Water wells in Ness County
1,336 WWC-5 records — 0.4% of the Kansas register. The median well here is 50 feet deep, against 60 feet statewide.
1,336Records
50 ftMedian depth
222Plugged
100Drillers
How deep people drill in Ness 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 | 50 ft | 285 ft | 60 ft — shallower here (1,335 records, 100 %) |
| Static water level | 33 ft | 106 ft | 24 ft — higher here (1,184 records, 89 %) |
| Estimated yield | 20 gpm | 100 gpm | 25 gpm — lower here (632 records, 47 %) |
What the water is used for
| Water use | Records | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Domestic | 444 | 33.2% |
| Monitoring well/observation/piezometer | 332 | 24.9% |
| Domestic, Livestock | 249 | 18.6% |
| Domestic, Lawn and Garden | 81 | 6.1% |
| Irrigation | 70 | 5.2% |
| Oil Field Water Supply | 39 | 2.9% |
| Public Water Supply | 33 | 2.5% |
| Environmental Remediation, Soil Vapor Extraction | 27 | 2.0% |
| Environmental Remediation, Injection | 20 | 1.5% |
| Dewatering | 18 | 1.3% |
| (unstated)/abandoned | 7 | 0.5% |
| Other | 4 | 0.3% |
Wells tied to a water right
106 records in Ness County carry a DWR appropriation number — 7.9%, 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 Ness County
The busiest contractor on these records is Dean Waterhouse Drilling, named on 156 of them (11.7%), ahead of Rosencrantz-bemis Enterprises, INC (98) and Karst Water Well Drilling & Service, INC (63). The oldest record here was completed in 1973 and the most recent in 2026, and the deepest well on file reaches 760 feet — a oil field water supply well drilled by Rosencrantz-bemis Enterprises, INC in 1985.
Plugging records — in Ness County
222 of the 1,336 records in Ness County carry a plugging report (16.6%), filed on form WWC-5P. The other 1,114 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 486 records here completed before 1995, that is exactly what a buyer checks. Why it matters and who pays.
Who drills in Ness County
| Contractor | Records | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Dean Waterhouse Drilling | 156 | 11.7% |
| Rosencrantz-bemis Enterprises, INC | 98 | 7.3% |
| Karst Water Well Drilling & Service, INC | 63 | 4.7% |
| Clarke Well and Equipment, INC | 62 | 4.6% |
| Geocore, INC | 60 | 4.5% |
| Andy Anderson Drilling | 45 | 3.4% |
| Kelly's Water Well Service, INC | 43 | 3.2% |
| Quad State Services, INC | 42 | 3.1% |
| Grogan Ebberts Drilling | 40 | 3.0% |
| Evel Windmill Repair | 37 | 2.8% |
| Geocore Services INC | 30 | 2.2% |
| Evel Water Well Drilling | 30 | 2.2% |
| Joe's Well Service, INC | 29 | 2.2% |
| Jb Environmental Drilling | 28 | 2.1% |
| Melvin B. Karst Water Well Drilling & Service, INC | 28 | 2.1% |
| Aqua L.l.c | 26 | 1.9% |
| Minter-wilson Drlg. Co., INC | 25 | 1.9% |
| John E. Luea Water Well Drilling | 24 | 1.8% |
When they were drilled
| Decade | Records | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 2020s | 138 | 10.3% |
| 2010s | 225 | 16.8% |
| 2000s | 299 | 22.4% |
| 1990s | 315 | 23.6% |
| 1980s | 231 | 17.3% |
| 1970s | 128 | 9.6% |
An unplugged well on land in Ness County?
1,114 of the 1,336 records in Ness 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 Ness County
| WWC-5 | Drilled by | Use | Depth (ft) | Yield (gpm) | Year | Plugging report |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1057273065 | Brent Clarke | Irrigation | 123.8 | 0 | 2026 | — |
| 1057545874 | R+g Drilling - #1050 | Domestic, Livestock | 50 | 10 | 2026 | — |
| 1057210910 | Rosencrantz-bemis Enterprises, INC | Domestic | 80 | 0 | 2026 | — |
| 1057066359 | Dylan Karst | Domestic, Livestock | 620 | 10 | 2025 | — |
| 1056637441 | Evel Windmill Repair | Domestic, Livestock | 63 | 0 | 2025 | — |
| 1057049092 | Halling Water Well Service, LLC | Domestic, Livestock | 440 | 15 | 2025 | — |
| 1056630673 | Karst Water Well Drilling & Service, INC | Domestic, Livestock | 640 | 15 | 2025 | — |
| 1057066897 | Karst Water Well Drilling & Service, INC | Domestic, Livestock | 415 | 12 | 2025 | — |
| 1057027244 | Rosencrantz-bemis Ent | Domestic, Livestock | 360 | 0 | 2025 | — |
| 1054800026 | Aqua Pump #489 | Domestic, Livestock | 50 | 5 | 2024 | — |
| 1054800070 | Aqua Pump #489 | Domestic, Livestock | 43 | 30 | 2024 | — |
| 1055234829 | B & B Drilling | Domestic, Livestock | 28 | 5 | 2024 | — |
| 1055399358 | Clarke Well & Equip | Domestic, Livestock | 480.5 | 0 | 2024 | — |
| 1054837911 | Evel Windmill Repair | Domestic, Livestock | 91 | 6 | 2024 | — |
| 1054837923 | Evel Windmill Repair | Domestic, Livestock | 35 | 0 | 2024 | — |
| 1055830868 | Karst Water Well Drlg | Domestic, Livestock | 380 | 20 | 2024 | — |
| 1055830909 | Karst Water Well Drlg | Domestic, Livestock | 620 | 12 | 2024 | — |
| 1054419372 | Kp Hydrotech | Domestic, Livestock | 63 | 0 | 2024 | — |
| 1054906238 | Kp Hydrotech | Domestic | 24 | 1 | 2024 | — |
| 1055108958 | Kp Hydrotech | Domestic | 41 | 15 | 2024 | — |
| 1055233697 | R and G Drilling LLC | Domestic, Livestock | 60 | 0 | 2024 | — |
| 1055233709 | R and G Drilling LLC | Domestic, Livestock | 52 | 0 | 2024 | — |
| 1055233720 | R and G Drilling LLC | Domestic, Livestock | 30 | 0 | 2024 | — |
| 1055651295 | R and G Drilling LLC | Domestic, Livestock | 380 | 0 | 2024 | — |
| 1055651243 | Rosencrantz-bemis Ent | Domestic, Livestock | 350 | 0 | 2024 | — |
| 1055966943 | Rosencrantz-bemis Ent | Domestic, Livestock | 440 | 0 | 2024 | — |
| 1055966970 | Rosencrantz-bemis Ent | Domestic, Livestock | 30 | 0 | 2024 | — |
| 1055966980 | Rosencrantz-bemis Ent | Domestic, Livestock | 435 | 0 | 2024 | — |
| 1055967116 | Rosencrantz-bemis Ent | Domestic, Livestock | 355 | 0 | 2024 | — |
| 1055967186 | Rosencrantz-bemis Ent | Domestic | 80 | 0 | 2024 | — |
| 1053841173 | Clarke Well & Equip | Domestic, Livestock | 534 | 0 | 2023 | — |
| 1053841193 | Clarke Well & Equip | Domestic, Livestock | 537.5 | 0 | 2023 | — |
| 1053841213 | Clarke Well & Equip | Domestic, Livestock | 503.5 | 0 | 2023 | — |
| 1054146007 | Clarke Well & Equip | Domestic, Livestock | 427 | 0 | 2023 | — |
| 1053326555 | Evel Windmill Repair | Domestic, Lawn and Garden | 51 | 0 | 2023 | — |
| 1053326586 | Evel Windmill Repair | Domestic, Livestock | 40 | 7 | 2023 | — |
| 1053326597 | Evel Windmill Repair | Domestic, Lawn and Garden | 56 | 0 | 2023 | — |
| 1053412646 | Evel Windmill Repair | Domestic, Livestock | 24 | 0 | 2023 | — |
| 1054145179 | Evel Windmill Repair | Domestic, Livestock | 43 | 0 | 2023 | — |
| 1054146027 | Evel Windmill Repair | Domestic, Livestock | 40 | 0 | 2023 | — |
| 1054146040 | Evel Windmill Repair | Domestic, Livestock | 25 | 0 | 2023 | — |
| 1054146051 | Evel Windmill Repair | Domestic, Livestock | 40 | 0 | 2023 | — |
| 1053023711 | Karst Water Well Drlg | Domestic | 37 | 20 | 2023 | — |
| 1053306338 | Karst Water Well Drlg | Industrial | 95 | 70 | 2023 | — |
| 1053306455 | Karst Water Well Drlg | Industrial | 105 | 40 | 2023 | — |
| 1053419154 | Karst Water Well Drlg | Domestic, Livestock | 440 | 20 | 2023 | — |
| 1053446533 | Karst Water Well Drlg | Domestic, Livestock | 54 | 20 | 2023 | — |
| 1054140959 | Nash Ww Srvc | Domestic, Livestock | 615 | 20 | 2023 | — |
| 1053321994 | Rosencrantz-bemis Ent | Domestic, Livestock | 30 | 0 | 2023 | — |
| 1053207857 | Aqua Pump #489 | Domestic, Livestock | 74 | 15 | 2022 | — |
| 1052904906 | Clarke Well & Equip | Domestic, Livestock | 278 | 0 | 2022 | — |
| 551489 | Evel Windmill Repair | Domestic, Livestock | 83 | 30 | 2022 | — |
| 1052885067 | Evel Windmill Repair | Domestic, Livestock | 29 | 0 | 2022 | — |
| 1052885078 | Evel Windmill Repair | Domestic, Livestock | 42 | 0 | 2022 | — |
| 1052885089 | Evel Windmill Repair | Domestic, Livestock | 49 | 0 | 2022 | — |
| 1052886972 | Evel Windmill Repair | Other | 91 | 0 | 2022 | — |
| 1052886983 | Evel Windmill Repair | Domestic, Livestock | 97 | 0 | 2022 | — |
| 1052893664 | Evel Windmill Repair | Domestic | 30 | 16 | 2022 | — |
| 1052893676 | Evel Windmill Repair | Domestic, Livestock | 40 | 3 | 2022 | — |
| 1053023612 | Gsi Engineering | Monitoring well/observation/piezometer | 46.5 | 0 | 2022 | — |
| 1053023624 | Gsi Engineering | Monitoring well/observation/piezometer | 50 | 0 | 2022 | — |
| 1053023815 | Gsi Engineering | Monitoring well/observation/piezometer | 60 | 0 | 2022 | — |
| 1053023828 | Gsi Engineering | Monitoring well/observation/piezometer | 58 | 0 | 2022 | — |
| 1052889202 | Karst Water Well Drlg | Domestic, Livestock | 37 | 0 | 2022 | — |
| 1052896640 | Karst Water Well Drlg | Domestic, Livestock | 54 | 20 | 2022 | — |
| 1053306387 | Karst Water Well Drlg | Domestic | 37 | 20 | 2022 | — |
| 555770 | Nash Ww Srvc | Domestic, Livestock | 680 | 30 | 2022 | — |
| 1053018019 | Nash Ww Srvc | Domestic, Livestock | 640 | 30 | 2022 | — |
| 548084 | Evel Windmill Repair | Domestic, Livestock | 95 | 25 | 2021 | — |
| 548148 | Evel Windmill Repair | Domestic, Livestock | 56 | 0 | 2021 | — |
| 548149 | Evel Windmill Repair | Domestic, Livestock | 50 | 0 | 2021 | — |
| 551551 | Groundwater Development CO | Domestic, Lawn and Garden | 60 | 5 | 2021 | — |
| 542649 | Groundwater Development Company | Domestic, Lawn and Garden | 50 | 2 | 2021 | — |
| 542671 | Groundwater Development Company | Domestic, Livestock | 55 | 10 | 2021 | — |
| 543156 | Groundwater Development Company | Domestic, Livestock | 30 | 10 | 2021 | — |
| 545487 | Groundwater Development Company | Domestic, Livestock | 35 | 3 | 2021 | — |
| 545488 | Groundwater Development Company | Domestic, Livestock | 60 | 3 | 2021 | — |
| 549710 | Karst Water Well Drilling and Service, INC | Domestic | 37 | 3 | 2021 | — |
| 549711 | Karst Water Well Drilling and Service, INC | Domestic | 37 | 6 | 2021 | — |
| 552733 | Nash Ww Srvc | Domestic, Livestock | 580 | 20 | 2021 | — |
| 541126 | Associated Env | Monitoring well/observation/piezometer | 35 | 0 | 2020 | — |
| 541145 | Associated Env | Monitoring well/observation/piezometer | 35 | 0 | 2020 | — |
| 541146 | Associated Env | Monitoring well/observation/piezometer | 35 | 0 | 2020 | — |
| 531838 | Clarke Well & Equipment, INC | Domestic, Livestock | 60 | 0 | 2020 | — |
| 536040 | Env. Priority Srvc | Monitoring well/observation/piezometer | 45 | 0 | 2020 | — |
| 536041 | Env. Priority Srvc | Monitoring well/observation/piezometer | 44.9 | 0 | 2020 | — |
| 536042 | Env. Priority Srvc | Monitoring well/observation/piezometer | 42.5 | 0 | 2020 | — |
| 536043 | Env. Priority Srvc | Monitoring well/observation/piezometer | 39.2 | 0 | 2020 | — |
| 536044 | Env. Priority Srvc | Monitoring well/observation/piezometer | 45.1 | 0 | 2020 | — |
| 536045 | Env. Priority Srvc | Monitoring well/observation/piezometer | 45.6 | 0 | 2020 | — |
| 536060 | Env. Priority Srvc | Monitoring well/observation/piezometer | 41.3 | 0 | 2020 | — |
| 530082 | Evel Windmill Repair | Domestic, Livestock | 40 | 25 | 2020 | — |
| 531969 | Evel Windmill Repair | Domestic, Livestock | 56 | 30 | 2020 | — |
| 531970 | Evel Windmill Repair | Domestic, Livestock | 43 | 25 | 2020 | — |
| 532008 | Evel Windmill Repair | Domestic, Livestock | 50 | 25 | 2020 | — |
| 533812 | Evel Windmill Repair | Domestic, Livestock | 54 | 25 | 2020 | — |
| 536046 | Evel Windmill Repair | Domestic, Livestock | 49 | 0 | 2020 | — |
| 529077 | Groundwater Development Company | Domestic, Livestock | 40 | 21 | 2020 | — |
| 529087 | Groundwater Development Company | Domestic, Livestock | 50 | 8 | 2020 | — |
| 532096 | Groundwater Development Company | Domestic, Livestock | 45 | 3 | 2020 | — |
| 533819 | Groundwater Development Company | Domestic, Livestock | 105 | 5 | 2020 | — |
| 534791 | Groundwater Development Company | Domestic, Livestock | 50 | 4 | 2020 | — |
| 534794 | Groundwater Development Company | Domestic, Livestock | 40 | 2 | 2020 | — |
| 535629 | Groundwater Development Company | Domestic, Lawn and Garden | 40 | 20 | 2020 | — |
| 535808 | Groundwater Development Company | Domestic, Lawn and Garden | 40 | 3 | 2020 | — |
| 534779 | Karst Water Well Drilling and Service, INC | Domestic, Livestock | 37 | 20 | 2020 | — |
| 532012 | Nash Ww Srvc | Domestic, Livestock | 500 | 60 | 2020 | — |
| 532027 | Nash Ww Srvc | Domestic, Livestock | 520 | 60 | 2020 | — |
| 532007 | Rosencrantz-bemis Ent | Domestic | 55 | 0 | 2020 | — |
| 525547 | Associated Environmental, INC | Monitoring well/observation/piezometer | 50 | 0 | 2019 | — |
| 525548 | Associated Environmental, INC | Monitoring well/observation/piezometer | 40 | 0 | 2019 | — |
| 525549 | Associated Environmental, INC | Monitoring well/observation/piezometer | 40 | 0 | 2019 | — |
| 525550 | Associated Environmental, INC | Monitoring well/observation/piezometer | 40 | 0 | 2019 | — |
| 525551 | Associated Environmental, INC | Monitoring well/observation/piezometer | 40 | 0 | 2019 | — |
| 522530 | Cline Drilling | Domestic, Livestock | 30 | 5 | 2019 | — |
| 522531 | Cline Drilling | Domestic, Lawn and Garden | 50 | 10 | 2019 | — |
| 522928 | Evel Water Well Drilling | Domestic, Livestock | 75 | 12 | 2019 | — |
| 544542 | Geocore, LLC | Domestic, Livestock | 80 | 25 | 2019 | — |
| 524097 | Groundwater Development CO | Domestic | 220 | 10 | 2019 | — |
| 524630 | Groundwater Development CO | Domestic, Livestock | 50 | 9 | 2019 | — |
| 525207 | Groundwater Development CO | Domestic, Livestock | 50 | 20 | 2019 | — |
| 525967 | Groundwater Development CO | Domestic, Lawn and Garden | 80 | 20 | 2019 | — |
| 529092 | Groundwater Development CO | Domestic, Livestock | 50 | 15 | 2019 | — |
| 525320 | Karst Water Well Drilling & Service, INC | Domestic, Livestock | 76 | 10 | 2019 | — |
| 515618 | Aqua Pump LLC | Domestic, Livestock | 51 | 10 | 2018 | — |
| 521957 | Clarke Well and Equipment, INC | Oil Field Water Supply | 87 | 0 | 2018 | — |
| 515023 | Cline Drilling | Domestic, Livestock | 65 | 15 | 2018 | — |
| 520273 | Cline Drilling | Domestic, Lawn and Garden | 90 | 10 | 2018 | — |
| 520920 | Cline Drilling | Domestic, Livestock | 45 | 20 | 2018 | — |
| 520921 | Cline Drilling | Domestic, Livestock | 65 | 15 | 2018 | — |
| 520923 | Cline Drilling | Domestic, Livestock | 60 | 3 | 2018 | — |
| 527407 | Cline Drilling | Domestic, Livestock | 50 | 8 | 2018 | — |
| 518725 | Evel Water Well Drilling | Domestic, Livestock | 75 | 35 | 2018 | — |
| 519514 | Karst Water Well Drilling & Service, INC | Domestic, Livestock | 37 | 20 | 2018 | — |
| 521952 | Nash Water Well Service, LLC | Domestic, Livestock | 695 | 75 | 2018 | — |
| 510892 | Clarke Well and Equipment, INC | Oil Field Water Supply | 72 | 0 | 2017 | — |
| 510893 | Clarke Well and Equipment, INC | Oil Field Water Supply | 70 | 0 | 2017 | — |
| 510894 | Clarke Well and Equipment, INC | Oil Field Water Supply | 78 | 0 | 2017 | — |
| 510895 | Cline Drilling | Domestic, Livestock | 45 | 8 | 2017 | — |
| 509745 | Geocore, INC | Monitoring well/observation/piezometer | 48 | 0 | 2017 | — |
By water use in Ness County
- Domestic in Ness County 444
- Domestic, Livestock in Ness County 249
- Monitoring well/observation/piezometer in Ness County 332
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- Sherman 1,533
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- Gove 1,196
- Jefferson 1,189
- Brown 1,151
- Neosho 1,142
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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.