Water wells in Nemaha County
1,018 WWC-5 records — 0.3% of the Kansas register. The median well here is 60 feet deep, against 60 feet statewide.
1,018Records
60 ftMedian depth
301Plugged
88Drillers
How deep people drill in Nemaha 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 | 60 ft | 200 ft | 60 ft — the same here (1,014 records, 100 %) |
| Static water level | 26 ft | 107.6 ft | 24 ft — higher here (895 records, 88 %) |
| Estimated yield | 20 gpm | 100 gpm | 25 gpm — lower here (400 records, 39 %) |
What the water is used for
| Water use | Records | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Domestic | 428 | 42.0% |
| Monitoring well/observation/piezometer | 322 | 31.6% |
| Domestic, Livestock | 94 | 9.2% |
| Public Water Supply | 45 | 4.4% |
| Domestic, Lawn and Garden | 28 | 2.8% |
| Geothermal, Closed Loop, Vertical | 18 | 1.8% |
| Test hole/well | 16 | 1.6% |
| Heat Pump (Closed Loop/Disposal), Geothermal | 11 | 1.1% |
| Environmental Remediation, Soil Vapor Extraction | 11 | 1.1% |
| Irrigation | 10 | 1.0% |
| Test Hole, Cased | 10 | 1.0% |
| (unstated)/abandoned | 8 | 0.8% |
Wells tied to a water right
22 records in Nemaha County carry a DWR appropriation number — 2.2%, 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 Nemaha County
The busiest contractor on these records is Strader Drilling Co., INC, named on 169 of them (16.6%), ahead of Well Owner (133) and Associated Drilling, INC (72). The oldest record here was completed in 1975 and the most recent in 2026, and the deepest well on file reaches 395 feet — a domestic, livestock well drilled by Associated Drilling, INC in 2016.
Plugging records — in Nemaha County
301 of the 1,018 records in Nemaha County carry a plugging report (29.6%), filed on form WWC-5P. The other 717 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 236 records here completed before 1995, that is exactly what a buyer checks. Why it matters and who pays.
Who drills in Nemaha County
| Contractor | Records | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Strader Drilling Co., INC | 169 | 16.6% |
| Well Owner | 133 | 13.1% |
| Associated Drilling, INC | 72 | 7.1% |
| Meyer Well Drilling | 63 | 6.2% |
| Rieschick Drilling CO | 32 | 3.1% |
| Kgs | 31 | 3.0% |
| Coranco Great Plains, INC | 28 | 2.8% |
| Blue Valley Drilling, INC | 24 | 2.4% |
| Larsen and Associates, INC | 24 | 2.4% |
| Associated Environmental, INC | 23 | 2.3% |
| Razek Environmental, LLC | 21 | 2.1% |
| Blue Valley Drilling | 19 | 1.9% |
| Jay C. Woofter Pump & Well, INC | 18 | 1.8% |
| Robert L. Williamson Well Drilling | 17 | 1.7% |
| Delta Environmental | 16 | 1.6% |
| Gsi Engineering, LLC | 16 | 1.6% |
| Rieschick Drilling Co., INC | 14 | 1.4% |
| Clarke Well and Equipment, INC | 14 | 1.4% |
When they were drilled
| Decade | Records | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 2020s | 74 | 7.3% |
| 2010s | 255 | 25.0% |
| 2000s | 270 | 26.5% |
| 1990s | 242 | 23.8% |
| 1980s | 133 | 13.1% |
| 1970s | 41 | 4.0% |
An unplugged well on land in Nemaha County?
717 of the 1,018 records in Nemaha 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 Nemaha County
| WWC-5 | Drilled by | Use | Depth (ft) | Yield (gpm) | Year | Plugging report |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1057149778 | Associated Drilling, INC | Domestic, Livestock | 99 | 15 | 2026 | — |
| 1057149881 | Associated Drilling, INC | Domestic, Livestock | 76 | 4 | 2026 | — |
| 1057548223 | Associated Drilling, INC | Domestic, Livestock | 290 | 30 | 2026 | — |
| 1057224350 | Rieschick Drilling CO | Irrigation | 344 | 0 | 2026 | — |
| 1057069124 | Associated Drilling, INC | Domestic, Livestock | 135 | 15 | 2025 | — |
| 1056907554 | Associated Drilling, Inc. #990 | Domestic | 270 | 50 | 2025 | — |
| 1056907574 | Associated Drilling, Inc. #990 | Domestic, Livestock | 104 | 0.6 | 2025 | — |
| 1057026501 | Associated Drilling, Inc. #990 | Domestic | 119 | 40 | 2025 | — |
| 1056657890 | Flint Hills Drlg #914 | Domestic | 112 | 4 | 2025 | — |
| 1056974034 | Flint Hills Drlg #914 | Domestic | 115 | 2.5 | 2025 | — |
| 1056997250 | Flint Hills Drlg #914 | Geothermal, Closed Loop, Vertical | 200 | 0 | 2025 | — |
| 1057038506 | Rieschick Drilling CO | Geothermal, Closed Loop, Vertical | 205 | 0 | 2025 | — |
| 1054193277 | Associated Drilling, Inc. #990 | Domestic, Livestock | 149 | 15 | 2024 | — |
| 1054193299 | Associated Drilling, Inc. #990 | Domestic, Livestock | 96 | 15 | 2024 | — |
| 1054683277 | Associated Drilling, Inc. #990 | Geothermal, Closed Loop, Vertical | 180 | 5 | 2024 | — |
| 1054683348 | Associated Drilling, Inc. #990 | Domestic | 355 | 100 | 2024 | — |
| 1055871967 | Associated Drilling, Inc. #990 | Geothermal, Closed Loop, Vertical | 180 | 0 | 2024 | — |
| 560360 | Blue Valley Drilling | Domestic | 55 | 25 | 2024 | — |
| 560376 | Blue Valley Drilling | Domestic, Lawn and Garden | 45 | 12 | 2024 | — |
| 560377 | Blue Valley Drilling | Domestic, Livestock | 178 | 75 | 2024 | — |
| 1056332917 | Larsen & Associates | Monitoring well/observation/piezometer | 19 | 0 | 2024 | — |
| 1056332928 | Larsen & Associates | Monitoring well/observation/piezometer | 17 | 0 | 2024 | — |
| 1056332940 | Larsen & Associates | Monitoring well/observation/piezometer | 24 | 0 | 2024 | — |
| 1056333053 | Larsen & Associates | Monitoring well/observation/piezometer | 20 | 0 | 2024 | — |
| 1056333064 | Larsen & Associates | Monitoring well/observation/piezometer | 19 | 0 | 2024 | — |
| 1056333075 | Larsen & Associates | Monitoring well/observation/piezometer | 25 | 0 | 2024 | — |
| 1056333086 | Larsen & Associates | Monitoring well/observation/piezometer | 19 | 0 | 2024 | — |
| 1056333096 | Larsen & Associates | Monitoring well/observation/piezometer | 19 | 0 | 2024 | — |
| 1056333107 | Larsen & Associates | Monitoring well/observation/piezometer | 21 | 0 | 2024 | — |
| 1055073017 | Rieschick Drilling Company | Domestic | 171 | 50 | 2024 | — |
| 1053297703 | Associated Drilling, Inc. #990 | Domestic, Livestock | 148 | 10 | 2023 | — |
| 1053304907 | Associated Drilling, Inc. #990 | Domestic, Livestock | 134 | 0 | 2023 | — |
| 1053311172 | Associated Drilling, Inc. #990 | Domestic, Livestock | 125 | 0 | 2023 | — |
| 1053321724 | Associated Drilling, Inc. #990 | Domestic | 85 | 0 | 2023 | — |
| 1053327926 | Associated Drilling, Inc. #990 | Domestic | 170 | 0 | 2023 | — |
| 1053425178 | Rieschick Drilling CO | Domestic, Livestock | 138 | 2 | 2023 | — |
| 1054576456 | Sargent Drlg #946 | Public Water Supply | 285 | 200 | 2023 | — |
| 1052891082 | Associated Drlg | Geothermal, Closed Loop, Vertical | 200 | 0 | 2022 | — |
| 1052895096 | Associated Drlg | Domestic, Livestock | 390 | 100 | 2022 | — |
| 556713 | Blue Valley Drilling | Domestic, Livestock | 80 | 15 | 2022 | — |
| 556714 | Blue Valley Drilling | Domestic, Livestock | 120 | 10 | 2022 | — |
| 556857 | Env. Priority Srvc | Monitoring well/observation/piezometer | 20 | 0 | 2022 | — |
| 556858 | Env. Priority Srvc | Monitoring well/observation/piezometer | 20 | 0 | 2022 | — |
| 556859 | Env. Priority Srvc | Monitoring well/observation/piezometer | 20 | 0 | 2022 | — |
| 556860 | Env. Priority Srvc | Monitoring well/observation/piezometer | 20 | 0 | 2022 | — |
| 556871 | Env. Priority Srvc | Monitoring well/observation/piezometer | 20 | 0 | 2022 | — |
| 544437 | Associated Drilling, INC | Domestic, Livestock | 58 | 6 | 2021 | — |
| 544438 | Associated Drilling, INC | Domestic, Livestock | 58 | 12 | 2021 | — |
| 544529 | Associated Drilling, INC | Domestic | 78 | 20 | 2021 | — |
| 547207 | Associated Drilling, INC | Domestic, Livestock | 157 | 15 | 2021 | — |
| 549443 | Associated Drilling, INC | Geothermal, Closed Loop, Vertical | 200 | 0 | 2021 | — |
| 549809 | Associated Drilling, INC | Domestic, Livestock | 99 | 20 | 2021 | — |
| 554787 | Geocore, LLC | Monitoring well/observation/piezometer | 40 | 0 | 2021 | — |
| 554788 | Geocore, LLC | Environmental Remediation, Soil Vapor Extraction | 40 | 0 | 2021 | — |
| 554806 | Geocore, LLC | Environmental Remediation, Soil Vapor Extraction | 40 | 0 | 2021 | — |
| 554807 | Geocore, LLC | Environmental Remediation, Soil Vapor Extraction | 40 | 0 | 2021 | — |
| 554808 | Geocore, LLC | Environmental Remediation, Soil Vapor Extraction | 40 | 0 | 2021 | — |
| 554809 | Geocore, LLC | Environmental Remediation, Soil Vapor Extraction | 40 | 0 | 2021 | — |
| 554810 | Geocore, LLC | Environmental Remediation, Soil Vapor Extraction | 40 | 0 | 2021 | — |
| 554811 | Geocore, LLC | Environmental Remediation, Soil Vapor Extraction | 40 | 0 | 2021 | — |
| 554812 | Geocore, LLC | Environmental Remediation, Soil Vapor Extraction | 40 | 0 | 2021 | — |
| 554813 | Geocore, LLC | Environmental Remediation, Soil Vapor Extraction | 40 | 0 | 2021 | — |
| 554814 | Geocore, LLC | Environmental Remediation, Soil Vapor Extraction | 40 | 0 | 2021 | — |
| 554815 | Geocore, LLC | Environmental Remediation, Soil Vapor Extraction | 40 | 0 | 2021 | — |
| 533272 | Associated Drilling, INC | Domestic, Livestock | 118 | 12 | 2020 | — |
| 538946 | Associated Drilling, INC | Domestic | 115 | 100 | 2020 | — |
| 539328 | Associated Drilling, INC | Geothermal, Closed Loop, Vertical | 180 | 0 | 2020 | — |
| 542875 | Drill-well, LLC | Domestic | 42 | 2.5 | 2020 | — |
| 524363 | Associated Drilling, INC | Domestic, Livestock | 181 | 100 | 2019 | — |
| 525630 | Associated Drilling, INC | Domestic, Livestock | 139 | 45 | 2019 | — |
| 525636 | Associated Drilling, INC | Domestic, Livestock | 134 | 10 | 2019 | — |
| 527781 | Associated Drilling, INC | Domestic, Livestock | 167 | 100 | 2019 | — |
| 522922 | Associated Environmental, INC | Monitoring well/observation/piezometer | 45 | 0 | 2019 | — |
| 522924 | Associated Environmental, INC | Monitoring well/observation/piezometer | 35 | 0 | 2019 | — |
| 527875 | Coranco Great Plains, INC | Monitoring well/observation/piezometer | 20 | 0 | 2019 | — |
| 527878 | Coranco Great Plains, INC | Monitoring well/observation/piezometer | 20 | 0 | 2019 | — |
| 527302 | Flint Hills Drilling | Domestic, Livestock | 80 | 20 | 2019 | — |
| 527303 | Flint Hills Drilling | Domestic, Livestock | 80 | 20 | 2019 | — |
| 527331 | Flint Hills Drilling | Domestic, Livestock | 120 | 30 | 2019 | — |
| 525488 | Razek Environmental, LLC | Monitoring well/observation/piezometer | 35 | 0 | 2019 | — |
| 525489 | Razek Environmental, LLC | Monitoring well/observation/piezometer | 35 | 0 | 2019 | — |
| 525490 | Razek Environmental, LLC | Monitoring well/observation/piezometer | 35 | 0 | 2019 | — |
| 529091 | Rieschick Drilling Co., INC | Domestic, Livestock | 44 | 20 | 2019 | — |
| 517712 | Associated Drilling, INC | Domestic, Livestock | 165 | 30 | 2018 | — |
| 518227 | Associated Drilling, INC | Domestic, Livestock | 118 | 30 | 2018 | — |
| 522183 | Associated Drilling, INC | Geothermal, Closed Loop, Vertical | 200 | 15 | 2018 | — |
| 521950 | Blue Valley Drilling, INC | Domestic | 75 | 10 | 2018 | — |
| 518780 | Flint Hills Drilling | Domestic | 215 | 30 | 2018 | — |
| 520312 | Meyer Well Drilling | Domestic | 147 | 3.5 | 2018 | — |
| 523684 | Meyer Well Drilling | Domestic | 160 | 22 | 2018 | — |
| 520911 | Razek Environmental, LLC | Monitoring well/observation/piezometer | 35 | 0 | 2018 | — |
| 520912 | Razek Environmental, LLC | Monitoring well/observation/piezometer | 35 | 0 | 2018 | — |
| 520913 | Razek Environmental, LLC | Monitoring well/observation/piezometer | 35 | 0 | 2018 | — |
| 520914 | Razek Environmental, LLC | Monitoring well/observation/piezometer | 35 | 0 | 2018 | — |
| 520915 | Razek Environmental, LLC | Monitoring well/observation/piezometer | 35 | 0 | 2018 | — |
| 520916 | Razek Environmental, LLC | Monitoring well/observation/piezometer | 35 | 0 | 2018 | — |
| 520917 | Razek Environmental, LLC | Monitoring well/observation/piezometer | 35 | 0 | 2018 | — |
| 520918 | Razek Environmental, LLC | Monitoring well/observation/piezometer | 35 | 0 | 2018 | — |
| 520919 | Razek Environmental, LLC | Monitoring well/observation/piezometer | 35 | 0 | 2018 | — |
| 518018 | Rieschick Drilling Co., INC | Domestic | 123 | 4 | 2018 | — |
| 505455 | Associated Drilling, INC | Geothermal, Closed Loop, Vertical | 180 | 0 | 2017 | — |
| 509445 | Associated Drilling, INC | Irrigation | 58 | 60 | 2017 | — |
| 509485 | Associated Drilling, INC | Domestic, Livestock | 158 | 10 | 2017 | — |
| 510776 | Associated Drilling, INC | Domestic, Livestock | 158 | 10 | 2017 | — |
| 513508 | Associated Drilling, INC | Domestic, Livestock | 95 | 30 | 2017 | — |
| 544439 | Associated Drilling, INC | Irrigation | 383 | 200 | 2017 | — |
| 508814 | Blue Valley Drilling, INC | Domestic, Lawn and Garden | 65 | 10 | 2017 | — |
| 508815 | Blue Valley Drilling, INC | Domestic, Livestock | 200 | 20 | 2017 | — |
| 510891 | Blue Valley Drilling, INC | Domestic | 60 | 15 | 2017 | — |
| 512146 | Blue Valley Drilling, INC | Domestic, Livestock | 68 | 75 | 2017 | — |
| 513325 | Flint Hills Drilling | Domestic, Livestock | 50 | 25 | 2017 | — |
| 513331 | Flint Hills Drilling | Domestic, Livestock | 97 | 2.5 | 2017 | — |
| 509834 | Gsi Engineering, LLC | Monitoring well/observation/piezometer | 50.5 | 0 | 2017 | — |
| 509835 | Gsi Engineering, LLC | Monitoring well/observation/piezometer | 20.5 | 0 | 2017 | — |
| 509836 | Gsi Engineering, LLC | Monitoring well/observation/piezometer | 28.5 | 0 | 2017 | — |
| 509843 | Gsi Engineering, LLC | Monitoring well/observation/piezometer | 30 | 0 | 2017 | — |
| 509869 | Gsi Engineering, LLC | Monitoring well/observation/piezometer | 30 | 0 | 2017 | — |
| 509870 | Gsi Engineering, LLC | Monitoring well/observation/piezometer | 30 | 0 | 2017 | — |
| 509872 | Gsi Engineering, LLC | Monitoring well/observation/piezometer | 53 | 0 | 2017 | — |
| 509882 | Gsi Engineering, LLC | Monitoring well/observation/piezometer | 24 | 0 | 2017 | — |
| 509883 | Gsi Engineering, LLC | Monitoring well/observation/piezometer | 23 | 0 | 2017 | — |
| 509884 | Gsi Engineering, LLC | Monitoring well/observation/piezometer | 35 | 0 | 2017 | — |
| 509888 | Gsi Engineering, LLC | Monitoring well/observation/piezometer | 38 | 0 | 2017 | — |
| 509894 | Gsi Engineering, LLC | Monitoring well/observation/piezometer | 25 | 0 | 2017 | — |
| 509900 | Gsi Engineering, LLC | Monitoring well/observation/piezometer | 43 | 0 | 2017 | — |
| 509901 | Gsi Engineering, LLC | Monitoring well/observation/piezometer | 45 | 0 | 2017 | — |
| 509903 | Gsi Engineering, LLC | Monitoring well/observation/piezometer | 40 | 0 | 2017 | — |
| 509904 | Gsi Engineering, LLC | Monitoring well/observation/piezometer | 49 | 0 | 2017 | — |
| 507819 | Larsen and Associates, INC | Monitoring well/observation/piezometer | 35 | 0 | 2017 | — |
| 510777 | Rork Drilling | Domestic | 47.83 | 15 | 2017 | — |
| 512826 | Sargent Drilling | Public Water Supply | 158 | 132 | 2017 | — |
| 512827 | Sargent Drilling | Public Water Supply | 153 | 119 | 2017 | — |
| 495493 | Associated Drilling, INC | Domestic, Livestock | 98 | 5 | 2016 | — |
| 500262 | Associated Drilling, INC | Geothermal, Closed Loop, Vertical | 200 | 15 | 2016 | — |
| 505417 | Associated Drilling, INC | Domestic, Livestock | 378 | 100 | 2016 | — |
| 505510 | Associated Drilling, INC | Domestic, Livestock | 395 | 200 | 2016 | — |
| 507424 | Associated Drilling, INC | Domestic, Livestock | 98 | 50 | 2016 | — |
| 509424 | Associated Drilling, INC | Irrigation | 240 | 25 | 2016 | — |
| 505285 | Blue Valley Drilling, INC | Domestic, Livestock | 105 | 75 | 2016 | — |
| 507004 | Blue Valley Drilling, INC | Domestic | 100 | 3.5 | 2016 | — |
By water use in Nemaha County
Counties with a comparable register
- Jackson 1,112
- Lincoln 1,069
- Wabaunsee 1,061
- Stanton 1,059
- Marshall 1,058
- Osborne 1,047
- Wichita 1,037
- Smith 1,005
- Trego 980
- Lane 958
- Republic 942
- Logan 885
- Labette 872
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.