Water wells in Republic County
942 WWC-5 records — 0.3% of the Kansas register. The median well here is 59.5 feet deep, against 60 feet statewide.
942Records
59.5 ftMedian depth
199Plugged
79Drillers
How deep people drill in Republic 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 | 59.5 ft | 198 ft | 60 ft — shallower here (934 records, 99 %) |
| Static water level | 23 ft | 121 ft | 24 ft — lower here (845 records, 90 %) |
| Estimated yield | 30 gpm | 1400 gpm | 25 gpm — higher here (541 records, 57 %) |
What the water is used for
| Water use | Records | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Domestic | 312 | 33.1% |
| Irrigation | 234 | 24.8% |
| Monitoring well/observation/piezometer | 160 | 17.0% |
| Domestic, Livestock | 128 | 13.6% |
| Public Water Supply | 26 | 2.8% |
| Domestic, Lawn and Garden | 12 | 1.3% |
| Test hole/well | 10 | 1.1% |
| Feedlot | 8 | 0.8% |
| (unstated)/abandoned | 7 | 0.7% |
| Environmental Remediation, Air Sparge | 7 | 0.7% |
| Other | 7 | 0.7% |
| Industrial | 6 | 0.6% |
Wells tied to a water right
98 records in Republic County carry a DWR appropriation number — 10.4%, 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 Republic County
The busiest contractor on these records is Dale Shuck Drilling CO, named on 88 of them (9.3%), ahead of Well Owner (87) and Ron Williams Drilling Co., INC (70). The oldest record here was completed in 1974 and the most recent in 2026, and the deepest well on file reaches 308 feet — a monitoring well/observation/piezometer well drilled by Blue Valley Drilling in 2014.
Plugging records — in Republic County
199 of the 942 records in Republic County carry a plugging report (21.1%), filed on form WWC-5P. The other 743 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 300 records here completed before 1995, that is exactly what a buyer checks. Why it matters and who pays.
Who drills in Republic County
| Contractor | Records | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Dale Shuck Drilling CO | 88 | 9.3% |
| Well Owner | 87 | 9.2% |
| Ron Williams Drilling Co., INC | 70 | 7.4% |
| Cox-beswick Irrigation Service, INC | 63 | 6.7% |
| Williams Drilling Co., INC | 60 | 6.4% |
| Leroy Maruhn Well Drilling, INC | 42 | 4.5% |
| Peterson Irrigation, INC | 40 | 4.2% |
| Flint Hills Drlg #914 | 36 | 3.8% |
| Geocore Services INC | 35 | 3.7% |
| Coranco Great Plains, INC | 31 | 3.3% |
| Geo Cox & Sons, INC | 30 | 3.2% |
| Larsen and Associates, INC | 24 | 2.5% |
| Geocore, INC | 22 | 2.3% |
| Daryl Cox & Sons, INC | 21 | 2.2% |
| Michael Peterson Irrigation, INC | 20 | 2.1% |
| Associated Environmental, INC | 19 | 2.0% |
| Sargent Drilling | 19 | 2.0% |
| Associated Drilling, INC | 17 | 1.8% |
When they were drilled
| Decade | Records | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 2020s | 98 | 10.4% |
| 2010s | 177 | 18.8% |
| 2000s | 238 | 25.3% |
| 1990s | 190 | 20.2% |
| 1980s | 117 | 12.4% |
| 1970s | 122 | 13.0% |
An unplugged well on land in Republic County?
743 of the 942 records in Republic 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 Republic County
| WWC-5 | Drilled by | Use | Depth (ft) | Yield (gpm) | Year | Plugging report |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1057217971 | Associated Drilling, INC | Domestic, Livestock | 140 | 40 | 2026 | — |
| 1057113600 | Flint Hills Drlg #914 | Domestic, Livestock | 161 | 5 | 2026 | — |
| 1057114173 | Flint Hills Drlg #914 | Domestic, Livestock | 58 | 2.6 | 2026 | — |
| 1057231719 | Sargent Drlg #946 | Irrigation | 61 | 0 | 2026 | — |
| 1057291380 | Sargent Drlg #946 | Irrigation | 220 | 0 | 2026 | — |
| 1057010987 | Associated Drilling, Inc. #990 | Domestic, Livestock | 160 | 15 | 2025 | — |
| 1056657945 | Flint Hills Drlg #914 | Domestic | 99 | 20 | 2025 | — |
| 1056865524 | Flint Hills Drlg #914 | Domestic, Livestock | 134 | 15 | 2025 | — |
| 1057043835 | Peterson Drilling - #1079 | Domestic, Livestock | 61 | 8 | 2025 | — |
| 1057028858 | Williams Drilling #987 | Domestic, Livestock | 173 | 75 | 2025 | — |
| 1055583563 | Associated Drilling, INC | Domestic | 216 | 100 | 2024 | — |
| 1054781770 | Associated Drilling, Inc. #990 | Domestic, Livestock | 60 | 8 | 2024 | — |
| 1054781851 | Associated Drilling, Inc. #990 | Domestic, Livestock | 80 | 20 | 2024 | — |
| 1054946166 | Associated Drilling, Inc. #990 | Domestic, Livestock | 160 | 25 | 2024 | — |
| 1055147598 | Associated Drilling, Inc. #990 | Domestic, Livestock | 80 | 30 | 2024 | — |
| 1055412921 | Associated Drilling, Inc. #990 | Domestic, Livestock | 120 | 60 | 2024 | — |
| 1055583625 | Associated Drilling, Inc. #990 | Domestic, Livestock | 120 | 20 | 2024 | — |
| 1055726669 | Associated Drilling, Inc. #990 | Domestic, Livestock | 94 | 15 | 2024 | — |
| 1054174922 | Flint Hills Drilling #914 | Domestic, Livestock | 235 | 5 | 2024 | — |
| 1054610124 | Flint Hills Drilling #914 | Domestic, Livestock | 95 | 20 | 2024 | — |
| 1054174835 | Flint Hills Drlg #914 | Domestic, Livestock | 220 | 6.6 | 2024 | — |
| 1054174870 | Flint Hills Drlg #914 | Domestic | 235 | 2.5 | 2024 | — |
| 1054174944 | Flint Hills Drlg #914 | Domestic, Livestock | 215 | 6.6 | 2024 | — |
| 1054174965 | Flint Hills Drlg #914 | Domestic, Livestock | 240 | 12 | 2024 | — |
| 1054334757 | Flint Hills Drlg #914 | Domestic, Livestock | 220 | 30 | 2024 | — |
| 1054334817 | Flint Hills Drlg #914 | Domestic, Livestock | 112 | 50 | 2024 | — |
| 1054334830 | Flint Hills Drlg #914 | Domestic, Livestock | 180 | 15 | 2024 | — |
| 1054401835 | Flint Hills Drlg #914 | Domestic, Livestock | 200 | 3 | 2024 | — |
| 1054478328 | Flint Hills Drlg #914 | Domestic, Livestock | 118 | 50 | 2024 | — |
| 1054478339 | Flint Hills Drlg #914 | Domestic, Livestock | 160 | 6 | 2024 | — |
| 1054478352 | Flint Hills Drlg #914 | Domestic, Livestock | 120 | 30 | 2024 | — |
| 1054478368 | Flint Hills Drlg #914 | Domestic, Livestock | 180 | 6 | 2024 | — |
| 1054478385 | Flint Hills Drlg #914 | Domestic, Livestock | 97 | 10 | 2024 | — |
| 1054478396 | Flint Hills Drlg #914 | Domestic, Livestock | 75 | 10 | 2024 | — |
| 1054478635 | Flint Hills Drlg #914 | Domestic, Lawn and Garden | 153 | 15 | 2024 | — |
| 1054478750 | Flint Hills Drlg #914 | Domestic, Livestock | 235 | 30 | 2024 | — |
| 1054478782 | Flint Hills Drlg #914 | Domestic, Livestock | 120 | 4 | 2024 | — |
| 1054610109 | Flint Hills Drlg #914 | Domestic, Livestock | 100 | 20 | 2024 | — |
| 1054707052 | Flint Hills Drlg #914 | Domestic | 115 | 30 | 2024 | — |
| 1055006488 | Flint Hills Drlg #914 | Domestic, Livestock | 140 | 30 | 2024 | — |
| 1055234686 | Flint Hills Drlg #914 | Domestic, Livestock | 140 | 30 | 2024 | — |
| 1055234734 | Flint Hills Drlg #914 | Domestic, Livestock | 188 | 20 | 2024 | — |
| 1055234751 | Flint Hills Drlg #914 | Domestic, Livestock | 219 | 20 | 2024 | — |
| 1055615316 | Flint Hills Drlg #914 | Domestic, Livestock | 57 | 8 | 2024 | — |
| 1054671201 | Peterson Mcnett Drlg | Domestic, Livestock | 135 | 20 | 2024 | — |
| 1055783553 | Rieschick Drilling Company | Other | 100 | 18 | 2024 | — |
| 1055784745 | Rieschick Drilling Company | Other | 58 | 2 | 2024 | — |
| 1055784791 | Rieschick Drilling Company | Other | 66 | 15 | 2024 | — |
| 1056070905 | Sargent Drlg #946 | Irrigation | 101 | 0 | 2024 | — |
| 1053279260 | Associated Drilling, Inc. #990 | Domestic | 114 | 100 | 2023 | — |
| 1053344138 | Associated Drilling, Inc. #990 | Domestic, Livestock | 180 | 8 | 2023 | — |
| 1053344156 | Associated Drilling, Inc. #990 | Domestic, Livestock | 198 | 5 | 2023 | — |
| 1053379981 | Clarke Well & Equipment, INC | Other | 78 | 0 | 2023 | — |
| 1053314892 | Flint Hills Drlg #914 | Domestic, changed from Oil Field Water Supply | 254 | 15 | 2023 | — |
| 1053314914 | Flint Hills Drlg #914 | Domestic, Livestock | 256 | 5 | 2023 | — |
| 1053433097 | Flint Hills Drlg #914 | Domestic, Livestock | 220 | 5 | 2023 | — |
| 1053433177 | Flint Hills Drlg #914 | Domestic, Livestock | 176 | 100 | 2023 | — |
| 1053433247 | Flint Hills Drlg #914 | Domestic | 175 | 20 | 2023 | — |
| 1053433290 | Flint Hills Drlg #914 | Domestic, Livestock | 220 | 5 | 2023 | — |
| 1053433314 | Flint Hills Drlg #914 | Domestic, Livestock | 250 | 30 | 2023 | — |
| 1053018063 | Peterson Mcnett Drlg | Irrigation | 52.5 | 50 | 2023 | — |
| 1053018407 | Peterson Mcnett Drlg | Other | 52 | 1 | 2023 | — |
| 1053242457 | Peterson Mcnett Drlg | Irrigation | 57 | 75 | 2023 | — |
| 1053387246 | Watson Well Drlg | Domestic, Livestock | 80 | 6 | 2023 | — |
| 1053387268 | Watson Well Drlg | Domestic, Livestock | 50 | 5 | 2023 | — |
| 1053387279 | Watson Well Drlg | Domestic, Livestock | 140 | 20 | 2023 | — |
| 1052972172 | Associated Drilling, INC | Domestic | 120 | 0 | 2022 | — |
| 1052972229 | Associated Drlg | Domestic, Livestock | 158 | 0 | 2022 | — |
| 1052902750 | Clarke Well & Equipment, INC | Domestic, Livestock | 77 | 0 | 2022 | — |
| 1052902774 | Clarke Well & Equipment, INC | Domestic, Livestock | 47 | 0 | 2022 | — |
| 1052892779 | Flint Hills Drlg #914 | Domestic | 64 | 10 | 2022 | — |
| 550139 | Peterson Mcnett Drilling, INC | Irrigation | 60 | 125 | 2022 | — |
| 550141 | Peterson Mcnett Drilling, INC | Irrigation | 56 | 125 | 2022 | — |
| 551932 | Peterson Mcnett Drilling, INC | Domestic | 136 | 18 | 2022 | — |
| 552415 | Associated Drilling, INC | Test Hole, Cased | 79 | 0 | 2021 | — |
| 542128 | Peterson Mcnett Drilling, INC | Other | 70 | 100 | 2021 | — |
| 542129 | Peterson Mcnett Drilling, INC | Other | 72 | 100 | 2021 | — |
| 550138 | Peterson Mcnett Drilling, INC | Irrigation | 60 | 125 | 2021 | — |
| 542840 | Williams Drilling Co., Inc. #480 | Domestic | 95 | 18 | 2021 | — |
| 542841 | Williams Drilling Co., Inc. #480 | Domestic | 51 | 15 | 2021 | — |
| 542842 | Williams Drilling Co., Inc. #480 | Domestic, Livestock | 60 | 15 | 2021 | — |
| 549373 | Williams Drilling Co., Inc. #480 | Domestic | 120 | 20 | 2021 | — |
| 549375 | Williams Drilling Co., Inc. #480 | Domestic, Livestock | 77 | 17 | 2021 | — |
| 549727 | Williams Drilling Co., Inc. #480 | Domestic | 40 | 18 | 2021 | — |
| 550145 | Williams Drilling Co., Inc. #480 | Irrigation | 47 | 800 | 2021 | — |
| 539333 | Associated Drilling, INC | Domestic, Livestock | 195 | 15 | 2020 | — |
| 540170 | Blue Valley Drilling | Domestic | 50 | 15 | 2020 | — |
| 535942 | Clarke Well & Equip | Irrigation | 66 | 0 | 2020 | — |
| 540664 | Williams Drilling Co., INC | Domestic, Livestock | 120 | 5 | 2020 | — |
| 543228 | Williams Drilling Co., Inc. #480 | Domestic | 70 | 20 | 2020 | — |
| 543231 | Williams Drilling Co., Inc. #480 | Domestic | 109 | 10 | 2020 | — |
| 527316 | Flint Hills Drilling | Domestic | 82 | 20 | 2019 | — |
| 526577 | Sargent Drilling | Test Hole, Cased | 218 | 0 | 2019 | — |
| 558329 | Williams Drilling #480 | Test hole/well | 231 | 0 | 2019 | — |
| 558330 | Williams Drilling #480 | Test hole/well | 198 | 0 | 2019 | — |
| 558331 | Williams Drilling #480 | Test hole/well | 187 | 0 | 2019 | — |
| 558332 | Williams Drilling #480 | Test hole/well | 224 | 0 | 2019 | — |
| 525223 | Williams Drilling Co., INC | Irrigation | 60 | 700 | 2019 | — |
| 525225 | Williams Drilling Co., INC | Domestic | 60 | 12 | 2019 | — |
| 531632 | Williams Drilling Co., INC | Domestic | 117 | 0 | 2019 | — |
| 517153 | Williams Drilling Co., INC | Domestic | 69 | 0 | 2018 | — |
| 522108 | Williams Drilling Co., INC | Domestic | 120 | 0 | 2018 | — |
| 509479 | Associated Drilling, INC | Domestic | 97 | 30 | 2017 | — |
| 509847 | Flint Hills Drilling | Geothermal, Closed Loop, Vertical | 240 | 1 | 2017 | — |
| 513327 | Flint Hills Drilling | Domestic, Livestock | 33 | 30 | 2017 | — |
| 513010 | Geocore, INC | Environmental Remediation, Air Sparge | 25 | 0 | 2017 | — |
| 513011 | Geocore, INC | Environmental Remediation, Air Sparge | 25 | 0 | 2017 | — |
| 513012 | Geocore, INC | Environmental Remediation, Air Sparge | 25 | 0 | 2017 | — |
| 513013 | Geocore, INC | Environmental Remediation, Air Sparge | 25 | 0 | 2017 | — |
| 513014 | Geocore, INC | Environmental Remediation, Air Sparge | 25 | 0 | 2017 | — |
| 513015 | Geocore, INC | Environmental Remediation, Air Sparge | 25 | 0 | 2017 | — |
| 513016 | Geocore, INC | Environmental Remediation, Air Sparge | 25 | 0 | 2017 | — |
| 513017 | Geocore, INC | Environmental Remediation, Soil Vapor Extraction | 17 | 0 | 2017 | — |
| 513018 | Geocore, INC | Environmental Remediation, Soil Vapor Extraction | 17 | 0 | 2017 | — |
| 513019 | Geocore, INC | Environmental Remediation, Soil Vapor Extraction | 17 | 0 | 2017 | — |
| 513020 | Geocore, INC | Environmental Remediation, Soil Vapor Extraction | 17 | 0 | 2017 | — |
| 513021 | Geocore, INC | Environmental Remediation, Soil Vapor Extraction | 17 | 0 | 2017 | — |
| 518324 | Sargent Drilling | Public Water Supply | 225 | 800 | 2017 | — |
| 505569 | Watson Well Drilling | Domestic | 70 | 15 | 2017 | — |
| 523067 | Watson Well Drilling | Domestic | 100 | 87 | 2017 | — |
| 514030 | Williams Drilling Co., INC | Dewatering | 19 | 25 | 2017 | — |
| 514031 | Williams Drilling Co., INC | Dewatering | 19 | 25 | 2017 | — |
| 516408 | Williams Drilling Co., INC | Domestic, Livestock | 97 | 3 | 2017 | — |
| 516415 | Williams Drilling Co., INC | Domestic | 60 | 10 | 2017 | — |
| 525976 | Williams Drilling Co., INC | Feedlot | 60 | 40 | 2017 | — |
| 501683 | Associated Environmental, INC | Monitoring well/observation/piezometer | 25 | 0 | 2016 | — |
| 501684 | Associated Environmental, INC | Monitoring well/observation/piezometer | 25 | 0 | 2016 | — |
| 501685 | Associated Environmental, INC | Monitoring well/observation/piezometer | 22 | 0 | 2016 | — |
| 502746 | Coranco Great Plains, INC | Monitoring well/observation/piezometer | 20 | 0 | 2016 | — |
| 502764 | Coranco Great Plains, INC | Monitoring well/observation/piezometer | 22 | 0 | 2016 | — |
| 502766 | Coranco Great Plains, INC | Monitoring well/observation/piezometer | 20 | 0 | 2016 | — |
| 502823 | Coranco Great Plains, INC | Monitoring well/observation/piezometer | 20 | 0 | 2016 | — |
| 502841 | Coranco Great Plains, INC | Monitoring well/observation/piezometer | 20 | 0 | 2016 | — |
| 499212 | Larsen and Associates, INC | Monitoring well/observation/piezometer | 21.89 | 0 | 2016 | — |
| 499213 | Larsen and Associates, INC | Monitoring well/observation/piezometer | 22.02 | 0 | 2016 | — |
| 499216 | Larsen and Associates, INC | Monitoring well/observation/piezometer | 21.6 | 0 | 2016 | — |
| 499221 | Larsen and Associates, INC | Monitoring well/observation/piezometer | 21.79 | 0 | 2016 | — |
| 495465 | Peterson Mcnett Drilling, INC | Domestic | 73 | 50 | 2016 | — |
| 505765 | Williams Drilling Co., INC | Domestic | 50 | 7 | 2016 | — |
| 510845 | Williams Drilling Co., INC | Domestic, Livestock | 40 | 0 | 2016 | — |
By water use in Republic County
- Domestic in Republic County 312
- Irrigation in Republic County 234
- Monitoring well/observation/piezometer in Republic County 160
Counties with a comparable register
- Marshall 1,058
- Osborne 1,047
- Wichita 1,037
- Nemaha 1,018
- Smith 1,005
- Trego 980
- Lane 958
- Logan 885
- Labette 872
- Hamilton 854
- Atchison 834
- Cherokee 718
- Coffey 703
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.