Water wells in Marshall County
1,058 WWC-5 records — 0.3% of the Kansas register. The median well here is 59 feet deep, against 60 feet statewide.
1,058Records
59 ftMedian depth
186Plugged
73Drillers
How deep people drill in Marshall 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 | 59 ft | 132 ft | 60 ft — shallower here (1,049 records, 99 %) |
| Static water level | 28 ft | 66 ft | 24 ft — higher here (934 records, 88 %) |
| Estimated yield | 15 gpm | 100 gpm | 25 gpm — lower here (555 records, 52 %) |
What the water is used for
| Water use | Records | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Domestic | 432 | 40.8% |
| Monitoring well/observation/piezometer | 275 | 26.0% |
| Domestic, Livestock | 98 | 9.3% |
| Domestic, Lawn and Garden | 56 | 5.3% |
| Public Water Supply | 43 | 4.1% |
| Irrigation | 38 | 3.6% |
| Other | 24 | 2.3% |
| (unstated)/abandoned | 20 | 1.9% |
| Test hole/well | 17 | 1.6% |
| Industrial | 13 | 1.2% |
| Feedlot | 10 | 0.9% |
| Geothermal, Closed Loop, Vertical | 8 | 0.8% |
Wells tied to a water right
49 records in Marshall County carry a DWR appropriation number — 4.6%, 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 Marshall County
The busiest contractor on these records is Blue Valley Drilling, named on 262 of them (24.8%), ahead of Blue Valley Drilling, INC (133) and Harold Strader Drilling Company (72). The oldest record here was completed in 1972 and the most recent in 2026, and the deepest well on file reaches 315 feet — a domestic well drilled by Blue Valley Drilling in 2004.
Plugging records — in Marshall County
186 of the 1,058 records in Marshall County carry a plugging report (17.6%), filed on form WWC-5P. The other 872 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 307 records here completed before 1995, that is exactly what a buyer checks. Why it matters and who pays.
Who drills in Marshall County
| Contractor | Records | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Blue Valley Drilling | 262 | 24.8% |
| Blue Valley Drilling, INC | 133 | 12.6% |
| Harold Strader Drilling Company | 72 | 6.8% |
| Associated Drilling, INC | 62 | 5.9% |
| Larsen and Associates, INC | 54 | 5.1% |
| Charles Eldred Harper Drilling Service | 48 | 4.5% |
| Well Owner | 33 | 3.1% |
| Geocore, INC | 31 | 2.9% |
| Strader Drilling Co., INC | 26 | 2.5% |
| Clarke Well and Equipment, INC | 25 | 2.4% |
| Marshall Co. Conservation Dist | 19 | 1.8% |
| Coranco Great Plains, INC | 17 | 1.6% |
| Hydro-logic, INC | 17 | 1.6% |
| Associated Environmental, INC | 15 | 1.4% |
| Geotechnical Services, INC | 14 | 1.3% |
| Geocore Services INC | 14 | 1.3% |
| Blue Valley Drilling, LLC | 13 | 1.2% |
| Kurtz Environmental Service | 12 | 1.1% |
When they were drilled
| Decade | Records | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 2020s | 106 | 10.0% |
| 2010s | 207 | 19.6% |
| 2000s | 279 | 26.4% |
| 1990s | 217 | 20.5% |
| 1980s | 136 | 12.9% |
| 1970s | 106 | 10.0% |
An unplugged well on land in Marshall County?
872 of the 1,058 records in Marshall 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 Marshall County
| WWC-5 | Drilled by | Use | Depth (ft) | Yield (gpm) | Year | Plugging report |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1057094760 | Associated Drilling, INC | Domestic, Livestock | 135 | 10 | 2026 | — |
| 1057134534 | Associated Drilling, INC | Domestic | 119 | 6 | 2026 | — |
| 1057217809 | Associated Drilling, INC | Industrial | 123 | 1000 | 2026 | — |
| 1057547913 | Associated Drilling, INC | Domestic, Livestock | 120 | 20 | 2026 | — |
| 1057548128 | Associated Drilling, INC | Domestic | 86 | 15 | 2026 | — |
| 1057251176 | Flint Hills Drlg #914 | Domestic | 120 | 1.46 | 2026 | — |
| 1056979282 | Blue Valley Drilling | Domestic | 70 | 10 | 2025 | — |
| 1056979358 | Blue Valley Drilling | Domestic, Lawn and Garden | 90 | 25 | 2025 | — |
| 1056979344 | Blue Valley Drilling, INC | Domestic, Lawn and Garden | 50 | 30 | 2025 | — |
| 1057040510 | Blue Valley Drilling, INC | Domestic, Lawn and Garden | 40 | 10 | 2025 | — |
| 1057025545 | Env. Works #1031 | Monitoring well/observation/piezometer | 40 | 0 | 2025 | — |
| 1057025561 | Env. Works #1031 | Monitoring well/observation/piezometer | 40 | 0 | 2025 | — |
| 1056601512 | Flint Hills Drlg #914 | Domestic, Lawn and Garden | 73 | 10 | 2025 | — |
| 1056279000 | Associated Drilling, INC | Test hole/well | 135 | 300 | 2024 | — |
| 1054264177 | Associated Drilling, Inc. #990 | Domestic, Livestock | 80 | 50 | 2024 | — |
| 1054417798 | Associated Drilling, Inc. #990 | Domestic, Livestock | 118 | 30 | 2024 | — |
| 560498 | Blue Valley Drilling | Domestic, Livestock | 70 | 15 | 2024 | — |
| 560502 | Blue Valley Drilling | Domestic, Lawn and Garden | 42 | 20 | 2024 | — |
| 562029 | Blue Valley Drilling | Domestic, Livestock | 70 | 15 | 2024 | — |
| 562049 | Blue Valley Drilling | Domestic | 117 | 35 | 2024 | — |
| 1056979437 | Blue Valley Drilling | Domestic, Livestock | 57 | 15 | 2024 | — |
| 1056979491 | Blue Valley Drilling | Domestic, Lawn and Garden | 50 | 5 | 2024 | — |
| 1056979534 | Blue Valley Drilling | Domestic, Lawn and Garden | 45 | 75 | 2024 | — |
| 561850 | Blue Valley Drilling, INC | Domestic | 71 | 2 | 2024 | — |
| 1056979410 | Blue Valley Drilling, INC | Domestic, Livestock | 115 | 25 | 2024 | — |
| 1057137056 | Blue Valley Drilling, INC | Other | 56.5 | 750 | 2024 | — |
| 1055847500 | Flint Hills Drlg #914 | Domestic | 140 | 1.3 | 2024 | — |
| 1053359206 | Associated Drilling, INC | Test hole/well | 115 | 0 | 2023 | — |
| 1053295929 | Associated Drilling, Inc. #990 | Domestic | 58 | 0 | 2023 | — |
| 1053335929 | Associated Drilling, Inc. #990 | Irrigation | 175 | 300 | 2023 | — |
| 1053419137 | Associated Drilling, Inc. #990 | Domestic | 110 | 20 | 2023 | — |
| 559364 | Blue Valley Drilling | Domestic, Livestock | 58 | 12 | 2023 | — |
| 560501 | Blue Valley Drilling | Domestic, Livestock | 100 | 5 | 2023 | — |
| 561829 | Blue Valley Drilling | Domestic, Lawn and Garden | 101 | 15 | 2023 | — |
| 561831 | Blue Valley Drilling | Domestic, Livestock | 40 | 15 | 2023 | — |
| 562031 | Blue Valley Drilling | Domestic | 40 | 1 | 2023 | — |
| 560479 | Blue Valley Drilling, INC | Domestic, Lawn and Garden | 115 | 40 | 2023 | — |
| 561849 | Blue Valley Drilling, INC | Domestic | 141 | 15 | 2023 | — |
| 1054142553 | Dakota Technologies CO | Monitoring well/observation/piezometer | 28 | 0 | 2023 | — |
| 1052972342 | Associated Drilling, INC | Domestic | 98 | 0 | 2022 | — |
| 1052905543 | Associated Drlg | Domestic | 118 | 12 | 2022 | — |
| 1053274579 | Associated Drlg | Domestic, Livestock | 97 | 0 | 2022 | — |
| 555949 | Blue Valley Drilling | Domestic, Livestock | 100 | 2 | 2022 | — |
| 555956 | Blue Valley Drilling | Irrigation | 39 | 200 | 2022 | — |
| 556671 | Blue Valley Drilling | Domestic, Livestock | 41 | 2 | 2022 | — |
| 557089 | Blue Valley Drilling | Domestic, Lawn and Garden | 85 | 10 | 2022 | — |
| 1052893240 | Gsi Engineering, LLC | Monitoring well/observation/piezometer | 47 | 0 | 2022 | — |
| 1052901603 | Gsi Engineering, LLC | Monitoring well/observation/piezometer | 50 | 0 | 2022 | — |
| 1052901612 | Gsi Engineering, LLC | Monitoring well/observation/piezometer | 50 | 0 | 2022 | — |
| 1052892642 | Plains Env. Services | Monitoring well/observation/piezometer | 37 | 0 | 2022 | — |
| 1052897429 | Plains Env. Services | Monitoring well/observation/piezometer | 34 | 0 | 2022 | — |
| 1052897439 | Plains Env. Services | Monitoring well/observation/piezometer | 24 | 0 | 2022 | — |
| 1052899502 | Rieschick Drilling Company | Test hole/well | 31 | 30 | 2022 | — |
| 1053284538 | Rieschick Drilling Company | Public Water Supply | 153.5 | 65 | 2022 | — |
| 1053284662 | Rieschick Drilling Company | Public Water Supply | 151.5 | 65 | 2022 | — |
| 545166 | Associated Drilling, INC | Industrial | 47 | 300 | 2021 | — |
| 547187 | Associated Drilling, INC | Domestic, Livestock | 98 | 16 | 2021 | — |
| 547191 | Associated Drilling, INC | Domestic | 100 | 10 | 2021 | — |
| 549808 | Associated Drilling, INC | Test Hole, Cased | 153 | 0 | 2021 | — |
| 549814 | Associated Drilling, INC | Test Hole, Cased | 160 | 0 | 2021 | — |
| 552412 | Associated Drilling, INC | Industrial | 47 | 300 | 2021 | — |
| 544629 | Blue Valley Drilling | Irrigation | 60 | 200 | 2021 | — |
| 544630 | Blue Valley Drilling | Irrigation | 42 | 200 | 2021 | — |
| 544631 | Blue Valley Drilling | Domestic | 136 | 200 | 2021 | — |
| 544634 | Blue Valley Drilling | Domestic, Livestock | 81 | 20 | 2021 | — |
| 546357 | Blue Valley Drilling | Domestic | 50 | 20 | 2021 | — |
| 544632 | Blue Valley Drilling, INC | Domestic | 26 | 0 | 2021 | — |
| 546364 | Blue Valley Drilling, INC | Domestic | 75 | 15 | 2021 | — |
| 541850 | Environmental Works, INC | Monitoring well/observation/piezometer | 35 | 0 | 2021 | — |
| 541851 | Environmental Works, INC | Monitoring well/observation/piezometer | 35 | 0 | 2021 | — |
| 541852 | Environmental Works, INC | Monitoring well/observation/piezometer | 35 | 0 | 2021 | — |
| 541853 | Environmental Works, INC | Monitoring well/observation/piezometer | 35 | 0 | 2021 | — |
| 547650 | Gsi Engineering, LLC | Monitoring well/observation/piezometer | 50 | 0 | 2021 | — |
| 547651 | Gsi Engineering, LLC | Monitoring well/observation/piezometer | 40 | 0 | 2021 | — |
| 547652 | Gsi Engineering, LLC | Monitoring well/observation/piezometer | 50 | 0 | 2021 | — |
| 547653 | Gsi Engineering, LLC | Monitoring well/observation/piezometer | 40 | 0 | 2021 | — |
| 547654 | Gsi Engineering, LLC | Monitoring well/observation/piezometer | 50 | 0 | 2021 | — |
| 532082 | Associated Drilling, INC | Domestic | 79 | 45 | 2020 | — |
| 538953 | Associated Drilling, INC | Monitoring well/observation/piezometer | 36 | 5 | 2020 | — |
| 538956 | Associated Drilling, INC | Test Hole, Cased | 124 | 0 | 2020 | — |
| 545147 | Associated Drilling, INC | Dewatering | 40 | 300 | 2020 | — |
| 545148 | Associated Drilling, INC | Dewatering | 45 | 500 | 2020 | — |
| 545149 | Associated Drilling, INC | Test Hole, Cased | 157 | 0 | 2020 | — |
| 545150 | Associated Drilling, INC | Test Hole, Cased | 158 | 0 | 2020 | — |
| 531953 | Blue Valley Drilling | Domestic, Livestock | 62 | 15 | 2020 | — |
| 531967 | Blue Valley Drilling | Domestic, Livestock | 61 | 10 | 2020 | — |
| 531987 | Blue Valley Drilling | Domestic, Livestock | 47 | 20 | 2020 | — |
| 540144 | Blue Valley Drilling | Domestic, Lawn and Garden | 55 | 10 | 2020 | — |
| 540164 | Blue Valley Drilling | Domestic | 140 | 4 | 2020 | — |
| 540165 | Blue Valley Drilling | Domestic | 61 | 15 | 2020 | — |
| 540167 | Blue Valley Drilling | Domestic | 44 | 15 | 2020 | — |
| 544633 | Blue Valley Drilling | Domestic, Livestock | 60 | 10 | 2020 | — |
| 531859 | Environmental Works, INC | Monitoring well/observation/piezometer | 22.5 | 0 | 2020 | — |
| 531860 | Environmental Works, INC | Monitoring well/observation/piezometer | 20 | 0 | 2020 | — |
| 531861 | Environmental Works, INC | Monitoring well/observation/piezometer | 25 | 0 | 2020 | — |
| 537124 | Flint Hills Drilling | Domestic | 81 | 10 | 2020 | — |
| 537153 | Flint Hills Drilling #914 | Domestic | 196 | 4 | 2020 | — |
| 524366 | Associated Drilling, INC | Domestic | 178 | 25 | 2019 | — |
| 531626 | Blue Valley Drilling | Industrial | 82 | 200 | 2019 | — |
| 525174 | Blue Valley Drilling, INC | Domestic | 62 | 50 | 2019 | — |
| 527312 | Flint Hills Drilling | Domestic | 100 | 15 | 2019 | — |
| 522877 | Geocore, INC | Monitoring well/observation/piezometer | 28 | 0 | 2019 | — |
| 526415 | Geocore, INC | Monitoring well/observation/piezometer | 28 | 0 | 2019 | — |
| 528137 | Thiele Geotech, INC | Monitoring well/observation/piezometer | 25 | 0 | 2019 | — |
| 528138 | Thiele Geotech, INC | Monitoring well/observation/piezometer | 22.5 | 0 | 2019 | — |
| 528139 | Thiele Geotech, INC | Monitoring well/observation/piezometer | 22.5 | 0 | 2019 | — |
| 528140 | Thiele Geotech, INC | Monitoring well/observation/piezometer | 22.5 | 0 | 2019 | — |
| 518057 | Associated Drilling, INC | Domestic, Lawn and Garden | 80 | 20 | 2018 | — |
| 522084 | Blue Valley Drilling, INC | Domestic | 52 | 40 | 2018 | — |
| 522085 | Blue Valley Drilling, INC | Domestic, Livestock | 60 | 4 | 2018 | — |
| 522086 | Blue Valley Drilling, INC | Domestic | 124 | 10 | 2018 | — |
| 522087 | Blue Valley Drilling, INC | Domestic | 50 | 10 | 2018 | — |
| 522088 | Blue Valley Drilling, INC | Domestic | 35 | 30 | 2018 | — |
| 525173 | Blue Valley Drilling, INC | Domestic | 62 | 15 | 2018 | — |
| 518759 | Flint Hills Drilling | Irrigation | 134 | 30 | 2018 | — |
| 518778 | Flint Hills Drilling | Geothermal, Closed Loop, Vertical | 240 | 0 | 2018 | — |
| 527272 | Flint Hills Drilling | Irrigation | 130 | 30 | 2018 | — |
| 520300 | Geocore, INC | Monitoring well/observation/piezometer | 28 | 0 | 2018 | — |
| 526413 | Geocore, INC | Monitoring well/observation/piezometer | 28 | 0 | 2018 | — |
| 505549 | Associated Drilling, INC | Domestic, Lawn and Garden | 58 | 20 | 2017 | — |
| 507428 | Associated Drilling, INC | Geothermal, Closed Loop, Vertical | 200 | 7 | 2017 | — |
| 508135 | Associated Drilling, INC | Domestic | 102 | 3 | 2017 | — |
| 509433 | Associated Drilling, INC | Domestic | 118 | 9 | 2017 | — |
| 513497 | Associated Drilling, INC | Geothermal, Closed Loop, Vertical | 195 | 0 | 2017 | — |
| 513499 | Associated Drilling, INC | Domestic, Livestock | 155 | 30 | 2017 | — |
| 513777 | Associated Drilling, INC | Domestic | 76 | 10 | 2017 | — |
| 512130 | Below Ground Surface, INC | Monitoring well/observation/piezometer | 14 | 0 | 2017 | — |
| 512131 | Below Ground Surface, INC | Monitoring well/observation/piezometer | 40 | 0 | 2017 | — |
| 512133 | Below Ground Surface, INC | Monitoring well/observation/piezometer | 40 | 0 | 2017 | — |
| 508798 | Blue Valley Drilling, INC | Domestic | 110 | 40 | 2017 | — |
| 508800 | Blue Valley Drilling, INC | Domestic | 60 | 10 | 2017 | — |
| 508801 | Blue Valley Drilling, INC | Domestic | 242 | 100 | 2017 | — |
| 508802 | Blue Valley Drilling, INC | Domestic | 58 | 30 | 2017 | — |
| 508803 | Blue Valley Drilling, INC | Domestic | 80 | 4 | 2017 | — |
| 512135 | Blue Valley Drilling, INC | Domestic, Livestock | 40 | 0 | 2017 | — |
| 512138 | Blue Valley Drilling, INC | Domestic, Lawn and Garden | 41 | 10 | 2017 | — |
| 515045 | Blue Valley Drilling, INC | Domestic, Livestock | 120 | 5 | 2017 | — |
| 515046 | Blue Valley Drilling, INC | Domestic, Livestock | 120 | 5 | 2017 | — |
| 495505 | Associated Drilling, INC | Domestic, Livestock | 200 | 120 | 2016 | — |
| 505575 | Associated Drilling, INC | Geothermal, Closed Loop, Vertical | 200 | 10 | 2016 | — |
By water use in Marshall County
Counties with a comparable register
- Neosho 1,142
- Cheyenne 1,136
- Comanche 1,131
- Jackson 1,112
- Lincoln 1,069
- Wabaunsee 1,061
- Stanton 1,059
- Osborne 1,047
- Wichita 1,037
- Nemaha 1,018
- Smith 1,005
- Trego 980
- Lane 958
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.