associated Drilling, INC | Domestic | 119 | 30 | 2025 | — |
| 1056934038 | Associated Drilling, INC | Domestic, Livestock | 200 | 15 | 2025 | — |
| 1057046238 | Associated Drilling, INC | Domestic, Livestock | 75 | 100 | 2025 | — |
| 1056636991 | Associated Drilling, Inc. #990 | Domestic, Livestock | 140 | 60 | 2025 | — |
| 1056637180 | Associated Drilling, Inc. #990 | Domestic, Livestock | 100 | 15 | 2025 | — |
| 1056637211 | Associated Drilling, Inc. #990 | Domestic, Livestock | 96 | 20 | 2025 | — |
| 1056637476 | Associated Drilling, Inc. #990 | Domestic, Livestock | 139 | 20 | 2025 | — |
| 1056647373 | Associated Drilling, Inc. #990 | Domestic, Livestock | 190 | 15 | 2025 | — |
| 1056661508 | Associated Drilling, Inc. #990 | Domestic, Livestock | 136 | 68 | 2025 | — |
| 1056661524 | Associated Drilling, Inc. #990 | Domestic, Livestock | 224 | 40 | 2025 | — |
| 1056815396 | Associated Drilling, Inc. #990 | Domestic, Livestock | 160 | 0 | 2025 | — |
| 1056837623 | Associated Drilling, Inc. #990 | Domestic, Livestock | 137 | 80 | 2025 | — |
| 1056934109 | Associated Drilling, Inc. #990 | Domestic | 120 | 25 | 2025 | — |
| 1056601570 | Flint Hills Drlg #914 | Domestic, Livestock | 36 | 10 | 2025 | — |
| 1056647390 | Flint Hills Drlg #914 | Domestic, Livestock | 151 | 10 | 2025 | — |
| 1056657994 | Flint Hills Drlg #914 | Domestic | 158 | 50 | 2025 | — |
| 1056920157 | Flint Hills Drlg #914 | Domestic, Livestock | 73 | 30 | 2025 | — |
| 1056920486 | Flint Hills Drlg #914 | Domestic, Livestock | 197 | 20 | 2025 | — |
| 1057013636 | Peterson Drilling - #1079 | Domestic | 51 | 40 | 2025 | — |
| 1057013294 | Peterson Drilling, LLC | Irrigation | 50 | 0 | 2025 | — |
| 1057013516 | Peterson Drilling, LLC | Irrigation | 49 | 275 | 2025 | — |
| 1056878186 | Peterson Mcnett Drilling, INC | Irrigation | 47 | 0 | 2025 | — |
| 1056834472 | Rosencrantz-bemis Ent | Domestic, Livestock | 100 | 0 | 2025 | — |
| 1057027227 | Rosencrantz-bemis Enterprises, INC | Domestic | 280 | 0 | 2025 | — |
| 1057056961 | Us Drilling Corp | Domestic, Livestock | 98 | 25 | 2025 | — |
| 1054141921 | Associated Drilling, INC | Domestic | 118 | 40 | 2024 | — |
| 1054417847 | Associated Drilling, INC | Domestic, Livestock | 120 | 25 | 2024 | — |
| 1055282914 | Associated Drilling, INC | Domestic, Livestock | 65 | 50 | 2024 | — |
| 1055852856 | Associated Drilling, INC | Domestic, Livestock | 100 | 20 | 2024 | — |
| 1054138695 | Associated Drilling, Inc. #990 | Domestic, Livestock | 155 | 15 | 2024 | — |
| 1054143855 | Associated Drilling, Inc. #990 | Domestic, Livestock | 98 | 20 | 2024 | — |
| 1054216470 | Associated Drilling, Inc. #990 | Domestic, Livestock | 169 | 15 | 2024 | — |
| 1054216482 | Associated Drilling, Inc. #990 | Domestic, Livestock | 355 | 10 | 2024 | — |
| 1054216581 | Associated Drilling, Inc. #990 | Domestic | 158 | 0 | 2024 | — |
| 1054345402 | Associated Drilling, Inc. #990 | Domestic, Livestock | 150 | 10 | 2024 | — |
| 1054401889 | Associated Drilling, Inc. #990 | Domestic, Livestock | 260 | 10 | 2024 | — |
| 1054401910 | Associated Drilling, Inc. #990 | Domestic, Livestock | 250 | 30 | 2024 | — |
| 1054401927 | Associated Drilling, Inc. #990 | Domestic, Livestock | 160 | 60 | 2024 | — |
| 1054417670 | Associated Drilling, Inc. #990 | Domestic, Livestock | 100 | 30 | 2024 | — |
| 1054417683 | Associated Drilling, Inc. #990 | Domestic, Livestock | 120 | 0 | 2024 | — |
| 1054417838 | Associated Drilling, Inc. #990 | Domestic, Livestock | 93 | 100 | 2024 | — |
| 1054417864 | Associated Drilling, Inc. #990 | Domestic, Livestock | 140 | 60 | 2024 | — |
| 1054432197 | Associated Drilling, Inc. #990 | Domestic, Livestock | 180 | 7 | 2024 | — |
| 1054781998 | Associated Drilling, Inc. #990 | Domestic, Livestock | 130 | 20 | 2024 | — |
| 1055006477 | Associated Drilling, Inc. #990 | Domestic, Lawn and Garden | 99 | 25 | 2024 | — |
| 1055281480 | Associated Drilling, Inc. #990 | Domestic | 98 | 40 | 2024 | — |
| 1055281506 | Associated Drilling, Inc. #990 | Domestic, Livestock | 176 | 20 | 2024 | — |
| 1055282829 | Associated Drilling, Inc. #990 | Domestic, Livestock | 243 | 15 | 2024 | — |
| 1055282899 | Associated Drilling, Inc. #990 | Domestic, Livestock | 177 | 100 | 2024 | — |
| 1055314578 | Associated Drilling, Inc. #990 | Domestic, Livestock | 195 | 6 | 2024 | — |
| 1055314786 | Associated Drilling, Inc. #990 | Domestic, Livestock | 238 | 40 | 2024 | — |
| 1055314805 | Associated Drilling, Inc. #990 | Domestic, Livestock | 198 | 15 | 2024 | — |
| 1055314857 | Associated Drilling, Inc. #990 | Domestic, Livestock | 99 | 30 | 2024 | — |
| 1055751135 | Associated Drilling, Inc. #990 | Domestic, Livestock | 158 | 24 | 2024 | — |
| 1054233105 | Dudley Wiegand | Domestic | 68 | 50 | 2024 | — |
| 1055752391 | Peterson Mcnett Drilling, INC | Domestic, Livestock | 45 | 150 | 2024 | — |
| 1055800012 | Peterson Mcnett Drilling, INC | Test hole/well | 60 | 150 | 2024 | — |
| 1054671180 | Peterson Mcnett Drlg | Domestic, Livestock | 133 | 50 | 2024 | — |
| 1054942937 | Peterson Mcnett Drlg | Domestic | 148 | 12 | 2024 | — |
| 1053258283 | Associated Drilling, INC | Domestic, Livestock | 98 | 40 | 2023 | — |
| 1053279291 | Associated Drilling, INC | Domestic | 160 | 60 | 2023 | — |
| 1053380487 | Associated Drilling, INC | Domestic, Livestock | 180 | 50 | 2023 | — |
| 1053412893 | Associated Drilling, INC | Domestic, Livestock | 300 | 20 | 2023 | — |
| 1053849792 | Associated Drilling, INC | Domestic, Livestock | 99 | 60 | 2023 | — |
| 1053249535 | Associated Drilling, Inc. #990 | Domestic, Livestock | 100 | 0 | 2023 | — |
| 1053250893 | Associated Drilling, Inc. #990 | Domestic, Livestock | 138 | 40 | 2023 | — |
| 1053250907 | Associated Drilling, Inc. #990 | Domestic | 396 | 10 | 2023 | — |
| 1053367364 | Associated Drilling, Inc. #990 | Domestic, Livestock | 99 | 0 | 2023 | — |
| 1053380386 | Associated Drilling, Inc. #990 | Domestic, Livestock | 197 | 15 | 2023 | — |
| 1053380400 | Associated Drilling, Inc. #990 | Domestic, Livestock | 180 | 10 | 2023 | — |
| 1053380454 | Associated Drilling, Inc. #990 | Domestic, Livestock | 140 | 100 | 2023 | — |
| 1053380468 | Associated Drilling, Inc. #990 | Domestic, Livestock | 180 | 8 | 2023 | — |
| 1053380503 | Associated Drilling, Inc. #990 | Domestic, Livestock | 200 | 20 | 2023 | — |
| 1053380575 | Associated Drilling, Inc. #990 | Domestic, Livestock | 140 | 12 | 2023 | — |
| 1053383818 | Associated Drilling, Inc. #990 | Domestic, Livestock | 220 | 15 | 2023 | — |
| 1053383927 | Associated Drilling, Inc. #990 | Domestic, Livestock | 315 | 30 | 2023 | — |
| 1053390643 | Associated Drilling, Inc. #990 | Domestic, Livestock | 140 | 15 | 2023 | — |
| 1053407114 | Associated Drilling, Inc. #990 | Domestic, Livestock | 180 | 30 | 2023 | — |
| 1053407131 | Associated Drilling, Inc. #990 | Domestic, Livestock | 100 | 10 | 2023 | — |
| 1053411419 | Associated Drilling, Inc. #990 | Domestic, Livestock | 140 | 30 | 2023 | — |
| 1053411435 | Associated Drilling, Inc. #990 | Domestic, Livestock | 140 | 10 | 2023 | — |
| 1053433336 | Associated Drilling, Inc. #990 | Domestic, Livestock | 140 | 10 | 2023 | — |
| 1053433353 | Associated Drilling, Inc. #990 | Domestic, Livestock | 140 | 20 | 2023 | — |
| 1053433395 | Associated Drilling, Inc. #990 | Domestic, Livestock | 260 | 30 | 2023 | — |
| 1053435876 | Associated Drilling, Inc. #990 | Domestic, Livestock | 178 | 30 | 2023 | — |
| 1053443097 | Associated Drilling, Inc. #990 | Domestic, Livestock | 218 | 0 | 2023 | — |
| 1053443214 | Associated Drilling, Inc. #990 | Domestic, Livestock | 138 | 50 | 2023 | — |
| 1052991489 | Associated Drlg | Domestic, Livestock | 118 | 0 | 2023 | — |
| 1054417772 | Bushell Ww Srvc | Domestic, Livestock | 238 | 20 | 2023 | — |
| 1053023700 | Karst Water Well Drlg | Domestic | 37 | 20 | 2023 | — |
| 1053306408 | Karst Water Well Drlg | Domestic, Livestock | 75 | 30 | 2023 | — |
| 1053306422 | Karst Water Well Drlg | Domestic, Livestock | 105 | 25 | 2023 | — |
| 1053242302 | Peterson Mcnett Drlg | Domestic, Livestock | 114 | 3 | 2023 | — |
| 1053242400 | Peterson Mcnett Drlg | Domestic, Livestock | 161 | 9 | 2023 | — |
| 1053405968 | Peterson Mcnett Drlg | Domestic, Livestock | 80 | 12 | 2023 | — |
| 1053406050 | Peterson Mcnett Drlg | Domestic, Livestock | 98 | 30 | 2023 | — |
| 1053431538 | Peterson Mcnett Drlg | Domestic | 95 | 20 | 2023 | — |
| 1053408279 | Rosencrantz-bemis Ent | Domestic, Lawn and Garden | 95 | 0 | 2023 | — |
| 1053440101 | Rosencrantz-bemis Ent | Domestic, Livestock | 115 | 0 | 2023 | — |
| 1053440116 | Rosencrantz-bemis Ent | Domestic, Livestock | 170 | 0 | 2023 | — |
| 1053440199 | Rosencrantz-bemis Ent | Domestic, Livestock | 80 | 0 | 2023 | — |
| 551346 | Associated Drilling, INC | Domestic, Livestock | 160 | 5 | 2022 | — |
| 551347 | Associated Drilling, INC | Domestic | 118 | 100 | 2022 | — |
| 551348 | Associated Drilling, INC | Domestic, Livestock | 100 | 100 | 2022 | — |
| 551349 | Associated Drilling, INC | Domestic, Livestock | 208 | 80 | 2022 | — |
| 551357 | Associated Drilling, INC | Domestic, Livestock | 60 | 100 | 2022 | — |
| 1052902398 | Associated Drilling, INC | Domestic | 60 | 30 | 2022 | — |
| 1052905290 | Associated Drlg | Domestic, Livestock | 158 | 18 | 2022 | — |
| 1052913984 | Associated Drlg | Domestic | 195 | 0 | 2022 | — |
| 1052941783 | Associated Drlg | Domestic | 75 | 0 | 2022 | — |
| 552275 | Flint Hills Drilling #914 | Domestic, Livestock | 160 | 20 | 2022 | — |
| 555391 | Geocore, LLC | Monitoring well/observation/piezometer | 20 | 0 | 2022 | — |
| 555411 | Geocore, LLC | Monitoring well/observation/piezometer | 25 | 0 | 2022 | — |
| 555412 | Geocore, LLC | Monitoring well/observation/piezometer | 25 | 0 | 2022 | — |
| 555413 | Geocore, LLC | Monitoring well/observation/piezometer | 25 | 0 | 2022 | — |
| 555414 | Geocore, LLC | Monitoring well/observation/piezometer | 25 | 0 | 2022 | — |
| 551628 | Karst Water Well Drilling and Service, INC | Domestic | 170 | 20 | 2022 | — |
| 551629 | Karst Water Well Drilling and Service, INC | Domestic, Livestock | 71 | 25 | 2022 | — |
| 1052970139 | Karst Water Well Drilling and Service, INC | Domestic, Livestock | 54 | 10 | 2022 | — |
| 1053018782 | Peterson Mcnett Drlg | Domestic | 117 | 18 | 2022 | — |
| 538974 | Associated Drilling, INC | Domestic, Livestock | 58 | 60 | 2021 | — |
| 538989 | Associated Drilling, INC | Domestic, Livestock | 97 | 80 | 2021 | — |
| 539330 | Associated Drilling, INC | Domestic | 140 | 15 | 2021 | — |
| 544429 | Associated Drilling, INC | Domestic, Livestock | 290 | 15 | 2021 | — |
| 544496 | Associated Drilling, INC | Domestic | 180 | 15 | 2021 | — |
| 544535 | Associated Drilling, INC | Domestic, Livestock | 110 | 100 | 2021 | — |
| 547574 | Associated Drilling, INC | Domestic | 118 | 100 | 2021 | — |
| 549424 | Associated Drilling, INC | Domestic, Livestock | 178 | 3 | 2021 | — |
| 540946 | Bushell Water Well Drilling and Service | Domestic, Livestock | 60 | 18 | 2021 | — |
| 545042 | Bushell Water Well Drilling and Service | Domestic, Lawn and Garden | 180 | 24 | 2021 | — |
| 552457 | Clarke Well & Equipment, INC | Domestic | 67 | 0 | 2021 | — |
| 543205 | Karst Water Well Drilling and Service, INC | Domestic, Livestock | 54 | 20 | 2021 | — |
By water use in Lincoln County
- Domestic in Lincoln County 526
- Domestic, Livestock in Lincoln County 245
- Monitoring well/observation/piezometer in Lincoln County 181
Counties with a comparable register
- Gove 1,196
- Jefferson 1,189
- Brown 1,151
- Neosho 1,142
- Cheyenne 1,136
- Comanche 1,131
- Jackson 1,112
- Wabaunsee 1,061
- Stanton 1,059
- Marshall 1,058
- Osborne 1,047
- Wichita 1,037
- Nemaha 1,018
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.