Water wells in Rooks County
1,422 WWC-5 records — 0.5% of the Kansas register. The median well here is 43 feet deep, against 60 feet statewide.
1,422Records
43 ftMedian depth
326Plugged
107Drillers
How deep people drill in Rooks 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 | 43 ft | 80 ft | 60 ft — shallower here (1,418 records, 100 %) |
| Static water level | 25 ft | 50 ft | 24 ft — higher here (1,226 records, 86 %) |
| Estimated yield | 15 gpm | 50 gpm | 25 gpm — lower here (604 records, 42 %) |
What the water is used for
| Water use | Records | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Monitoring well/observation/piezometer | 528 | 37.1% |
| Domestic | 422 | 29.7% |
| Domestic, Livestock | 150 | 10.5% |
| Domestic, Lawn and Garden | 106 | 7.5% |
| Environmental Remediation, Air Sparge | 59 | 4.1% |
| Public Water Supply | 49 | 3.4% |
| Environmental Remediation, Soil Vapor Extraction | 25 | 1.8% |
| Irrigation | 24 | 1.7% |
| (unstated)/abandoned | 17 | 1.2% |
| Oil Field Water Supply | 11 | 0.8% |
| Feedlot | 8 | 0.6% |
| Environmental Remediation, Recovery | 5 | 0.4% |
Wells tied to a water right
69 records in Rooks County carry a DWR appropriation number — 4.9%, 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 Rooks County
The busiest contractor on these records is Karst Water Well Drilling & Service, INC, named on 237 of them (16.7%), ahead of Geocore, INC (98) and Andy Anderson Drilling (82). The oldest record here was completed in 1975 and the most recent in 2026, and the deepest well on file reaches 960 feet — a oil field water supply well drilled by Destal Tyler Water Well Service in 2004.
Plugging records — in Rooks County
326 of the 1,422 records in Rooks County carry a plugging report (22.9%), filed on form WWC-5P. The other 1,096 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 354 records here completed before 1995, that is exactly what a buyer checks. Why it matters and who pays.
Who drills in Rooks County
| Contractor | Records | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Karst Water Well Drilling & Service, INC | 237 | 16.7% |
| Geocore, INC | 98 | 6.9% |
| Andy Anderson Drilling | 82 | 5.8% |
| Woofter Pump & Well, INC | 72 | 5.1% |
| Associated Environmental, INC | 68 | 4.8% |
| James F. Jones Bros. Water Well Service | 49 | 3.4% |
| Greenfield Contractors, INC | 40 | 2.8% |
| Melvin B. Karst Water Well Drilling & Service, INC | 37 | 2.6% |
| Yellow Jacket Drilling | 37 | 2.6% |
| Larsen and Associates, INC | 36 | 2.5% |
| Maxim Tech./kansas City | 30 | 2.1% |
| Jb Environmental Drilling | 29 | 2.0% |
| Geocore Services INC | 27 | 1.9% |
| Cody Werner | 26 | 1.8% |
| Coranco Great Plains, INC | 24 | 1.7% |
| Clarke Well and Equipment, INC | 20 | 1.4% |
| Pfannenstiel Water Well Service | 19 | 1.3% |
| Milco Environmental Services | 19 | 1.3% |
When they were drilled
| Decade | Records | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 2020s | 213 | 15.0% |
| 2010s | 297 | 20.9% |
| 2000s | 358 | 25.2% |
| 1990s | 306 | 21.5% |
| 1980s | 174 | 12.2% |
| 1970s | 74 | 5.2% |
An unplugged well on land in Rooks County?
1,096 of the 1,422 records in Rooks 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 Rooks County
| WWC-5 | Drilled by | Use | Depth (ft) | Yield (gpm) | Year | Plugging report |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1057086900 | Cody Werner | Domestic, Lawn and Garden | 65 | 4 | 2026 | — |
| 1057131349 | Cody Werner | Domestic, Livestock | 58 | 0.5 | 2026 | — |
| 1057177561 | Cody Werner | Domestic, Lawn and Garden | 63 | 15 | 2026 | — |
| 1057177573 | Cody Werner | Domestic, Livestock | 98 | 15 | 2026 | — |
| 1057285624 | Cody Werner | Domestic, Lawn and Garden | 66 | 20 | 2026 | — |
| 1057530802 | Cody Werner | Domestic, Livestock | 34 | 15 | 2026 | — |
| 1057532148 | Karst Water Well Drilling & Service, INC | Domestic, Livestock | 52 | 50 | 2026 | — |
| 1057537821 | Karst Water Well Drilling & Service, INC | Domestic, Livestock | 60 | 20 | 2026 | — |
| 1057079906 | Kp Hydrotech | Domestic, Livestock | 90 | 9 | 2026 | — |
| 1057100879 | Rgn Company, INC | Domestic, Livestock | 38 | 26 | 2026 | — |
| 1056837685 | Associated Drilling, Inc. #990 | Domestic, Livestock | 80 | 30 | 2025 | — |
| 1056837800 | Associated Drilling, Inc. #990 | Domestic, Livestock | 70 | 40 | 2025 | — |
| 1056650617 | Burton Well Drilling | Domestic, Livestock | 41 | 0 | 2025 | — |
| 1056738682 | Cody Werner | Domestic, Livestock | 42 | 0 | 2025 | — |
| 1056738694 | Cody Werner | Domestic, Livestock | 40 | 1 | 2025 | — |
| 1056867187 | Cody Werner | Domestic, Livestock | 47 | 5 | 2025 | — |
| 1056875535 | Cody Werner | Domestic, Livestock | 50 | 20 | 2025 | — |
| 1056875546 | Cody Werner | Domestic, Lawn and Garden | 70 | 6 | 2025 | — |
| 1056893617 | Cody Werner | Domestic, Lawn and Garden | 67 | 15 | 2025 | — |
| 1056893629 | Cody Werner | Domestic, Lawn and Garden | 75 | 15 | 2025 | — |
| 1056893687 | Cody Werner | Domestic, Lawn and Garden | 74 | 15 | 2025 | — |
| 1056899937 | Cody Werner | Domestic | 35 | 15 | 2025 | — |
| 1056933950 | Cody Werner | Domestic, Livestock | 45 | 1.5 | 2025 | — |
| 1056934011 | Cody Werner | Domestic, Livestock | 35 | 5 | 2025 | — |
| 1057066295 | Karst Water Well Drilling & Service, INC | Domestic | 37 | 7 | 2025 | — |
| 1056614388 | Kp Hydrotech | Domestic | 133 | 15 | 2025 | — |
| 1057040833 | Kp Hydrotech | Domestic | 52 | 5 | 2025 | — |
| 1056866821 | Rgn Company, INC | Domestic, Livestock | 40 | 12 | 2025 | — |
| 1056639266 | Stepbrothers Water Drlg | Domestic, Livestock | 58 | 0 | 2025 | — |
| 1056893118 | Ues Exploration #531 | Monitoring well/observation/piezometer | 39 | 0 | 2025 | — |
| 1054574378 | Cody Werner | Domestic | 80 | 12 | 2024 | — |
| 1054670907 | Cody Werner | Domestic, Lawn and Garden | 74 | 0 | 2024 | — |
| 1054864523 | Cody Werner | Domestic, Lawn and Garden | 70 | 0 | 2024 | — |
| 1054944582 | Cody Werner | Domestic, Lawn and Garden | 64 | 0 | 2024 | — |
| 1055058134 | Cody Werner | Domestic, Lawn and Garden | 71 | 0 | 2024 | — |
| 1055353804 | Cody Werner | Domestic | 66 | 0 | 2024 | — |
| 1055353815 | Cody Werner | Domestic | 50 | 0 | 2024 | — |
| 1055524077 | Cody Werner | Domestic, Lawn and Garden | 81 | 15 | 2024 | — |
| 1055615304 | Cody Werner | Domestic, Lawn and Garden | 62 | 15 | 2024 | — |
| 1054946221 | Kp Hydrotech | Domestic, Livestock | 85 | 15 | 2024 | — |
| 1055028854 | Kp Hydrotech | Domestic | 30 | 12 | 2024 | — |
| 1055844940 | Kp Hydrotech | Domestic, Livestock | 103 | 5 | 2024 | — |
| 1054334770 | Rgn Company, INC | Domestic, Livestock | 57 | 25 | 2024 | — |
| 1054770522 | Rgn Company, INC | Domestic, Livestock | 37 | 25 | 2024 | — |
| 1054770533 | Rgn Company, INC | Domestic, Livestock | 57 | 1 | 2024 | — |
| 1055665260 | Rgn Company, INC | Domestic, Livestock | 49 | 10 | 2024 | — |
| 1055665421 | Rgn Company, INC | Domestic | 53 | 12 | 2024 | — |
| 1054247692 | Stepbrothers Water Drlg | Domestic | 60 | 16 | 2024 | — |
| 1053306487 | Karst Water Well Drilling & Service, INC | Domestic | 65 | 12 | 2023 | — |
| 1053306472 | Karst Water Well Drlg | Domestic, Lawn and Garden | 71 | 20 | 2023 | — |
| 1053357593 | Karst Water Well Drlg | Domestic, Livestock | 50 | 20 | 2023 | — |
| 1053382112 | Karst Water Well Drlg | Domestic | 115 | 20 | 2023 | — |
| 1053345503 | Rgn Company, INC | Domestic, Livestock | 15 | 8 | 2023 | — |
| 1053424604 | Rgn Company, INC | Domestic, Livestock | 115 | 1 | 2023 | — |
| 1053438374 | Rgn Company, INC | Domestic, Livestock | 150 | 15 | 2023 | — |
| 1053438383 | Rgn Company, INC | Domestic, Livestock | 60 | 10 | 2023 | — |
| 1053438396 | Rgn Company, INC | Domestic, Livestock | 75 | 8 | 2023 | — |
| 1053579429 | Rgn Company, INC | Domestic, Livestock | 36 | 1 | 2023 | — |
| 1052907511 | Downey Drlg #748 | Public Water Supply | 48 | 200 | 2022 | — |
| 552734 | Environmental Priority Service, INC | Monitoring well/observation/piezometer | 50.1 | 0 | 2022 | — |
| 554514 | Gottschalk Ww Drlg | Domestic | 43 | 22 | 2022 | — |
| 1052888358 | Karst Water Well Drilling & Service, INC | Domestic, Lawn and Garden | 66 | 30 | 2022 | — |
| 1052905609 | Karst Water Well Drilling & Service, INC | Domestic, Lawn and Garden | 71 | 30 | 2022 | — |
| 1052892397 | Karst Water Well Drlg | Domestic, Livestock | 50 | 5 | 2022 | — |
| 1052901061 | Karst Water Well Drlg | Domestic, Livestock | 30 | 25 | 2022 | — |
| 1052903839 | Karst Water Well Drlg | Domestic, Livestock | 30 | 20 | 2022 | — |
| 1052941872 | Karst Water Well Drlg | Domestic | 88 | 30 | 2022 | — |
| 1052941997 | Karst Water Well Drlg | Domestic, Livestock | 54 | 4 | 2022 | — |
| 1052970129 | Karst Water Well Drlg | Domestic, Lawn and Garden | 37 | 20 | 2022 | — |
| 1053306398 | Karst Water Well Drlg | Domestic, Livestock | 40 | 5 | 2022 | — |
| 1052903353 | Rosencrantz-bemis Enterprises, INC | Domestic, Livestock | 23 | 0 | 2022 | — |
| 1052963085 | Woofter Pump & Well #881 | Domestic | 80 | 20 | 2022 | — |
| 545037 | Gsi Engineering, LLC | Monitoring well/observation/piezometer | 28 | 0 | 2021 | — |
| 545038 | Gsi Engineering, LLC | Monitoring well/observation/piezometer | 29.5 | 0 | 2021 | — |
| 545039 | Gsi Engineering, LLC | Monitoring well/observation/piezometer | 29.8 | 0 | 2021 | — |
| 545040 | Gsi Engineering, LLC | Monitoring well/observation/piezometer | 38.4 | 0 | 2021 | — |
| 545041 | Gsi Engineering, LLC | Monitoring well/observation/piezometer | 44.7 | 0 | 2021 | — |
| 543593 | Karst Water Well Drilling and Service, INC | Domestic, Lawn and Garden | 70 | 20 | 2021 | — |
| 549689 | Karst Water Well Drilling and Service, INC | Domestic | 88 | 20 | 2021 | — |
| 540945 | Stepbrothers Water Drilling | Domestic, Lawn and Garden | 27 | 10 | 2021 | — |
| 533227 | Groundwater Development CO | Domestic, Lawn and Garden | 65 | 9 | 2020 | — |
| 528929 | Karst Water Well Drilling & Service, INC | Domestic | 105 | 20 | 2020 | — |
| 530509 | Karst Water Well Drilling & Service, INC | Domestic, Livestock | 135 | 3 | 2020 | — |
| 530511 | Karst Water Well Drilling & Service, INC | Domestic, Livestock | 40 | 20 | 2020 | — |
| 531287 | Karst Water Well Drilling & Service, INC | Domestic, Livestock | 58 | 20 | 2020 | — |
| 530524 | Karst Water Well Drilling and Service, INC | Domestic, Livestock | 54 | 15 | 2020 | — |
| 531312 | Karst Water Well Drilling and Service, INC | Domestic | 68 | 20 | 2020 | — |
| 532108 | Karst Water Well Drilling and Service, INC | Domestic, Livestock | 25 | 20 | 2020 | — |
| 532109 | Karst Water Well Drilling and Service, INC | Domestic, Livestock | 20 | 20 | 2020 | — |
| 532964 | Karst Water Well Drilling and Service, INC | Domestic, Livestock | 95 | 20 | 2020 | — |
| 534784 | Karst Water Well Drilling and Service, INC | Domestic, Livestock | 65 | 20 | 2020 | — |
| 537262 | Karst Water Well Drilling and Service, INC | Domestic | 45 | 30 | 2020 | — |
| 532091 | Woofter Pump & Well, INC | Domestic, Livestock | 65 | 30 | 2020 | — |
| 523245 | Karst Water Well Drilling & Service, INC | Domestic | 36 | 20 | 2019 | — |
| 528335 | Rmd Drilling & Well Service, LLC | Domestic | 72 | 25 | 2019 | — |
| 528336 | Rmd Drilling & Well Service, LLC | Domestic | 72 | 25 | 2019 | — |
| 525514 | Step Brothers | Domestic, Livestock | 50 | 10 | 2019 | — |
| 523546 | Terry Davis | Domestic, Livestock | 26 | 10 | 2019 | — |
| 529792 | Woofter Pump and Well, INC | Monitoring well/observation/piezometer | 33 | 0 | 2019 | — |
| 517325 | Gottschalk Water Well Drilling | Domestic | 60 | 15 | 2018 | — |
| 517565 | Gsi Engineering, LLC | Monitoring well/observation/piezometer | 32 | 0 | 2018 | — |
| 517566 | Gsi Engineering, LLC | Monitoring well/observation/piezometer | 48 | 0 | 2018 | — |
| 517567 | Gsi Engineering, LLC | Monitoring well/observation/piezometer | 47.7 | 0 | 2018 | — |
| 517571 | Gsi Engineering, LLC | Monitoring well/observation/piezometer | 48 | 0 | 2018 | — |
| 517573 | Gsi Engineering, LLC | Monitoring well/observation/piezometer | 48.5 | 0 | 2018 | — |
| 513835 | Karst Water Well Drilling & Service, INC | Domestic, Livestock | 35 | 20 | 2018 | — |
| 513838 | Karst Water Well Drilling & Service, INC | Domestic | 105 | 20 | 2018 | — |
| 513839 | Karst Water Well Drilling & Service, INC | Domestic, Lawn and Garden | 80 | 20 | 2018 | — |
| 517451 | Karst Water Well Drilling & Service, INC | Domestic, Livestock | 40 | 20 | 2018 | — |
| 519507 | Karst Water Well Drilling & Service, INC | Domestic, Livestock | 30 | 20 | 2018 | — |
| 520570 | Karst Water Well Drilling & Service, INC | Domestic, Livestock | 30 | 25 | 2018 | — |
| 520571 | Karst Water Well Drilling & Service, INC | Domestic, Livestock | 30 | 25 | 2018 | — |
| 515719 | Larsen and Associates, INC | Monitoring well/observation/piezometer | 34.5 | 0 | 2018 | — |
| 515720 | Larsen and Associates, INC | Monitoring well/observation/piezometer | 40 | 0 | 2018 | — |
| 515721 | Larsen and Associates, INC | Monitoring well/observation/piezometer | 40 | 0 | 2018 | — |
| 515722 | Larsen and Associates, INC | Monitoring well/observation/piezometer | 35 | 0 | 2018 | — |
| 515723 | Larsen and Associates, INC | Monitoring well/observation/piezometer | 35 | 0 | 2018 | — |
| 518794 | Step Brothers | Domestic, Livestock | 28 | 8 | 2018 | — |
| 524445 | T and T Water Well Drilling | Domestic, Livestock | 68 | 50 | 2018 | — |
| 515370 | Woofter Pump and Well, INC | Domestic | 45 | 40 | 2018 | — |
| 509710 | Coranco Great Plains, INC | Monitoring well/observation/piezometer | 40 | 0 | 2017 | — |
| 509712 | Coranco Great Plains, INC | Monitoring well/observation/piezometer | 40 | 0 | 2017 | — |
| 509725 | Coranco Great Plains, INC | Monitoring well/observation/piezometer | 40 | 0 | 2017 | — |
| 512282 | Geocore, INC | Environmental Remediation, Air Sparge | 56 | 0 | 2017 | — |
| 512283 | Geocore, INC | Environmental Remediation, Air Sparge | 56 | 0 | 2017 | — |
| 512284 | Geocore, INC | Environmental Remediation, Air Sparge | 56 | 0 | 2017 | — |
| 512285 | Geocore, INC | Environmental Remediation, Air Sparge | 56 | 0 | 2017 | — |
| 512286 | Geocore, INC | Environmental Remediation, Air Sparge | 56 | 0 | 2017 | — |
| 512287 | Geocore, INC | Monitoring well/observation/piezometer | 55 | 0 | 2017 | — |
| 512288 | Geocore, INC | Monitoring well/observation/piezometer | 55 | 0 | 2017 | — |
| 512289 | Geocore, INC | Environmental Remediation, Soil Vapor Extraction | 45 | 0 | 2017 | — |
| 512290 | Geocore, INC | Environmental Remediation, Soil Vapor Extraction | 45 | 0 | 2017 | — |
| 507385 | Karst Water Well Drilling & Service, INC | Domestic, Livestock | 45 | 30 | 2017 | — |
| 507401 | Karst Water Well Drilling & Service, INC | Domestic | 55 | 7 | 2017 | — |
| 507412 | Karst Water Well Drilling & Service, INC | Domestic, Livestock | 35 | 5 | 2017 | — |
| 507429 | Karst Water Well Drilling & Service, INC | Domestic, Livestock | 40 | 20 | 2017 | — |
| 507430 | Karst Water Well Drilling & Service, INC | Domestic, Livestock | 45 | 8 | 2017 | — |
| 507431 | Karst Water Well Drilling & Service, INC | Domestic, Livestock | 41 | 20 | 2017 | — |
| 508576 | Karst Water Well Drilling & Service, INC | Domestic, Lawn and Garden | 75 | 20 | 2017 | — |
| 509269 | Karst Water Well Drilling & Service, INC | Domestic | 95 | 20 | 2017 | — |
By water use in Rooks County
- Domestic in Rooks County 422
- Domestic, Livestock in Rooks County 150
- Monitoring well/observation/piezometer in Rooks County 528
Counties with a comparable register
- Grant 1,571
- Scott 1,571
- Franklin 1,558
- Harper 1,552
- Sherman 1,533
- Graham 1,482
- Clark 1,445
- Hodgeman 1,417
- Lyon 1,410
- Decatur 1,348
- Ness 1,336
- Morton 1,201
- Gove 1,196
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.