Water wells in Pottawatomie County
2,949 WWC-5 records — 0.9% of the Kansas register. The median well here is 66.6 feet deep, against 60 feet statewide.
2,949Records
66.6 ftMedian depth
585Plugged
153Drillers
How deep people drill in Pottawatomie 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 | 66.6 ft | 155 ft | 60 ft — deeper here (2,934 records, 99 %) |
| Static water level | 30 ft | 86 ft | 24 ft — higher here (2,370 records, 80 %) |
| Estimated yield | 20 gpm | 700 gpm | 25 gpm — lower here (1,509 records, 51 %) |
What the water is used for
| Water use | Records | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Domestic | 1,259 | 42.7% |
| Monitoring well/observation/piezometer | 636 | 21.6% |
| Irrigation | 174 | 5.9% |
| Environmental Remediation, Air Sparge | 103 | 3.5% |
| Domestic, Livestock | 97 | 3.3% |
| Environmental Remediation, Soil Vapor Extraction | 95 | 3.2% |
| Other | 91 | 3.1% |
| Public Water Supply | 76 | 2.6% |
| Heat Pump (Closed Loop/Disposal), Geothermal | 75 | 2.5% |
| Dewatering | 74 | 2.5% |
| Domestic, Lawn and Garden | 72 | 2.4% |
| Geothermal, Closed Loop, Vertical | 62 | 2.1% |
Wells tied to a water right
178 records in Pottawatomie County carry a DWR appropriation number — 6.0%, 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 Pottawatomie County
The busiest contractor on these records is Strader Drilling Co., INC, named on 481 of them (16.3%), ahead of Craig Haldeman Well Drilling & Pump Service (241) and Associated Drilling, INC (233). The oldest record here was completed in 1974 and the most recent in 2026, and the deepest well on file reaches 500 feet — a heat pump (closed loop/disposal), geothermal well drilled by Evans Energy Development, INC in 2011.
Plugging records — in Pottawatomie County
585 of the 2,949 records in Pottawatomie County carry a plugging report (19.8%), filed on form WWC-5P. The other 2,364 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 850 records here completed before 1995, that is exactly what a buyer checks. Why it matters and who pays.
Who drills in Pottawatomie County
| Contractor | Records | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Strader Drilling Co., INC | 481 | 16.3% |
| Craig Haldeman Well Drilling & Pump Service | 241 | 8.2% |
| Associated Drilling, INC | 233 | 7.9% |
| Associated Environmental, INC | 224 | 7.6% |
| Larsen and Associates, INC | 119 | 4.0% |
| Haldeman Well Drilling & Pump Service | 109 | 3.7% |
| Daniel H. Hoobler Drilling CO | 104 | 3.5% |
| Boart Longyear CO | 88 | 3.0% |
| Cascade Drilling | 87 | 3.0% |
| Blue Valley Drilling | 82 | 2.8% |
| Below Ground Surface, INC | 65 | 2.2% |
| Environmental Priority Service, INC | 60 | 2.0% |
| Charles Eldred Harper Drilling Service | 55 | 1.9% |
| Geocore Services INC | 52 | 1.8% |
| Blue Valley Drilling, INC | 39 | 1.3% |
| Flint Hills Drlg #914 | 39 | 1.3% |
| Flint Hills Drilling | 38 | 1.3% |
| Layne-christensen CO | 37 | 1.3% |
When they were drilled
| Decade | Records | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 2020s | 304 | 10.3% |
| 2010s | 877 | 29.7% |
| 2000s | 551 | 18.7% |
| 1990s | 571 | 19.4% |
| 1980s | 343 | 11.6% |
| 1970s | 303 | 10.3% |
An unplugged well on land in Pottawatomie County?
2,364 of the 2,949 records in Pottawatomie 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 Pottawatomie County
| WWC-5 | Drilled by | Use | Depth (ft) | Yield (gpm) | Year | Plugging report |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1057089375 | Associated Drilling, INC | Domestic, Livestock | 100 | 11 | 2026 | — |
| 1057134172 | Associated Drilling, INC | Domestic | 99 | 30 | 2026 | — |
| 1057134389 | Associated Drilling, INC | Domestic, Livestock | 121 | 10 | 2026 | — |
| 1057186594 | Associated Drilling, INC | Domestic | 116 | 14 | 2026 | — |
| 1057186754 | Associated Drilling, INC | Domestic, Livestock | 138 | 20 | 2026 | — |
| 1057232932 | Env. Works #1031 | Monitoring well/observation/piezometer | 55 | 0 | 2026 | — |
| 1057232946 | Env. Works #1031 | Monitoring well/observation/piezometer | 96 | 0 | 2026 | — |
| 1057233012 | Env. Works #1031 | Monitoring well/observation/piezometer | 95 | 0 | 2026 | — |
| 1057113557 | Flint Hills Drlg #914 | Domestic | 221 | 20 | 2026 | — |
| 1057113760 | Flint Hills Drlg #914 | Domestic | 141 | 3 | 2026 | — |
| 1057113779 | Flint Hills Drlg #914 | Domestic | 120 | 8.5 | 2026 | — |
| 1057213974 | Flint Hills Drlg #914 | Domestic, Livestock | 57 | 30 | 2026 | — |
| 1057214110 | Flint Hills Drlg #914 | Domestic, Livestock | 120 | 7.5 | 2026 | — |
| 1057214128 | Flint Hills Drlg #914 | Domestic, Lawn and Garden | 60 | 0 | 2026 | — |
| 1057251442 | Flint Hills Drlg #914 | Domestic | 100 | 8.5 | 2026 | — |
| 1056594338 | Associated Drilling, Inc. #990 | Domestic | 85 | 0 | 2025 | — |
| 1056647679 | Associated Drilling, Inc. #990 | Domestic | 158 | 3 | 2025 | — |
| 1056661790 | Associated Drilling, Inc. #990 | Domestic | 88 | 9 | 2025 | — |
| 1056815434 | Associated Drilling, Inc. #990 | Domestic, Lawn and Garden | 158 | 30 | 2025 | — |
| 1056887499 | Associated Drilling, Inc. #990 | Domestic | 140 | 3 | 2025 | — |
| 1056887610 | Associated Drilling, Inc. #990 | Domestic | 100 | 20 | 2025 | — |
| 1056907477 | Associated Drilling, Inc. #990 | Domestic | 140 | 8 | 2025 | — |
| 1056907611 | Associated Drilling, Inc. #990 | Domestic, Lawn and Garden | 100 | 15 | 2025 | — |
| 1057010832 | Associated Drilling, Inc. #990 | Domestic | 100 | 12 | 2025 | — |
| 1057046083 | Associated Drilling, Inc. #990 | Domestic | 179 | 10 | 2025 | — |
| 1057046218 | Associated Drilling, Inc. #990 | Domestic, Livestock | 100 | 6 | 2025 | — |
| 1057073396 | Below Ground Surface, INC | Monitoring well/observation/piezometer | 35 | 0 | 2025 | — |
| 1056902524 | Env. Priority Srvc | Monitoring well/observation/piezometer | 35 | 0 | 2025 | — |
| 1056902721 | Env. Priority Srvc | Monitoring well/observation/piezometer | 35 | 0 | 2025 | — |
| 1056601481 | Flint Hills Drlg #914 | Domestic | 177 | 30 | 2025 | — |
| 1056657509 | Flint Hills Drlg #914 | Domestic, Livestock | 100 | 1.5 | 2025 | — |
| 1056865670 | Flint Hills Drlg #914 | Domestic | 280 | 0.6 | 2025 | — |
| 1056865981 | Flint Hills Drlg #914 | Domestic | 158 | 5 | 2025 | — |
| 1056920448 | Flint Hills Drlg #914 | Domestic | 120 | 30 | 2025 | — |
| 1056920467 | Flint Hills Drlg #914 | Geothermal, Closed Loop, Vertical | 200 | 0 | 2025 | — |
| 1056930237 | Flint Hills Drlg #914 | Domestic | 120 | 15 | 2025 | — |
| 1057017897 | Razek Environmental | Monitoring well/observation/piezometer | 30 | 0 | 2025 | — |
| 1057017924 | Razek Environmental | Monitoring well/observation/piezometer | 38 | 0 | 2025 | — |
| 1057017931 | Razek Environmental | Monitoring well/observation/piezometer | 35 | 0 | 2025 | — |
| 1057017938 | Razek Environmental | Monitoring well/observation/piezometer | 30 | 0 | 2025 | — |
| 1057017945 | Razek Environmental | Monitoring well/observation/piezometer | 30 | 0 | 2025 | — |
| 1057017952 | Razek Environmental | Monitoring well/observation/piezometer | 30 | 0 | 2025 | — |
| 1057017959 | Razek Environmental | Monitoring well/observation/piezometer | 30 | 0 | 2025 | — |
| 1057043612 | Razek Environmental | Monitoring well/observation/piezometer | 30 | 0 | 2025 | — |
| 1057043861 | Razek Environmental | Monitoring well/observation/piezometer | 30 | 0 | 2025 | — |
| 1055281355 | Associated Drilling, INC | Domestic, Livestock | 120 | 12 | 2024 | — |
| 1054193458 | Associated Drilling, Inc. #990 | Geothermal, Closed Loop, Vertical | 200 | 0 | 2024 | — |
| 1054216450 | Associated Drilling, Inc. #990 | Domestic | 99 | 30 | 2024 | — |
| 1054216597 | Associated Drilling, Inc. #990 | Geothermal, Closed Loop, Vertical | 180 | 20 | 2024 | — |
| 1054345369 | Associated Drilling, Inc. #990 | Domestic, Livestock | 108 | 35 | 2024 | — |
| 1054782112 | Associated Drilling, Inc. #990 | Geothermal, Closed Loop, Vertical | 200 | 0 | 2024 | — |
| 1055281468 | Associated Drilling, Inc. #990 | Domestic, Lawn and Garden | 100 | 50 | 2024 | — |
| 1055751372 | Associated Drilling, Inc. #990 | Geothermal, Closed Loop, Vertical | 336 | 0 | 2024 | — |
| 1055852767 | Associated Drilling, Inc. #990 | Domestic, Livestock | 100 | 20 | 2024 | — |
| 1057153521 | Blue Valley Drilling, INC | Domestic, Lawn and Garden | 78 | 4 | 2024 | — |
| 1054143246 | Flint Hills Drlg #914 | Domestic, Livestock | 120 | 6 | 2024 | — |
| 1054143263 | Flint Hills Drlg #914 | Domestic, Livestock | 120 | 5 | 2024 | — |
| 1054174850 | Flint Hills Drlg #914 | Domestic, Livestock | 160 | 8 | 2024 | — |
| 1054610177 | Flint Hills Drlg #914 | Domestic | 100 | 3 | 2024 | — |
| 1055005987 | Flint Hills Drlg #914 | Domestic | 52 | 8 | 2024 | — |
| 1055234615 | Flint Hills Drlg #914 | Domestic, Lawn and Garden | 133 | 20 | 2024 | — |
| 1055615044 | Flint Hills Drlg #914 | Domestic, Livestock | 140 | 20 | 2024 | — |
| 1055639333 | Flint Hills Drlg #914 | Domestic, Livestock | 54 | 8 | 2024 | — |
| 1055935614 | Geocore, LLC | Monitoring well/observation/piezometer | 20 | 0 | 2024 | — |
| 1055935694 | Geocore, LLC | Monitoring well/observation/piezometer | 20 | 0 | 2024 | — |
| 1055302052 | Gsi Engineering | Monitoring well/observation/piezometer | 34.8 | 0 | 2024 | — |
| 1055302282 | Gsi Engineering | Monitoring well/observation/piezometer | 33.5 | 0 | 2024 | — |
| 1055302445 | Gsi Engineering | Monitoring well/observation/piezometer | 33 | 0 | 2024 | — |
| 560970 | Haldeman Well Drlg. & Pump | Domestic, Lawn and Garden | 100 | 9 | 2024 | — |
| 1055328923 | Sargent Drlg #946 | Irrigation | 73 | 0 | 2024 | — |
| 1056570534 | Sargent Drlg #946 | Public Water Supply | 161 | 200 | 2024 | — |
| 1053419120 | Associated Drilling, INC | Domestic, Livestock | 120 | 10 | 2023 | — |
| 1053057694 | Associated Drilling, Inc. #990 | Monitoring well/observation/piezometer | 50 | 0 | 2023 | — |
| 1053057742 | Associated Drilling, Inc. #990 | Dewatering | 48 | 0 | 2023 | — |
| 1053057754 | Associated Drilling, Inc. #990 | Dewatering | 51 | 0 | 2023 | — |
| 1053294750 | Associated Drilling, Inc. #990 | Domestic, Lawn and Garden | 95 | 9 | 2023 | — |
| 1053375344 | Associated Drilling, Inc. #990 | Domestic | 100 | 6 | 2023 | — |
| 1053427053 | Associated Drilling, Inc. #990 | Domestic | 130 | 0 | 2023 | — |
| 1053443051 | Associated Drilling, Inc. #990 | Domestic, Livestock | 54 | 5 | 2023 | — |
| 1053443161 | Associated Drilling, Inc. #990 | Geothermal, Closed Loop, Vertical | 200 | 0 | 2023 | — |
| 1053445945 | Associated Drilling, Inc. #990 | Irrigation | 73 | 250 | 2023 | — |
| 1053445958 | Associated Drilling, Inc. #990 | Irrigation | 73 | 150 | 2023 | — |
| 1053849709 | Associated Drilling, Inc. #990 | Domestic, Livestock | 119 | 30 | 2023 | — |
| 1053849743 | Associated Drilling, Inc. #990 | Domestic, Livestock | 120 | 6 | 2023 | — |
| 1053849850 | Associated Drilling, Inc. #990 | Domestic, Livestock | 100 | 3 | 2023 | — |
| 1053316260 | Below Ground Surface | Monitoring well/observation/piezometer | 25 | 0 | 2023 | — |
| 1053316271 | Below Ground Surface | Monitoring well/observation/piezometer | 25 | 0 | 2023 | — |
| 1053316282 | Below Ground Surface | Monitoring well/observation/piezometer | 25 | 0 | 2023 | — |
| 1054660556 | Drill-well | Irrigation | 43 | 0 | 2023 | — |
| 1054660632 | Drill-well | Irrigation | 55 | 0 | 2023 | — |
| 1053262940 | Flint Hills Drlg #914 | Geothermal, Closed Loop, Vertical | 220 | 0 | 2023 | — |
| 1053347038 | Flint Hills Drlg #914 | Domestic, Lawn and Garden | 72 | 12 | 2023 | — |
| 1053347053 | Flint Hills Drlg #914 | Domestic, Lawn and Garden | 77 | 15 | 2023 | — |
| 1053382296 | Flint Hills Drlg #914 | Domestic | 140 | 7.5 | 2023 | — |
| 1053411620 | Flint Hills Drlg #914 | Domestic, Livestock | 100 | 20 | 2023 | — |
| 1053433057 | Flint Hills Drlg #914 | Domestic | 134 | 0 | 2023 | — |
| 1053447361 | Flint Hills Drlg #914 | Domestic | 178 | 30 | 2023 | — |
| 1053850285 | Flint Hills Drlg #914 | Domestic | 77 | 30 | 2023 | — |
| 558290 | Haldeman Well Drlg. & Pump | Domestic, Lawn and Garden | 115 | 20 | 2023 | — |
| 558949 | Haldeman Well Drlg. & Pump | Domestic | 120 | 1 | 2023 | — |
| 559529 | U.s. Army Corps of Engineers | Monitoring well/observation/piezometer | 95.4 | 0 | 2023 | — |
| 559549 | U.s. Army Corps of Engineers | Monitoring well/observation/piezometer | 61 | 0 | 2023 | — |
| 550487 | Associated Drilling, INC | Domestic, Lawn and Garden | 95 | 12 | 2022 | — |
| 550488 | Associated Drilling, INC | Domestic | 78 | 15 | 2022 | — |
| 550489 | Associated Drilling, INC | Domestic | 97 | 100 | 2022 | — |
| 1052886345 | Associated Drilling, INC | Domestic | 100 | 0 | 2022 | — |
| 1052887076 | Associated Drilling, INC | Domestic | 256 | 40 | 2022 | — |
| 1054637411 | Associated Drilling, Inc. #990 | Domestic | 220 | 1.5 | 2022 | — |
| 1052885100 | Associated Drlg | Domestic | 100 | 9 | 2022 | — |
| 1052891830 | Associated Drlg | Dewatering | 40 | 0 | 2022 | — |
| 1052891839 | Associated Drlg | Dewatering | 43 | 0 | 2022 | — |
| 1052891849 | Associated Drlg | Dewatering | 40 | 0 | 2022 | — |
| 1052900433 | Associated Drlg | Domestic, Livestock | 118 | 20 | 2022 | — |
| 1052906369 | Associated Drlg | Dewatering | 38 | 0 | 2022 | — |
| 1052909231 | Associated Drlg | Domestic, Livestock | 99 | 0 | 2022 | — |
| 1052942111 | Associated Drlg | Domestic | 99 | 0 | 2022 | — |
| 1052978452 | Associated Drlg | Domestic | 88 | 0 | 2022 | — |
| 556071 | Associated Env | Monitoring well/observation/piezometer | 45 | 0 | 2022 | — |
| 556072 | Associated Env | Monitoring well/observation/piezometer | 45 | 0 | 2022 | — |
| 556073 | Associated Env | Monitoring well/observation/piezometer | 45 | 0 | 2022 | — |
| 556092 | Associated Env | Monitoring well/observation/piezometer | 45 | 0 | 2022 | — |
| 556074 | Associated Environmental, INC | Monitoring well/observation/piezometer | 45 | 0 | 2022 | — |
| 556717 | Blue Valley Drilling | Domestic, Lawn and Garden | 60 | 5 | 2022 | — |
| 1053337439 | Drill-well | Irrigation | 90 | 0 | 2022 | — |
| 554367 | Env. Priority Srvc | Monitoring well/observation/piezometer | 20 | 0 | 2022 | — |
| 554368 | Env. Priority Srvc | Monitoring well/observation/piezometer | 20 | 0 | 2022 | — |
| 554387 | Env. Priority Srvc | Monitoring well/observation/piezometer | 20 | 0 | 2022 | — |
| 554390 | Env. Priority Srvc | Monitoring well/observation/piezometer | 20 | 0 | 2022 | — |
| 554391 | Env. Priority Srvc | Monitoring well/observation/piezometer | 20 | 0 | 2022 | — |
| 554392 | Env. Priority Srvc | Monitoring well/observation/piezometer | 20 | 0 | 2022 | — |
| 554394 | Env. Priority Srvc | Monitoring well/observation/piezometer | 20 | 0 | 2022 | — |
| 554395 | Env. Priority Srvc | Monitoring well/observation/piezometer | 20 | 0 | 2022 | — |
| 552271 | Flint Hills Drilling #914 | Domestic, Lawn and Garden | 60 | 20 | 2022 | — |
| 552272 | Flint Hills Drilling #914 | Domestic, Livestock | 100 | 6 | 2022 | — |
| 552274 | Flint Hills Drilling #914 | Geothermal, Closed Loop, Vertical | 240 | 0 | 2022 | — |
| 1052892485 | Flint Hills Drilling #914 | Domestic | 67 | 5 | 2022 | — |
| 1052891214 | Flint Hills Drlg #914 | Domestic | 140 | 2 | 2022 | — |
| 1052891232 | Flint Hills Drlg #914 | Domestic | 135 | 15 | 2022 | — |
| 1052893353 | Flint Hills Drlg #914 | Domestic | 44 | 20 | 2022 | — |
| 1052893373 | Flint Hills Drlg #914 | Domestic | 61 | 15 | 2022 | — |
By water use in Pottawatomie County
- Domestic in Pottawatomie County 1,259
- Irrigation in Pottawatomie County 174
- Monitoring well/observation/piezometer in Pottawatomie County 636
Counties with a comparable register
- Kingman 3,776
- Dickinson 3,662
- Riley 3,583
- Pawnee 3,568
- Douglas 3,290
- Gray 3,079
- Seward 2,995
- Leavenworth 2,850
- Thomas 2,827
- Kiowa 2,662
- Stevens 2,587
- Marion 2,513
- Meade 2,318
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.