Water wells in Phillips County
1,775 WWC-5 records — 0.6% of the Kansas register. The median well here is 54 feet deep, against 60 feet statewide.
1,775Records
54 ftMedian depth
266Plugged
102Drillers
How deep people drill in Phillips 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 | 54 ft | 100 ft | 60 ft — shallower here (1,769 records, 100 %) |
| Static water level | 34 ft | 65.89 ft | 24 ft — higher here (1,467 records, 83 %) |
| Estimated yield | 15 gpm | 250 gpm | 25 gpm — lower here (675 records, 38 %) |
What the water is used for
| Water use | Records | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Monitoring well/observation/piezometer | 627 | 35.3% |
| Domestic | 427 | 24.1% |
| Domestic, Livestock | 213 | 12.0% |
| Irrigation | 102 | 5.7% |
| Domestic, Lawn and Garden | 89 | 5.0% |
| Public Water Supply | 78 | 4.4% |
| Environmental Remediation, Soil Vapor Extraction | 66 | 3.7% |
| Environmental Remediation, Recovery | 48 | 2.7% |
| Environmental Remediation, Injection | 44 | 2.5% |
| Feedlot | 14 | 0.8% |
| Test hole/well | 13 | 0.7% |
| (unstated)/abandoned | 11 | 0.6% |
Wells tied to a water right
137 records in Phillips County carry a DWR appropriation number — 7.7%, 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 Phillips County
The busiest contractor on these records is Geocore Services INC, named on 213 of them (12.0%), ahead of Geotechnical Services, INC (119) and Andy Anderson Drilling (104). The oldest record here was completed in 1975 and the most recent in 2026.
Plugging records — in Phillips County
266 of the 1,775 records in Phillips County carry a plugging report (15.0%), filed on form WWC-5P. The other 1,509 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 446 records here completed before 1995, that is exactly what a buyer checks. Why it matters and who pays.
Who drills in Phillips County
| Contractor | Records | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Geocore Services INC | 213 | 12.0% |
| Geotechnical Services, INC | 119 | 6.7% |
| Andy Anderson Drilling | 104 | 5.9% |
| Jay C. Woofter Pump & Well, INC | 104 | 5.9% |
| Redinger Well Service | 80 | 4.5% |
| Darrell D. Redinger Drilling & Trenching | 68 | 3.8% |
| Paul Ott Enterprises | 66 | 3.7% |
| Chas. Sargent Irrigation Co., INC | 61 | 3.4% |
| Clarke Well and Equipment, INC | 52 | 2.9% |
| Watson Well Drilling | 50 | 2.8% |
| Leo J. Stalder Drilling | 46 | 2.6% |
| Coranco Great Plains, INC | 39 | 2.2% |
| Holdrege Well Service | 32 | 1.8% |
| Gottschalk Well Drilling | 32 | 1.8% |
| Leroy Maruhn Well Drilling, INC | 30 | 1.7% |
| William J. Deer Drilling | 28 | 1.6% |
| Woofter Pump & Well, INC | 26 | 1.5% |
| Gottschalk Water Well Drilling | 26 | 1.5% |
When they were drilled
| Decade | Records | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 2020s | 114 | 6.4% |
| 2010s | 270 | 15.2% |
| 2000s | 661 | 37.2% |
| 1990s | 441 | 24.8% |
| 1980s | 196 | 11.0% |
| 1970s | 89 | 5.0% |
An unplugged well on land in Phillips County?
1,509 of the 1,775 records in Phillips 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 Phillips County
| WWC-5 | Drilled by | Use | Depth (ft) | Yield (gpm) | Year | Plugging report |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1057273311 | Ground Water Development | Domestic, Livestock | 26 | 3 | 2026 | — |
| 1057070791 | Holdrege Well Service | Irrigation | 57 | 250 | 2025 | — |
| 1056601696 | Holdrege Well Srvc | Domestic, Livestock | 100 | 15 | 2025 | — |
| 1056635586 | Holdrege Well Srvc | Domestic, Livestock | 60 | 15 | 2025 | — |
| 1056630863 | Karst Water Well Drlg | Domestic, Lawn and Garden | 100 | 55 | 2025 | — |
| 1056914846 | Karst Water Well Drlg | Domestic, Livestock | 80 | 10 | 2025 | — |
| 1056914859 | Karst Water Well Drlg | Domestic, Livestock | 50 | 12 | 2025 | — |
| 1056866832 | Rgn Company, INC | Domestic, Livestock | 60 | 1.5 | 2025 | — |
| 1056866844 | Rgn Company, INC | Domestic, Livestock | 57 | 1 | 2025 | — |
| 1056866856 | Rgn Company, INC | Domestic, Livestock | 57 | 0.75 | 2025 | — |
| 1057007190 | Rgn Company, INC | Domestic, Livestock | 113 | 1 | 2025 | — |
| 1056626060 | Stepbrothers Water Drlg | Domestic, Lawn and Garden | 42 | 10 | 2025 | — |
| 1056880980 | Stepbrothers Water Drlg | Domestic, Livestock | 28 | 10 | 2025 | — |
| 1056880990 | Stepbrothers Water Drlg | Domestic | 43 | 15 | 2025 | — |
| 1055865154 | Downey Drlg #748 | Domestic, Livestock | 78 | 0 | 2024 | — |
| 1056177247 | Downey Drlg #748 | Public Water Supply | 176 | 32 | 2024 | — |
| 1056177266 | Downey Drlg #748 | Public Water Supply | 173 | 37 | 2024 | — |
| 1054140128 | Holdrege Well Srvc | Domestic, Livestock | 95 | 5 | 2024 | — |
| 1056451752 | Karst Water Well Drlg | Domestic, Livestock | 115 | 10 | 2024 | — |
| 1055339877 | Stepbrothers Water Drlg | Domestic, Livestock | 58 | 12 | 2024 | — |
| 1055339887 | Stepbrothers Water Drlg | Domestic, Lawn and Garden | 72 | 12 | 2024 | — |
| 1054864589 | Watson Well Drlg | Domestic, Livestock | 139 | 20 | 2024 | — |
| 1053226348 | Holdrege Well Srvc | Domestic, Livestock | 90 | 5 | 2023 | — |
| 1053226393 | Holdrege Well Srvc | Domestic, Livestock | 120 | 20 | 2023 | — |
| 1053226402 | Holdrege Well Srvc | Domestic, Livestock | 100 | 12 | 2023 | — |
| 1053306501 | Karst Water Well Drlg | Domestic, Livestock | 54 | 15 | 2023 | — |
| 1053357582 | Karst Water Well Drlg | Domestic, Lawn and Garden | 100 | 20 | 2023 | — |
| 1053438146 | Rgn Company, INC | Domestic, Livestock | 75 | 1 | 2023 | — |
| 1053438344 | Rgn Company, INC | Domestic, Livestock | 40 | 30 | 2023 | — |
| 1053438363 | Rgn Company, INC | Domestic | 65 | 30 | 2023 | — |
| 1053259635 | Stepbrothers Water Drlg | Domestic, Livestock | 75 | 12 | 2023 | — |
| 1053383808 | Stepbrothers Water Drlg | Domestic, Livestock | 38 | 0 | 2023 | — |
| 1053447112 | Stepbrothers Water Drlg | Domestic, Livestock | 60 | 12 | 2023 | — |
| 1053426144 | Watson Well Drlg | Domestic, Livestock | 51 | 35 | 2023 | — |
| 1052887542 | Holdrege Well Srvc | Test hole/well | 176 | 0 | 2022 | — |
| 553387 | Larsen & Associates | Monitoring well/observation/piezometer | 70 | 0 | 2022 | — |
| 553406 | Larsen & Associates | Monitoring well/observation/piezometer | 70 | 0 | 2022 | — |
| 553407 | Larsen & Associates | Monitoring well/observation/piezometer | 70 | 0 | 2022 | — |
| 553408 | Larsen & Associates | Monitoring well/observation/piezometer | 70 | 0 | 2022 | — |
| 1052885436 | Stepbrothers Water Drlg | Domestic, Livestock | 43 | 0 | 2022 | — |
| 1052889717 | Stepbrothers Water Drlg | Domestic, Livestock | 55 | 10 | 2022 | — |
| 1052902591 | Stepbrothers Water Drlg | Domestic, Livestock | 20 | 4 | 2022 | — |
| 1052957697 | Stepbrothers Water Drlg | Domestic, Livestock | 70 | 0 | 2022 | — |
| 1052963148 | Woofter Pump & Well #881 | Domestic, Livestock | 63 | 20 | 2022 | — |
| 548994 | Cascade Drilling | Environmental Remediation, Recovery | 63 | 0 | 2021 | — |
| 548995 | Cascade Drilling | Environmental Remediation, Recovery | 63 | 0 | 2021 | — |
| 548996 | Cascade Drilling | Environmental Remediation, Recovery | 63 | 0 | 2021 | — |
| 548997 | Cascade Drilling | Monitoring well/observation/piezometer | 65 | 0 | 2021 | — |
| 545668 | Coranco Great Plains, INC | Monitoring well/observation/piezometer | 56 | 0 | 2021 | — |
| 545669 | Coranco Great Plains, INC | Monitoring well/observation/piezometer | 50 | 0 | 2021 | — |
| 545670 | Coranco Great Plains, INC | Monitoring well/observation/piezometer | 49 | 0 | 2021 | — |
| 545684 | Coranco Great Plains, INC | Monitoring well/observation/piezometer | 55 | 0 | 2021 | — |
| 545685 | Coranco Great Plains, INC | Monitoring well/observation/piezometer | 47.5 | 0 | 2021 | — |
| 545686 | Coranco Great Plains, INC | Monitoring well/observation/piezometer | 50 | 0 | 2021 | — |
| 545687 | Coranco Great Plains, INC | Monitoring well/observation/piezometer | 45 | 0 | 2021 | — |
| 545688 | Coranco Great Plains, INC | Monitoring well/observation/piezometer | 55 | 0 | 2021 | — |
| 547110 | Gottschalk Water Well Drilling | Domestic, Livestock | 75 | 20 | 2021 | — |
| 539954 | Stepbrothers Water Drilling | Domestic | 58 | 15 | 2021 | — |
| 545091 | Stepbrothers Water Drilling | Domestic, Lawn and Garden | 32 | 8 | 2021 | — |
| 545092 | Stepbrothers Water Drilling | Domestic | 47 | 10 | 2021 | — |
| 548524 | Stepbrothers Water Drilling | Domestic, Lawn and Garden | 70 | 8 | 2021 | — |
| 548552 | Stepbrothers Water Drilling | Domestic, Livestock | 120 | 20 | 2021 | — |
| 545308 | Watson Well Drilling | Domestic | 120 | 2.5 | 2021 | — |
| 545309 | Watson Well Drilling | Domestic, Livestock | 110 | 30 | 2021 | — |
| 545310 | Watson Well Drilling | Domestic, Livestock | 65 | 20 | 2021 | — |
| 545580 | Woofter Pump & Well, Inc. #881 | Domestic, Livestock | 55 | 20 | 2021 | — |
| 532643 | Groundwater Development Company | Domestic, Lawn and Garden | 75 | 4 | 2020 | — |
| 535579 | Gsi Engineering, LLC | Monitoring well/observation/piezometer | 52 | 0 | 2020 | — |
| 535580 | Gsi Engineering, LLC | Monitoring well/observation/piezometer | 35 | 0 | 2020 | — |
| 535581 | Gsi Engineering, LLC | Monitoring well/observation/piezometer | 46 | 0 | 2020 | — |
| 535582 | Gsi Engineering, LLC | Monitoring well/observation/piezometer | 35 | 0 | 2020 | — |
| 535583 | Gsi Engineering, LLC | Monitoring well/observation/piezometer | 30 | 0 | 2020 | — |
| 535584 | Gsi Engineering, LLC | Monitoring well/observation/piezometer | 43 | 0 | 2020 | — |
| 535585 | Gsi Engineering, LLC | Monitoring well/observation/piezometer | 19.5 | 0 | 2020 | — |
| 535586 | Gsi Engineering, LLC | Monitoring well/observation/piezometer | 18 | 0 | 2020 | — |
| 539820 | Gsi Engineering, LLC | Monitoring well/observation/piezometer | 15 | 0 | 2020 | — |
| 539821 | Gsi Engineering, LLC | Monitoring well/observation/piezometer | 30 | 0 | 2020 | — |
| 539822 | Gsi Engineering, LLC | Monitoring well/observation/piezometer | 35 | 0 | 2020 | — |
| 539823 | Gsi Engineering, LLC | Monitoring well/observation/piezometer | 20 | 0 | 2020 | — |
| 531557 | Stepbrothers Water Drilling | Domestic, Lawn and Garden | 58 | 15 | 2020 | — |
| 532664 | Stepbrothers Water Drilling | Domestic, Lawn and Garden | 78 | 10 | 2020 | — |
| 535630 | Stepbrothers Water Drilling | Domestic, Lawn and Garden | 43 | 5 | 2020 | — |
| 524353 | Associated Drilling, INC | Monitoring well/observation/piezometer | 52.9 | 0 | 2019 | — |
| 524357 | Associated Drilling, INC | Monitoring well/observation/piezometer | 45.3 | 0 | 2019 | — |
| 526630 | Gsi Engineering, LLC | Monitoring well/observation/piezometer | 52 | 0 | 2019 | — |
| 526631 | Gsi Engineering, LLC | Monitoring well/observation/piezometer | 60 | 0 | 2019 | — |
| 525651 | Terry Davis | Domestic, Livestock | 52 | 10 | 2019 | — |
| 525652 | Terry Davis | Domestic, Lawn and Garden | 75 | 15 | 2019 | — |
| 519544 | Karst Water Well Drilling & Service, INC | Domestic | 46 | 10 | 2018 | — |
| 513365 | Terry Davis | Domestic, Livestock | 22 | 10 | 2018 | — |
| 513367 | Terry Davis | Domestic, Livestock | 25 | 6 | 2018 | — |
| 514630 | Terry Davis | Domestic, Livestock | 57 | 10 | 2018 | — |
| 518085 | Watson Well Drilling | Test hole/well | 179 | 0 | 2018 | — |
| 505818 | Coranco Great Plains, INC | Monitoring well/observation/piezometer | 55 | 0 | 2017 | — |
| 505841 | Coranco Great Plains, INC | Monitoring well/observation/piezometer | 58 | 0 | 2017 | — |
| 507827 | Geocore, INC | Monitoring well/observation/piezometer | 72 | 0 | 2017 | — |
| 507828 | Geocore, INC | Monitoring well/observation/piezometer | 70 | 0 | 2017 | — |
| 507829 | Geocore, INC | Monitoring well/observation/piezometer | 69 | 0 | 2017 | — |
| 511065 | Holdrege Well Service | Domestic, Livestock | 98 | 300 | 2017 | — |
| 511067 | Holdrege Well Service | Domestic, Livestock | 55 | 30 | 2017 | — |
| 511068 | Holdrege Well Service | Domestic, Livestock | 55 | 20 | 2017 | — |
| 511071 | Holdrege Well Service | Domestic, Livestock | 58 | 30 | 2017 | — |
| 511072 | Holdrege Well Service | Domestic, Livestock | 96 | 210 | 2017 | — |
| 552766 | Holdrege Well Service | Irrigation | 91 | 1000 | 2017 | — |
| 518055 | Watson Well Drilling | Domestic, Livestock | 30 | 15 | 2017 | — |
| 508816 | Woofter Pump and Well, INC | Monitoring well/observation/piezometer | 55 | 0 | 2017 | — |
| 508817 | Woofter Pump and Well, INC | Monitoring well/observation/piezometer | 55.5 | 0 | 2017 | — |
| 500483 | Coranco Great Plains, INC | Monitoring well/observation/piezometer | 32 | 0 | 2016 | — |
| 500484 | Coranco Great Plains, INC | Monitoring well/observation/piezometer | 35 | 0 | 2016 | — |
| 500485 | Coranco Great Plains, INC | Monitoring well/observation/piezometer | 37 | 0 | 2016 | — |
| 500486 | Coranco Great Plains, INC | Monitoring well/observation/piezometer | 25 | 0 | 2016 | — |
| 500487 | Coranco Great Plains, INC | Monitoring well/observation/piezometer | 38 | 0 | 2016 | — |
| 500488 | Coranco Great Plains, INC | Monitoring well/observation/piezometer | 50 | 0 | 2016 | — |
| 500489 | Coranco Great Plains, INC | Monitoring well/observation/piezometer | 20 | 0 | 2016 | — |
| 500490 | Coranco Great Plains, INC | Monitoring well/observation/piezometer | 18 | 0 | 2016 | — |
| 494057 | Terry Davis | Domestic, Livestock | 37 | 15 | 2016 | — |
| 494684 | Terry Davis | Domestic, Lawn and Garden | 64 | 12 | 2016 | — |
| 494692 | Terry Davis | Domestic, Lawn and Garden | 74 | 11 | 2016 | — |
| 495888 | Terry Davis | Domestic, Lawn and Garden | 75 | 18 | 2016 | — |
| 495890 | Terry Davis | Domestic, Livestock | 44 | 15 | 2016 | — |
| 501292 | Terry Davis | Domestic, Lawn and Garden | 60 | 15 | 2016 | — |
| 498911 | Watson Well Drilling | Domestic | 50 | 8 | 2016 | — |
| 505391 | Watson Well Drilling | Domestic, Livestock | 143 | 30 | 2016 | — |
| 494332 | — | Domestic, Livestock | 78 | 7 | 2015 | — |
| 494689 | Detech, INC | Monitoring well/observation/piezometer | 58 | 0 | 2015 | — |
| 496333 | Gottschalk Water Well Drilling | Domestic, Livestock | 73 | 12 | 2015 | — |
| 496334 | Gottschalk Water Well Drilling | Domestic, Livestock | 45 | 20 | 2015 | — |
| 496335 | Gottschalk Water Well Drilling | Domestic, Livestock | 45 | 2 | 2015 | — |
| 496336 | Gottschalk Water Well Drilling | Domestic, Livestock | 55 | 20 | 2015 | — |
| 496337 | Gottschalk Water Well Drilling | Domestic, Livestock | 55 | 18 | 2015 | — |
| 496339 | Gottschalk Water Well Drilling | Domestic, Livestock | 65 | 20 | 2015 | — |
| 496340 | Gottschalk Water Well Drilling | Domestic, Livestock | 30 | 18 | 2015 | — |
| 496341 | Gottschalk Water Well Drilling | Domestic, Livestock | 65 | 20 | 2015 | — |
| 496342 | Gottschalk Water Well Drilling | Domestic, Livestock | 58 | 3 | 2015 | — |
| 496343 | Gottschalk Water Well Drilling | Domestic, Livestock | 30 | 20 | 2015 | — |
| 496344 | Gottschalk Water Well Drilling | Domestic, Livestock | 60 | 2 | 2015 | — |
| 517245 | Halling Water Well Service | Domestic, Lawn and Garden | 80 | 2 | 2015 | — |
| 486382 | Holdrege Well Service | Domestic, Livestock | 120 | 60 | 2015 | — |
| 486383 | Holdrege Well Service | Irrigation | 118 | 180 | 2015 | — |
| 486401 | Holdrege Well Service | Irrigation | 115 | 200 | 2015 | — |
By water use in Phillips County
- Domestic in Phillips County 427
- Domestic, Livestock in Phillips County 213
- Monitoring well/observation/piezometer in Phillips County 627
Counties with a comparable register
- Kearny 2,143
- Sheridan 2,086
- Ellsworth 2,028
- Rush 1,921
- Geary 1,901
- Barber 1,835
- Washington 1,798
- Norton 1,770
- Russell 1,752
- Cloud 1,746
- Morris 1,671
- Rawlins 1,643
- Clay 1,621
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.