Water wells in Russell County
1,752 WWC-5 records — 0.6% of the Kansas register. The median well here is 35 feet deep, against 60 feet statewide.
1,752Records
35 ftMedian depth
468Plugged
118Drillers
How deep people drill in Russell 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 | 35 ft | 167 ft | 60 ft — shallower here (1,751 records, 100 %) |
| Static water level | 20 ft | 120 ft | 24 ft — lower here (1,424 records, 81 %) |
| Estimated yield | 13 gpm | 35 gpm | 25 gpm — lower here (496 records, 28 %) |
What the water is used for
| Water use | Records | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Monitoring well/observation/piezometer | 847 | 48.3% |
| Domestic | 317 | 18.1% |
| Domestic, Livestock | 271 | 15.5% |
| Domestic, Lawn and Garden | 87 | 5.0% |
| Environmental Remediation, Air Sparge | 77 | 4.4% |
| Environmental Remediation, Soil Vapor Extraction | 44 | 2.5% |
| Test hole/well | 23 | 1.3% |
| Public Water Supply | 17 | 1.0% |
| Oil Field Water Supply | 16 | 0.9% |
| Other | 10 | 0.6% |
| Dewatering | 8 | 0.5% |
| (unstated)/abandoned | 8 | 0.5% |
Wells tied to a water right
70 records in Russell County carry a DWR appropriation number — 4.0%, 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 Russell County
The busiest contractor on these records is Geocore Services INC, named on 190 of them (10.8%), ahead of Associated Environmental, INC (117) and Kelly's Water Well Service, INC (86). The oldest record here was completed in 1975 and the most recent in 2026, and the deepest well on file reaches 715 feet — a oil field water supply well drilled by Bp Exploration in 1989.
Plugging records — in Russell County
468 of the 1,752 records in Russell County carry a plugging report (26.7%), filed on form WWC-5P. The other 1,284 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 309 records here completed before 1995, that is exactly what a buyer checks. Why it matters and who pays.
Who drills in Russell County
| Contractor | Records | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Geocore Services INC | 190 | 10.8% |
| Associated Environmental, INC | 117 | 6.7% |
| Kelly's Water Well Service, INC | 86 | 4.9% |
| Geocore, INC | 80 | 4.6% |
| Karst Water Well Drilling & Service, INC | 78 | 4.5% |
| Clarke Well and Equipment, INC | 72 | 4.1% |
| Rainey Water Well | 71 | 4.1% |
| Rosencrantz-bemis Enterprises, INC | 63 | 3.6% |
| Melvin B. Karst Water Well Drilling & Service, INC | 60 | 3.4% |
| Jay C. Woofter Pump & Well, INC | 46 | 2.6% |
| Coranco Great Plains, INC | 45 | 2.6% |
| Bushell Water Well Service | 41 | 2.3% |
| Greenfield Contractors, INC | 40 | 2.3% |
| Jack Goodman Water Well Drilling | 38 | 2.2% |
| Larsen and Associates, INC | 37 | 2.1% |
| Gsi Engineering | 36 | 2.1% |
| Wagner Water Well Drlg | 32 | 1.8% |
| Roland Davis Environmental Drilling | 31 | 1.8% |
When they were drilled
| Decade | Records | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 2020s | 232 | 13.2% |
| 2010s | 455 | 26.0% |
| 2000s | 507 | 28.9% |
| 1990s | 381 | 21.7% |
| 1980s | 124 | 7.1% |
| 1970s | 50 | 2.9% |
An unplugged well on land in Russell County?
1,284 of the 1,752 records in Russell 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 Russell County
| WWC-5 | Drilled by | Use | Depth (ft) | Yield (gpm) | Year | Plugging report |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1057134191 | Associated Drilling, INC | Domestic, Livestock | 98 | 32 | 2026 | — |
| 1057530782 | Associated Drilling, INC | Domestic, Livestock | 55 | 20 | 2026 | — |
| 1057548208 | Associated Drilling, INC | Domestic, Livestock | 164 | 20 | 2026 | — |
| 1057247649 | Dylan Karst | Domestic, Livestock | 115 | 25 | 2026 | — |
| 1057116800 | Karst Water Well Drilling & Service, INC | Domestic, Lawn and Garden | 40 | 10 | 2026 | — |
| 1057247637 | Karst Water Well Drilling & Service, INC | Domestic, Livestock | 50 | 25 | 2026 | — |
| 1057213911 | Kp Hydrotech | Domestic, Livestock | 40 | 5 | 2026 | — |
| 1056661700 | Associated Drilling, INC | Domestic, Livestock | 108 | 10 | 2025 | — |
| 1056661743 | Associated Drilling, INC | Domestic, Livestock | 120 | 8 | 2025 | — |
| 1056661720 | Associated Drilling, Inc. #990 | Domestic, Livestock | 260 | 10 | 2025 | — |
| 1056661731 | Associated Drilling, Inc. #990 | Domestic, Livestock | 120 | 9 | 2025 | — |
| 1056824111 | Associated Drilling, Inc. #990 | Domestic, Livestock | 98 | 30 | 2025 | — |
| 1057248173 | Contract Dewatering Srvc | Other | 91 | 250 | 2025 | — |
| 1057248191 | Contract Dewatering Srvc | Other | 72 | 300 | 2025 | — |
| 1057248211 | Contract Dewatering Srvc | Other | 56.7 | 300 | 2025 | — |
| 1057248247 | Contract Dewatering Srvc | Other | 69 | 300 | 2025 | — |
| 1057248271 | Contract Dewatering Srvc | Other | 57.7 | 150 | 2025 | — |
| 1057248314 | Contract Dewatering Srvc | Other | 86 | 100 | 2025 | — |
| 1057248369 | Contract Dewatering Srvc | Other | 44.6 | 215 | 2025 | — |
| 1057066192 | Karst Water Well Drilling & Service, INC | Domestic, Lawn and Garden | 65 | 6 | 2025 | — |
| 1056923397 | Kp Hydrotech | Domestic, Livestock | 20 | 9.5 | 2025 | — |
| 1056923407 | Kp Hydrotech | Domestic, Livestock | 38 | 1.5 | 2025 | — |
| 1056887300 | Peterson Drlg #797 | Monitoring well/observation/piezometer | 221.5 | 2 | 2025 | — |
| 1056834656 | Rosencrantz-bemis Ent | Domestic | 220 | 0 | 2025 | — |
| 1056834703 | Rosencrantz-bemis Ent | Domestic | 180 | 0 | 2025 | — |
| 1056834724 | Rosencrantz-bemis Ent | Domestic | 160 | 0 | 2025 | — |
| 1056872589 | Rosencrantz-bemis Ent | Domestic, Livestock | 100 | 0 | 2025 | — |
| 1057027345 | Rosencrantz-bemis Ent | Domestic, Livestock | 120 | 0 | 2025 | — |
| 1057060332 | Rosencrantz-bemis Enterprises, INC | Domestic, Livestock | 290 | 0 | 2025 | — |
| 1054682108 | Associated Drilling, INC | Domestic, Livestock | 100 | 8 | 2024 | — |
| 1054682123 | Associated Drilling, INC | Domestic, Livestock | 140 | 20 | 2024 | — |
| 1055147735 | Associated Drilling, Inc. #990 | Domestic, Livestock | 259 | 20 | 2024 | — |
| 1055751344 | Associated Drilling, Inc. #990 | Domestic, Livestock | 290 | 20 | 2024 | — |
| 1054146204 | Below Ground Surface | Monitoring well/observation/piezometer | 25 | 0 | 2024 | — |
| 1056869419 | Bushell Ww Srvc | Domestic, Livestock | 185 | 4 | 2024 | — |
| 1054199865 | Env. Priority Srvc | Monitoring well/observation/piezometer | 18 | 0 | 2024 | — |
| 1055963572 | Geocore, LLC | Environmental Remediation, Soil Vapor Extraction | 17 | 0 | 2024 | — |
| 1055963580 | Geocore, LLC | Environmental Remediation, Soil Vapor Extraction | 17 | 0 | 2024 | — |
| 1055963604 | Geocore, LLC | Environmental Remediation, Soil Vapor Extraction | 17 | 0 | 2024 | — |
| 1055963612 | Geocore, LLC | Environmental Remediation, Soil Vapor Extraction | 17 | 0 | 2024 | — |
| 1055963620 | Geocore, LLC | Environmental Remediation, Soil Vapor Extraction | 17 | 0 | 2024 | — |
| 1055963629 | Geocore, LLC | Environmental Remediation, Soil Vapor Extraction | 17 | 0 | 2024 | — |
| 1056387818 | Geocore, LLC | Environmental Remediation, Air Sparge | 27 | 0 | 2024 | — |
| 1056387827 | Geocore, LLC | Environmental Remediation, Air Sparge | 27 | 0 | 2024 | — |
| 1056387838 | Geocore, LLC | Environmental Remediation, Air Sparge | 27 | 0 | 2024 | — |
| 1056387849 | Geocore, LLC | Environmental Remediation, Air Sparge | 27 | 0 | 2024 | — |
| 1056387860 | Geocore, LLC | Environmental Remediation, Air Sparge | 27.5 | 0 | 2024 | — |
| 1056387871 | Geocore, LLC | Environmental Remediation, Air Sparge | 27.5 | 0 | 2024 | — |
| 1056387881 | Geocore, LLC | Environmental Remediation, Air Sparge | 27.5 | 0 | 2024 | — |
| 1056387893 | Geocore, LLC | Environmental Remediation, Air Sparge | 27.3 | 0 | 2024 | — |
| 1056387902 | Geocore, LLC | Environmental Remediation, Air Sparge | 26.7 | 0 | 2024 | — |
| 1055072920 | Ground Water Development | Domestic, Livestock | 43 | 8 | 2024 | — |
| 1054138416 | H2o Drilling | Domestic, Livestock | 113 | 0 | 2024 | — |
| 1055468773 | Karst Water Well Drlg | Domestic, Livestock | 292 | 15 | 2024 | — |
| 1055468787 | Karst Water Well Drlg | Domestic, Livestock | 292 | 20 | 2024 | — |
| 1055281326 | Kp Hydrotech | Domestic | 106 | 0 | 2024 | — |
| 1055665510 | Kp Hydrotech | Domestic | 88 | 1 | 2024 | — |
| 1054795141 | Rosencrantz-bemis Ent | Domestic, Livestock | 80 | 0 | 2024 | — |
| 1055125593 | Rosencrantz-bemis Ent | Domestic, Livestock | 190 | 0 | 2024 | — |
| 1055651675 | Rosencrantz-bemis Ent | Domestic | 120 | 0 | 2024 | — |
| 1055969984 | Rosencrantz-bemis Ent | Domestic, Livestock | 160 | 0 | 2024 | — |
| 1055970003 | Rosencrantz-bemis Ent | Domestic, Livestock | 175 | 0 | 2024 | — |
| 1055124588 | Rosencrantz-bemis Enterprises, INC | Domestic, Livestock | 280 | 0 | 2024 | — |
| 1055125715 | Rosencrantz-bemis Enterprises, INC | Domestic, Lawn and Garden | 200 | 0 | 2024 | — |
| 1055651713 | Rosencrantz-bemis Enterprises, INC | Domestic, Lawn and Garden | 200 | 0 | 2024 | — |
| 1053416393 | Associated Drilling, Inc. #990 | Domestic, Livestock | 160 | 8 | 2023 | — |
| 1053357607 | Bushell Ww Srvc | Domestic, Livestock | 50 | 4.5 | 2023 | — |
| 1053427683 | Bushell Ww Srvc | Domestic, Livestock | 100 | 6 | 2023 | — |
| 1053427781 | Bushell Ww Srvc | Domestic, Livestock | 290 | 6.5 | 2023 | — |
| 1053427901 | Bushell Ww Srvc | Domestic, Livestock | 202 | 12 | 2023 | — |
| 1053306433 | Karst Water Well Drilling & Service, INC | Domestic, Livestock | 37 | 7 | 2023 | — |
| 1053306444 | Karst Water Well Drilling & Service, INC | Domestic, Livestock | 37 | 10 | 2023 | — |
| 1054145854 | Karst Water Well Drilling & Service, INC | Domestic, Livestock | 275 | 10 | 2023 | — |
| 1053023754 | Karst Water Well Drlg | Domestic, Livestock | 260 | 20 | 2023 | — |
| 1053306524 | Karst Water Well Drlg | Domestic | 340 | 15 | 2023 | — |
| 1053357470 | Karst Water Well Drlg | Domestic, Livestock | 65 | 20 | 2023 | — |
| 1053382003 | Karst Water Well Drlg | Domestic, Livestock | 71 | 8 | 2023 | — |
| 1053382018 | Karst Water Well Drlg | Domestic, Livestock | 65 | 15 | 2023 | — |
| 1053382028 | Karst Water Well Drlg | Domestic, Livestock | 242 | 10 | 2023 | — |
| 1053427039 | Kp Hydrotech | Domestic, Livestock | 107 | 0 | 2023 | — |
| 1053345412 | Rgn Company, INC | Domestic, Livestock | 37 | 24 | 2023 | — |
| 1053438354 | Rgn Company, INC | Domestic, Livestock | 20 | 3 | 2023 | — |
| 1053439618 | Rosencrantz-bemis Ent | Domestic, Livestock | 60 | 0 | 2023 | — |
| 551360 | Associated Drilling, INC | Domestic, Livestock | 180 | 1 | 2022 | — |
| 1052900737 | Associated Drlg | Domestic, Livestock | 200 | 6 | 2022 | — |
| 551527 | Bushell Water Well Drilling and Service | Domestic, Livestock | 130 | 12 | 2022 | — |
| 1053357620 | Bushell Ww Srvc | Domestic, Livestock | 61 | 6 | 2022 | — |
| 1053357671 | Bushell Ww Srvc | Domestic, Livestock | 100 | 24 | 2022 | — |
| 1052969467 | Flint Hills Drlg #914 | Geothermal, Closed Loop, Vertical | 200 | 0 | 2022 | — |
| 1052969509 | Flint Hills Drlg #914 | Geothermal, Closed Loop, Vertical | 300 | 8 | 2022 | — |
| 1053160474 | Gsi Engineering | Environmental Remediation, Air Sparge | 19.5 | 0 | 2022 | — |
| 1053160503 | Gsi Engineering | Monitoring well/observation/piezometer | 22.5 | 0 | 2022 | — |
| 1053160512 | Gsi Engineering | Environmental Remediation, Air Sparge | 19.5 | 0 | 2022 | — |
| 1053160520 | Gsi Engineering | Environmental Remediation, Air Sparge | 19.5 | 0 | 2022 | — |
| 1053160528 | Gsi Engineering | Environmental Remediation, Air Sparge | 19.5 | 0 | 2022 | — |
| 1053160536 | Gsi Engineering | Monitoring well/observation/piezometer | 22 | 0 | 2022 | — |
| 1053160544 | Gsi Engineering | Environmental Remediation, Air Sparge | 19.5 | 0 | 2022 | — |
| 1053160552 | Gsi Engineering | Environmental Remediation, Air Sparge | 19.5 | 0 | 2022 | — |
| 1053160560 | Gsi Engineering | Environmental Remediation, Air Sparge | 19.5 | 0 | 2022 | — |
| 1053160568 | Gsi Engineering | Environmental Remediation, Air Sparge | 19.5 | 0 | 2022 | — |
| 1053160576 | Gsi Engineering | Environmental Remediation, Air Sparge | 19.5 | 0 | 2022 | — |
| 1053160624 | Gsi Engineering | Environmental Remediation, Soil Vapor Extraction | 14 | 0 | 2022 | — |
| 1053160632 | Gsi Engineering | Environmental Remediation, Soil Vapor Extraction | 14.2 | 0 | 2022 | — |
| 1053160640 | Gsi Engineering | Environmental Remediation, Soil Vapor Extraction | 14 | 0 | 2022 | — |
| 1053160649 | Gsi Engineering | Environmental Remediation, Soil Vapor Extraction | 14 | 0 | 2022 | — |
| 1053160657 | Gsi Engineering | Environmental Remediation, Soil Vapor Extraction | 14 | 0 | 2022 | — |
| 1053160665 | Gsi Engineering | Environmental Remediation, Soil Vapor Extraction | 14 | 0 | 2022 | — |
| 1053285390 | Gsi Engineering | Environmental Remediation, Air Sparge | 19.5 | 0 | 2022 | — |
| 1053289870 | Gsi Engineering | Environmental Remediation, Soil Vapor Extraction | 14 | 0 | 2022 | — |
| 1053289896 | Gsi Engineering | Environmental Remediation, Soil Vapor Extraction | 14 | 0 | 2022 | — |
| 1052885678 | Karst Water Well Drilling & Service, INC | Domestic, Livestock | 30 | 4 | 2022 | — |
| 1052894900 | Karst Water Well Drilling & Service, INC | Domestic | 54 | 7 | 2022 | — |
| 1052896136 | Karst Water Well Drilling & Service, INC | Domestic, Livestock | 35 | 20 | 2022 | — |
| 1052970152 | Karst Water Well Drlg | Domestic, Livestock | 54 | 20 | 2022 | — |
| 1052914416 | Rosencrantz-bemis Ent | Domestic | 50 | 0 | 2022 | — |
| 1052915185 | Rosencrantz-bemis Ent | Domestic, Livestock | 160 | 0 | 2022 | — |
| 1052884493 | Stepbrothers Water Drlg | Domestic, Livestock | 37 | 0 | 2022 | — |
| 1052884502 | Stepbrothers Water Drlg | Domestic, Livestock | 28 | 0 | 2022 | — |
| 1052904011 | Stepbrothers Water Drlg | Domestic, Livestock | 27 | 0 | 2022 | — |
| 1052904021 | Stepbrothers Water Drlg | Domestic, Livestock | 34 | 10 | 2022 | — |
| 544537 | Associated Drilling, INC | Domestic, Livestock | 278 | 10 | 2021 | — |
| 547575 | Associated Drilling, INC | Domestic, Livestock | 258 | 15 | 2021 | — |
| 545044 | Bushell Water Well Drilling and Service | Domestic, Livestock | 100 | 5 | 2021 | — |
| 545906 | Bushell Water Well Drilling and Service | Domestic, Lawn and Garden | 118 | 24 | 2021 | — |
| 547079 | Bushell Water Well Drilling and Service | Domestic, Livestock | 160 | 12 | 2021 | — |
| 547080 | Bushell Water Well Drilling and Service | Domestic, Livestock | 120 | 6 | 2021 | — |
| 547916 | Bushell Water Well Drilling and Service | Domestic, Livestock | 140 | 3 | 2021 | — |
| 547917 | Bushell Water Well Drilling and Service | Domestic, Livestock | 102 | 12 | 2021 | — |
| 543397 | Geocore, LLC | Monitoring well/observation/piezometer | 22 | 0 | 2021 | — |
| 543398 | Geocore, LLC | Monitoring well/observation/piezometer | 22 | 0 | 2021 | — |
| 547604 | Gsi Engineering, LLC | Monitoring well/observation/piezometer | 15 | 0 | 2021 | — |
| 547605 | Gsi Engineering, LLC | Monitoring well/observation/piezometer | 15 | 0 | 2021 | — |
| 547606 | Gsi Engineering, LLC | Monitoring well/observation/piezometer | 15 | 0 | 2021 | — |
| 547607 | Gsi Engineering, LLC | Monitoring well/observation/piezometer | 15 | 0 | 2021 | — |
| 541046 | Karst Water Well Drilling and Service, INC | Domestic | 33 | 40 | 2021 | — |
| 547600 | Karst Water Well Drilling and Service, INC | Domestic, Livestock | 54 | 10 | 2021 | — |
| 546525 | Rosencrantz-bemis Ent., INC | Domestic, Livestock | 50 | 20 | 2021 | — |
| 541147 | Associated Env | Monitoring well/observation/piezometer | 35 | 0 | 2020 | — |
| 541148 | Associated Env | Monitoring well/observation/piezometer | 35 | 0 | 2020 | — |
| 541149 | Associated Env | Monitoring well/observation/piezometer | 35 | 0 | 2020 | — |
By water use in Russell County
- Domestic in Russell County 317
- Domestic, Livestock in Russell County 271
- Monitoring well/observation/piezometer in Russell County 847
Counties with a comparable register
- Ellsworth 2,028
- Rush 1,921
- Geary 1,901
- Barber 1,835
- Washington 1,798
- Phillips 1,775
- Norton 1,770
- Cloud 1,746
- Morris 1,671
- Rawlins 1,643
- Clay 1,621
- Ottawa 1,592
- Grant 1,571
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.