Water wells in Wabaunsee County
1,061 WWC-5 records — 0.3% of the Kansas register. The median well here is 61 feet deep, against 60 feet statewide.
1,061Records
61 ftMedian depth
176Plugged
85Drillers
How deep people drill in Wabaunsee 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 | 61 ft | 140 ft | 60 ft — deeper here (1,059 records, 100 %) |
| Static water level | 27 ft | 70 ft | 24 ft — higher here (955 records, 90 %) |
| Estimated yield | 15 gpm | 300 gpm | 25 gpm — lower here (711 records, 67 %) |
What the water is used for
| Water use | Records | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Domestic | 638 | 60.1% |
| Monitoring well/observation/piezometer | 173 | 16.3% |
| Irrigation | 101 | 9.5% |
| Domestic, Livestock | 66 | 6.2% |
| Public Water Supply | 22 | 2.1% |
| Domestic, Lawn and Garden | 16 | 1.5% |
| Heat Pump (Closed Loop/Disposal), Geothermal | 15 | 1.4% |
| Geothermal, Closed Loop, Vertical | 10 | 0.9% |
| Industrial | 8 | 0.8% |
| (unstated)/abandoned | 7 | 0.7% |
| Test Hole, Geotechnical | 3 | 0.3% |
| Test hole/well | 2 | 0.2% |
Wells tied to a water right
87 records in Wabaunsee County carry a DWR appropriation number — 8.2%, 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 Wabaunsee County
The busiest contractor on these records is Strader Drilling Co., INC, named on 213 of them (20.1%), ahead of Haldeman Well Drilling & Pump Service (107) and Associated Drilling, INC (84). The oldest record here was completed in 1975 and the most recent in 2026, and the deepest well on file reaches 250 feet — a geothermal, closed loop, vertical well drilled by Associated Drilling, INC in 2012.
Plugging records — in Wabaunsee County
176 of the 1,061 records in Wabaunsee County carry a plugging report (16.6%), filed on form WWC-5P. The other 885 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 346 records here completed before 1995, that is exactly what a buyer checks. Why it matters and who pays.
Who drills in Wabaunsee County
| Contractor | Records | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Strader Drilling Co., INC | 213 | 20.1% |
| Haldeman Well Drilling & Pump Service | 107 | 10.1% |
| Associated Drilling, INC | 84 | 7.9% |
| Associated Environmental, INC | 83 | 7.8% |
| Daniel H. Hoobler Drilling CO | 57 | 5.4% |
| Craig Haldeman Well Drilling & Pump Service | 53 | 5.0% |
| Well Owner | 34 | 3.2% |
| Larsen and Associates, INC | 29 | 2.7% |
| Blue Valley Drilling, INC | 24 | 2.3% |
| Harold Strader Drilling Company | 23 | 2.2% |
| Usace | 22 | 2.1% |
| Blue Valley Drilling | 20 | 1.9% |
| Larsen & Associates | 20 | 1.9% |
| Associated Drilling, Inc. #990 | 16 | 1.5% |
| James Ray Smith Pump Service | 13 | 1.2% |
| Jack W. Robison Well Drilling | 13 | 1.2% |
| Wabaunsee Co. Conservation Dist | 13 | 1.2% |
| Flint Hills Drilling #914 | 12 | 1.1% |
When they were drilled
| Decade | Records | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 2020s | 115 | 10.8% |
| 2010s | 197 | 18.6% |
| 2000s | 258 | 24.3% |
| 1990s | 195 | 18.4% |
| 1980s | 173 | 16.3% |
| 1970s | 118 | 11.1% |
An unplugged well on land in Wabaunsee County?
885 of the 1,061 records in Wabaunsee 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 Wabaunsee County
| WWC-5 | Drilled by | Use | Depth (ft) | Yield (gpm) | Year | Plugging report |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1057547885 | Associated Drilling, INC | Domestic, Livestock | 178 | 20 | 2026 | — |
| 1057548008 | Associated Drilling, INC | Domestic | 151 | 9 | 2026 | — |
| 1057272045 | Backhus Well Drilling, LLC | Domestic | 100 | 7 | 2026 | — |
| 1057214031 | Flint Hills Drlg #914 | Domestic | 120 | 30 | 2026 | — |
| 1057068982 | Associated Drilling, INC | Domestic | 138 | 20 | 2025 | — |
| 1057069065 | Associated Drilling, INC | Domestic | 98 | 40 | 2025 | — |
| 1056837736 | Associated Drilling, Inc. #990 | Domestic | 40 | 15 | 2025 | — |
| 1056893050 | Associated Drilling, Inc. #990 | Domestic | 98 | 7 | 2025 | — |
| 1056973480 | Associated Drilling, Inc. #990 | Domestic, Livestock | 98 | 20 | 2025 | — |
| 1057043670 | Flint Hills Drilling #914 | Domestic | 192 | 20 | 2025 | — |
| 1056601493 | Flint Hills Drlg #914 | Domestic | 140 | 30 | 2025 | — |
| 1056887458 | Flint Hills Drlg #914 | Domestic | 120 | 40 | 2025 | — |
| 561351 | Haldeman Well Drlg. & Pump | Domestic, Livestock | 100 | 8 | 2025 | — |
| 1054576537 | Associated Drilling, INC | Domestic, Livestock | 102 | 6 | 2024 | — |
| 1054143700 | Associated Drilling, Inc. #990 | Domestic | 120 | 5 | 2024 | — |
| 1054216524 | Associated Drilling, Inc. #990 | Domestic | 120 | 1 | 2024 | — |
| 1054432137 | Associated Drilling, Inc. #990 | Domestic | 98 | 1 | 2024 | — |
| 1054432156 | Associated Drilling, Inc. #990 | Domestic | 95 | 1 | 2024 | — |
| 1054490721 | Associated Drilling, Inc. #990 | Domestic | 50 | 15 | 2024 | — |
| 1054730073 | Associated Drilling, Inc. #990 | Domestic, Livestock | 140 | 40 | 2024 | — |
| 1055583595 | Associated Drilling, Inc. #990 | Domestic | 138 | 5 | 2024 | — |
| 1055667089 | Associated Drilling, Inc. #990 | Domestic | 100 | 4 | 2024 | — |
| 1055006294 | Flint Hills Drilling #914 | Domestic, Lawn and Garden | 46 | 30 | 2024 | — |
| 1054144872 | Flint Hills Drlg #914 | Domestic | 120 | 25 | 2024 | — |
| 1054334718 | Flint Hills Drlg #914 | Domestic | 48 | 30 | 2024 | — |
| 560051 | Haldeman Well Drilling & Pump Service | Domestic | 120 | 7 | 2024 | — |
| 560432 | Haldeman Well Drlg. & Pump | Domestic | 100 | 4 | 2024 | — |
| 560810 | Haldeman Well Drlg. & Pump | Domestic | 100 | 1 | 2024 | — |
| 1055122275 | Larsen & Associates | Monitoring well/observation/piezometer | 50 | 0 | 2024 | — |
| 1055122287 | Larsen & Associates | Monitoring well/observation/piezometer | 50 | 0 | 2024 | — |
| 1055122299 | Larsen & Associates | Monitoring well/observation/piezometer | 50 | 0 | 2024 | — |
| 1055122314 | Larsen & Associates | Monitoring well/observation/piezometer | 50 | 0 | 2024 | — |
| 1055122327 | Larsen & Associates | Monitoring well/observation/piezometer | 50 | 0 | 2024 | — |
| 1055122428 | Larsen & Associates | Monitoring well/observation/piezometer | 50 | 0 | 2024 | — |
| 1055122443 | Larsen & Associates | Monitoring well/observation/piezometer | 50 | 0 | 2024 | — |
| 1055122455 | Larsen & Associates | Monitoring well/observation/piezometer | 50 | 0 | 2024 | — |
| 1055122468 | Larsen & Associates | Monitoring well/observation/piezometer | 50 | 0 | 2024 | — |
| 1053448245 | Associated Drilling, INC | Domestic | 120 | 4 | 2023 | — |
| 1053440015 | Associated Drilling, Inc. #990 | Domestic | 100 | 2 | 2023 | — |
| 1053443066 | Associated Drilling, Inc. #990 | Domestic | 120 | 0.6 | 2023 | — |
| 1053443113 | Associated Drilling, Inc. #990 | Domestic | 100 | 1 | 2023 | — |
| 1053443149 | Associated Drilling, Inc. #990 | Geothermal, Closed Loop, Vertical | 200 | 0 | 2023 | — |
| 1053576993 | Associated Drilling, Inc. #990 | Domestic | 100 | 10 | 2023 | — |
| 1052991548 | Associated Drlg | Domestic, Lawn and Garden | 118 | 0 | 2023 | — |
| 560359 | Blue Valley Drilling | Domestic | 70 | 10 | 2023 | — |
| 1053288470 | Flint Hills Drilling #914 | Domestic | 49 | 10 | 2023 | — |
| 1053288480 | Flint Hills Drilling #914 | Domestic | 64 | 20 | 2023 | — |
| 1053288490 | Flint Hills Drilling #914 | Domestic | 50 | 30 | 2023 | — |
| 1053288557 | Flint Hills Drilling #914 | Domestic, Lawn and Garden | 69 | 30 | 2023 | — |
| 1053288673 | Flint Hills Drilling #914 | Domestic | 50 | 30 | 2023 | — |
| 1053146230 | Flint Hills Drlg #914 | Domestic | 180 | 20 | 2023 | — |
| 1053288454 | Flint Hills Drlg #914 | Domestic | 80 | 6 | 2023 | — |
| 1053288588 | Flint Hills Drlg #914 | Domestic | 68 | 1 | 2023 | — |
| 1053314841 | Flint Hills Drlg #914 | Domestic | 140 | 1 | 2023 | — |
| 1053433156 | Flint Hills Drlg #914 | Domestic | 117 | 6 | 2023 | — |
| 558254 | Haldeman Well Drlg. & Pump | Domestic, Livestock | 120 | 20 | 2023 | — |
| 552096 | Associated Drilling, INC | Domestic | 138 | 0.25 | 2022 | — |
| 1052882734 | Associated Drilling, INC | Domestic, Livestock | 54 | 30 | 2022 | — |
| 1052909373 | Associated Drilling, INC | Domestic | 150 | 0 | 2022 | — |
| 1053285347 | Associated Drlg | Domestic | 100 | 12 | 2022 | — |
| 1052903490 | Flint Hills Drlg #914 | Domestic | 160 | 3 | 2022 | — |
| 556361 | Haldeman Well Drilling & Pump Service | Domestic | 100 | 7 | 2022 | — |
| 557029 | Haldeman Well Drilling & Pump Service | Domestic | 95 | 8 | 2022 | — |
| 553833 | Haldeman Well Drlg. & Pump | Domestic | 100 | 6.5 | 2022 | — |
| 556190 | Haldeman Well Drlg. & Pump | Domestic | 140 | 20 | 2022 | — |
| 557009 | Haldeman Well Drlg. & Pump | Domestic | 160 | 3 | 2022 | — |
| 557080 | Larsen & Associates | Monitoring well/observation/piezometer | 15 | 0 | 2022 | — |
| 557081 | Larsen & Associates | Monitoring well/observation/piezometer | 14 | 0 | 2022 | — |
| 547197 | Associated Drilling, INC | Domestic | 115 | 30 | 2021 | — |
| 547200 | Associated Drilling, INC | Domestic | 100 | 3 | 2021 | — |
| 547564 | Associated Drilling, INC | Domestic | 158 | 50 | 2021 | — |
| 547569 | Associated Drilling, INC | Domestic | 98 | 10 | 2021 | — |
| 547570 | Associated Drilling, INC | Domestic, Livestock | 160 | 15 | 2021 | — |
| 547573 | Associated Drilling, INC | Domestic | 218 | 6 | 2021 | — |
| 546965 | Env. Priority Srvc | Monitoring well/observation/piezometer | 20 | 0 | 2021 | — |
| 546966 | Env. Priority Srvc | Monitoring well/observation/piezometer | 20 | 0 | 2021 | — |
| 546967 | Env. Priority Srvc | Monitoring well/observation/piezometer | 20 | 0 | 2021 | — |
| 546968 | Env. Priority Srvc | Monitoring well/observation/piezometer | 20 | 0 | 2021 | — |
| 546969 | Env. Priority Srvc | Monitoring well/observation/piezometer | 20 | 0 | 2021 | — |
| 546987 | Env. Priority Srvc | Monitoring well/observation/piezometer | 20 | 0 | 2021 | — |
| 546988 | Env. Priority Srvc | Monitoring well/observation/piezometer | 20 | 0 | 2021 | — |
| 546989 | Env. Priority Srvc | Monitoring well/observation/piezometer | 20 | 0 | 2021 | — |
| 546990 | Env. Priority Srvc | Monitoring well/observation/piezometer | 20 | 0 | 2021 | — |
| 541519 | Flint Hills Drilling #914 | Domestic | 120 | 5 | 2021 | — |
| 548596 | Flint Hills Drilling #914 | Domestic | 93 | 10 | 2021 | — |
| 549703 | Flint Hills Drilling #914 | Domestic | 140 | 3 | 2021 | — |
| 546643 | Haldeman Well Drilling & Pump Service | Domestic | 100 | 3 | 2021 | — |
| 548369 | Haldeman Well Drilling & Pump Service | Domestic | 41 | 7 | 2021 | — |
| 557710 | Kansas Geological Survey | Monitoring well/observation/piezometer | 80 | 0 | 2021 | — |
| 532074 | Associated Drilling, INC | Domestic | 99 | 8 | 2020 | — |
| 533266 | Associated Drilling, INC | Domestic | 79 | 60 | 2020 | — |
| 533275 | Associated Drilling, INC | Domestic | 110 | 1.5 | 2020 | — |
| 533276 | Associated Drilling, INC | Domestic, Lawn and Garden | 118 | 1.5 | 2020 | — |
| 538919 | Associated Drilling, INC | Domestic | 135 | 100 | 2020 | — |
| 537188 | Flint Hills Drilling #914 | Domestic | 60 | 15 | 2020 | — |
| 537189 | Flint Hills Drilling #914 | Domestic | 160 | 1.5 | 2020 | — |
| 531546 | Flint Hills Water Solutions | Domestic, Livestock | 58 | 15 | 2020 | — |
| 537925 | Haldeman Well Drlg. & Pump | Domestic | 140 | 6 | 2020 | — |
| 540626 | Haldeman Well Drlg. & Pump | Domestic | 140 | 70 | 2020 | — |
| 544541 | Alexander Pump & Srvc #935 | Domestic, Livestock | 57.3 | 0 | 2019 | — |
| 522195 | Associated Drilling, INC | Irrigation | 50 | 600 | 2019 | — |
| 525618 | Associated Drilling, INC | Domestic | 135 | 10 | 2019 | — |
| 527212 | Associated Drilling, INC | Domestic | 95 | 30 | 2019 | — |
| 527796 | Associated Drilling, INC | Domestic, Livestock | 98 | 80 | 2019 | — |
| 527293 | Flint Hills Drilling | Domestic, Livestock | 100 | 3 | 2019 | — |
| 527295 | Flint Hills Drilling | Domestic | 50 | 2.5 | 2019 | — |
| 527319 | Flint Hills Drilling | Domestic, Livestock | 38 | 20 | 2019 | — |
| 527322 | Flint Hills Drilling | Domestic | 117 | 1.2 | 2019 | — |
| 527325 | Flint Hills Drilling | Domestic, Livestock | 60 | 30 | 2019 | — |
| 524427 | Haldeman Well Drilling & Pump Service | Domestic | 120 | 12 | 2019 | — |
| 526189 | Haldeman Well Drilling & Pump Service | Domestic, Livestock | 140 | 1.1 | 2019 | — |
| 517693 | Associated Drilling, INC | Domestic | 59 | 30 | 2018 | — |
| 518190 | Associated Drilling, INC | Irrigation | 38 | 500 | 2018 | — |
| 518226 | Associated Drilling, INC | Irrigation | 46 | 500 | 2018 | — |
| 521115 | Associated Drilling, INC | Domestic | 74 | 8 | 2018 | — |
| 521117 | Associated Drilling, INC | Domestic | 118 | 5 | 2018 | — |
| 521118 | Associated Drilling, INC | Domestic | 118 | 4 | 2018 | — |
| 522465 | Blue Valley Drilling, INC | Irrigation | 48 | 750 | 2018 | — |
| 525114 | Blue Valley Drilling, INC | Domestic, Livestock | 80 | 15 | 2018 | — |
| 515602 | Clarke Well and Equipment, INC | Domestic, Livestock | 137 | 0 | 2018 | — |
| 518744 | Flint Hills Drilling | Domestic, Livestock | 158 | 10 | 2018 | — |
| 518754 | Flint Hills Drilling | Domestic | 118 | 10 | 2018 | — |
| 527279 | Flint Hills Drilling | Domestic, Livestock | 115 | 10 | 2018 | — |
| 520170 | Haldeman Well Drilling & Pump Service | Domestic | 155 | 20 | 2018 | — |
| 521267 | Haldeman Well Drilling & Pump Service | Domestic | 80 | 10 | 2018 | — |
| 515529 | Kgs | Monitoring well/observation/piezometer | 37 | 0 | 2018 | — |
| 520426 | Zinn Water Well Drig | Domestic, Livestock | 105 | 6 | 2018 | — |
| 520436 | Zinn Water Well Drig | Domestic, Livestock | 75 | 20 | 2018 | — |
| 505457 | Associated Drilling, INC | Irrigation | 88 | 200 | 2017 | — |
| 508128 | Associated Drilling, INC | Domestic | 117 | 6.5 | 2017 | — |
| 509482 | Associated Drilling, INC | Domestic | 118 | 20 | 2017 | — |
| 513489 | Associated Drilling, INC | Domestic | 98 | 20 | 2017 | — |
| 513314 | Flint Hills Drilling | Domestic, Livestock | 98 | 20 | 2017 | — |
| 513326 | Flint Hills Drilling | Domestic, Livestock | 66 | 15 | 2017 | — |
| 511430 | Zinn Water Well Drig | Domestic, Livestock | 70 | 12 | 2017 | — |
| 505405 | Associated Drilling, INC | Domestic | 120 | 7.5 | 2016 | — |
| 499825 | Blue Valley Drilling, INC | Irrigation | 63 | 1000 | 2016 | — |
| 499826 | Blue Valley Drilling, INC | Domestic, Livestock | 42 | 25 | 2016 | — |
| 499753 | Haldeman Well Drilling & Pump Service | Domestic | 120 | 20 | 2016 | — |
| 504468 | Haldeman Well Drilling & Pump Service | Domestic, Lawn and Garden | 160 | 20 | 2016 | — |
By water use in Wabaunsee County
Counties with a comparable register
- Jefferson 1,189
- Brown 1,151
- Neosho 1,142
- Cheyenne 1,136
- Comanche 1,131
- Jackson 1,112
- Lincoln 1,069
- Stanton 1,059
- Marshall 1,058
- Osborne 1,047
- Wichita 1,037
- Nemaha 1,018
- Smith 1,005
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.