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Public Water Supply wells in Sedgwick County

162 of the 74,710 WWC-5 records in Sedgwick County — 0.2% — are recorded for public water supply.

How this group compares

Sedgwick County holds 6.0% of the 2,710 public water supply records in Kansas, while holding 23.7% of the register overall — so this use is under-represented here.

a use the record files under this heading.

Medians, on the records where the driller reported a figure — never a mean, which a handful of deep irrigation wells would carry away
MeasurementMedian90th percentileKansas median
Depth62 ft160 ft60 ft — deeper here (162 records, 100 %)
Static water level18 ft32 ft24 ft — lower here (156 records, 96 %)
Estimated yield608 gpm1600 gpm25 gpm — higher here (48 records, 30 %)

What stands out among these

The busiest contractor on these records is Layne-christensen CO, named on 47 of them (29.0%), ahead of Clarke Well and Equipment, INC (36) and Harp Well & Pump Service, INC (21). The oldest record here was completed in 1974 and the most recent in 2021, and the deepest well on file reaches 231 feet — a public water supply well drilled by Clarke Well and Equipment, INC in 2001.

Plugging records — for public water supply in Sedgwick County

55 of the 162 records for public water supply in Sedgwick County carry a plugging report (34.0%), filed on form WWC-5P. The other 107 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 60 records here completed before 1995, that is exactly what a buyer checks. Why it matters and who pays.

Who drilled them

ContractorRecordsShare
Layne-christensen CO4729.0%
Clarke Well and Equipment, INC3622.2%
Harp Well & Pump Service, INC2113.0%
Sargent Drilling159.3%
Jerome Weninger Drilling, INC106.2%
Layne Western84.9%
Jet Water Well Drilling31.9%
Layne-western CO21.2%
Jerry Reiserer Well Drilling21.2%
City of Cheney21.2%
Layne Christensen CO21.2%
Kelly Dunham Wrecking10.6%
Otis Bearden, Wayne Bearden10.6%
Glenn E. Mcmillan Water Well Drilling10.6%
City of Wichita, Water Dept10.6%
City of Wichita10.6%

An unplugged well on land in Sedgwick County?

107 of the 162 records in Sedgwick 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.

The records

Public Water Supply, Sedgwick County — « plugging report » reads yes where a WWC-5P was filed and a dash where none was, which is NOT a finding that the well is abandoned. A 0 means the driller reported no figure, not a measurement of zero. The legal description is on the record, never on a page.
WWC-5Drilled byUseDepth (ft)Yield (gpm)YearPlugging report
548426Clarke Well and Equipment, INCPublic Water Supply154.702021
508582Layne Christensen COPublic Water Supply76.73502013
457685Sargent DrillingPublic Water Supply20412002012
457862Sargent DrillingPublic Water Supply5315002012
457863Sargent DrillingPublic Water Supply5615002012
457864Sargent DrillingPublic Water Supply4815002012
457867Sargent DrillingPublic Water Supply5215002012
457868Sargent DrillingPublic Water Supply5815002012
457869Sargent DrillingPublic Water Supply4515002012
432100Sargent DrillingPublic Water Supply5210002010
422269Layne-christensen COPublic Water Supply136.516002009
422270Layne-christensen COPublic Water Supply14916002009
422271Layne-christensen COPublic Water Supply13815002009
422272Layne-christensen COPublic Water Supply13516002009
422273Layne-christensen COPublic Water Supply13716002009
422274Layne-christensen COPublic Water Supply136.516002009
416764Clarke Well and Equipment, INCPublic Water Supply8102008
414212Layne-christensen COPublic Water Supply486002008
407834Clarke Well and Equipment, INCPublic Water Supply8502007
396790Clarke Well and Equipment, INCPublic Water Supply136.6102006
343941Harp Well & Pump Service, INCPublic Water Supply12002003
343942Harp Well & Pump Service, INCPublic Water Supply11002003
341584Layne WesternPublic Water Supply525002003
331512Clarke Well and Equipment, INCPublic Water Supply194.5202002
331786Clarke Well and Equipment, INCPublic Water Supply19502002
330045Jerome Weninger Drilling, INCPublic Water Supply60122002
318458Clarke Well and Equipment, INCPublic Water Supply101.502001
318459Clarke Well and Equipment, INCPublic Water Supply100.302001
319066Clarke Well and Equipment, INCPublic Water Supply5602001
324158Clarke Well and Equipment, INCPublic Water Supply23102001
321475Jerome Weninger Drilling, INCPublic Water Supply66152001
319256Michael Peterson Irrigation, INCPublic Water Supply6315002001
303070Clarke Well and Equipment, INCPublic Water Supply20601998
504485Layne WesternPublic Water Supply443001998
115450Clarke Well and Equipment, INCPublic Water Supply46.501997
115451Clarke Well and Equipment, INCPublic Water Supply4701997
115452Clarke Well and Equipment, INCPublic Water Supply63.501997
115453Clarke Well and Equipment, INCPublic Water Supply49.501997
111586Harp Well & Pump Service, INCPublic Water Supply4501997
108638Clarke Well and Equipment, INCPublic Water Supply11501996
106098Harp Well & Pump Service, INCPublic Water Supply5301996
99561Clarke Well and Equipment, INCPublic Water Supply155.1201995
102617Clarke Well and Equipment, INCPublic Water Supply8001995
102618Clarke Well and Equipment, INCPublic Water Supply6801995
99076Harp Well & Pump Service, INCPublic Water Supply7301995
103317Harp Well & Pump Service, INCPublic Water Supply4001995
461264Rosencrantz-bemis Enterprises, INCPublic Water Supply9001995
96501Harp Well & Pump Service, INCPublic Water Supply6701994
73531Harp Well & Pump Service, INCPublic Water Supply3501993
65644Jerome Weninger Drilling, INCPublic Water Supply9301993
65649Jerome Weninger Drilling, INCPublic Water Supply9801993
62159Clarke Well and Equipment, INCPublic Water Supply57.501992
73468Jet Water Well DrillingPublic Water Supply3601992
73469Jet Water Well DrillingPublic Water Supply3401992
73470Jet Water Well DrillingPublic Water Supply3501992
62112Clarke Well and Equipment, INCPublic Water Supply16101991
73462Harp Well & Pump Service, INCPublic Water Supply3501991
76776Harp Well & Pump Service, INCPublic Water Supply76.501990
76777Harp Well & Pump Service, INCPublic Water Supply9001990
76778Harp Well & Pump Service, INCPublic Water Supply83.501990
65570Jerome Weninger Drilling, INCPublic Water Supply651001989
63870Clarke Well and Equipment, INCPublic Water Supply453501988
74361Clarke Well and Equipment, INCPublic Water Supply7401987
74041Harp Well & Pump Service, INCPublic Water Supply11001987
63729Layne-christensen COPublic Water Supply40351987
64169Layne-christensen COPublic Water Supply40351987
64220Layne-christensen COPublic Water Supply40281987
64918Layne-christensen COPublic Water Supply9810001987
64902Jerome Weninger Drilling, INCPublic Water Supply40701986
460865KdotPublic Water Supply853001986
62793Layne-christensen COPublic Water Supply22001986
76831Layne-christensen COPublic Water Supply5101986
62804Layne-christensen COPublic Water Supply18401985
76543Layne-christensen COPublic Water Supply53.601985
75507Jerry Reiserer Well DrillingPublic Water Supply90401984
491559Jerry Reiserer Well DrillingPublic Water Supply90401984
62369Layne-christensen COPublic Water Supply525001983
62728Layne-christensen COPublic Water Supply21301983
65045Layne-christensen COPublic Water Supply705001983
76409Layne-christensen COPublic Water Supply4101983
63261Layne-christensen COPublic Water Supply46.301982
63272Layne-christensen COPublic Water Supply45.301982
76665Layne-christensen COPublic Water Supply855001982
76668Layne-christensen COPublic Water Supply8101982
76464Glenn E. Mcmillan Water Well DrillingPublic Water Supply3701981
64878Jerome Weninger Drilling, INCPublic Water Supply622001981
439373Layne-christensen COPublic Water Supply197.501981
439375Layne-christensen COPublic Water Supply132.601981
75428Harp Well & Pump Service, INCPublic Water Supply9001980
62726Layne-christensen COPublic Water Supply21815001980
76643Layne-christensen COPublic Water Supply556081980
76644Layne-christensen COPublic Water Supply5310001980
63387Harp Well & Pump Service, INCPublic Water Supply4501979
64228Harp Well & Pump Service, INCPublic Water Supply4501979
75617Layne-christensen COPublic Water Supply401001979
75619Layne-christensen COPublic Water Supply931001978
76410Layne-christensen COPublic Water Supply37.501978
70591Layne-western COPublic Water Supply14010001978
70597Layne-western COPublic Water Supply13510001978
75473Harp Well & Pump Service, INCPublic Water Supply11001977
75474Harp Well & Pump Service, INCPublic Water Supply11001977
63257Layne-christensen COPublic Water Supply507501977
63259Layne-christensen COPublic Water Supply497501977
63954Layne-christensen COPublic Water Supply455001977
76300Otis Bearden, Wayne BeardenPublic Water Supply17401976
64015Layne-christensen COPublic Water Supply465001975
62170Layne-christensen COPublic Water Supply387001974
465851Sargent DrillingPublic Water Supply197.4202012yes
466266Sargent DrillingPublic Water Supply3002012yes
466267Sargent DrillingPublic Water Supply4102012yes
466268Sargent DrillingPublic Water Supply5502012yes
466269Sargent DrillingPublic Water Supply4502012yes
466270Sargent DrillingPublic Water Supply4502012yes
466271Sargent DrillingPublic Water Supply4202012yes
451316Layne Christensen COPublic Water Supply43.102011yes
439858Harp Well & Pump Service, INCPublic Water Supply4002010yes
431349City of HaysvillePublic Water Supply5002009yes
423206Layne-christensen COPublic Water Supply121.2502009yes
423207Layne-christensen COPublic Water Supply193.302009yes
423208Layne-christensen COPublic Water Supply136.6702009yes
423209Layne-christensen COPublic Water Supply209.302009yes
423210Layne-christensen COPublic Water Supply205.302009yes
418822Clarke Well and Equipment, INCPublic Water Supply99.302008yes
397882Clarke Well and Equipment, INCPublic Water Supply137.502007yes
409331Layne-christensen COPublic Water Supply4902007yes
367158Layne-christensen COPublic Water Supply101.702005yes
380175Layne-christensen COPublic Water Supply3502005yes
356656Jerome Weninger Drilling, INCPublic Water Supply3002004yes
356382Layne WesternPublic Water Supply3402004yes
338909Layne WesternPublic Water Supply3202003yes
338910Layne WesternPublic Water Supply4702003yes
328753D&d Plumbing, INCPublic Water Supply5002002yes
325752Jack HargisPublic Water Supply2402002yes
323140Clarke Well and Equipment, INCPublic Water Supply4802001yes
323141Clarke Well and Equipment, INCPublic Water Supply4902001yes
323142Clarke Well and Equipment, INCPublic Water Supply5102001yes
323143Clarke Well and Equipment, INCPublic Water Supply4802001yes
324226Clarke Well and Equipment, INCPublic Water Supply16002001yes
325372Harp Well & Pump Service, INCPublic Water Supply4402001yes
325373Harp Well & Pump Service, INCPublic Water Supply4302001yes
315234Public Water Supply2602000yes
303053Clarke Well and Equipment, INCPublic Water Supply122.501998yes
504486Layne WesternPublic Water Supply4201998yes
112679Clarke Well and Equipment, INCPublic Water Supply52.301997yes
112680Clarke Well and Equipment, INCPublic Water Supply47.2501997yes
112681Clarke Well and Equipment, INCPublic Water Supply4701997yes
109674City of WichitaPublic Water Supply35.601996yes
95748City of CheneyPublic Water Supply8001994yes
95749City of CheneyPublic Water Supply7701994yes
93325City of Wichita, Water DeptPublic Water Supply14801994yes
65643Jerome Weninger Drilling, INCPublic Water Supply9301993yes
65648Jerome Weninger Drilling, INCPublic Water Supply9801993yes
72453Kelly Dunham WreckingPublic Water Supply1601993yes
70818Public Water Supply7501991yes
61881Clarke Well and Equipment, INCPublic Water Supply7001991yes
75971Layne-christensen COPublic Water Supply4101991yes
75972Layne-christensen COPublic Water Supply49.501991yes
64079Public Water Supply6501989yes
337575Layne WesternPublic Water Supply10001989yes
337576Layne WesternPublic Water Supply10301989yes
63871Clarke Well and Equipment, INCPublic Water Supply4301988yes
62730Layne-christensen COPublic Water Supply21301983yes

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