Water wells in Washington County
1,798 WWC-5 records — 0.6% of the Kansas register. The median well here is 76 feet deep, against 60 feet statewide.
1,798Records
76 ftMedian depth
314Plugged
106Drillers
How deep people drill in Washington 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 | 76 ft | 189 ft | 60 ft — deeper here (1,795 records, 100 %) |
| Static water level | 38 ft | 90 ft | 24 ft — higher here (1,553 records, 86 %) |
| Estimated yield | 30 gpm | 200 gpm | 25 gpm — higher here (1,023 records, 57 %) |
What the water is used for
| Water use | Records | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Domestic | 684 | 38.0% |
| Monitoring well/observation/piezometer | 425 | 23.6% |
| Domestic, Livestock | 273 | 15.2% |
| Irrigation | 149 | 8.3% |
| Domestic, Lawn and Garden | 79 | 4.4% |
| Geothermal, Closed Loop, Vertical | 40 | 2.2% |
| (unstated)/abandoned | 38 | 2.1% |
| Public Water Supply | 33 | 1.8% |
| Feedlot | 27 | 1.5% |
| Environmental Remediation, Recovery | 16 | 0.9% |
| Test hole/well | 10 | 0.6% |
| Heat Pump (Closed Loop/Disposal), Geothermal | 8 | 0.4% |
Wells tied to a water right
91 records in Washington County carry a DWR appropriation number — 5.1%, 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 Washington County
The busiest contractor on these records is Blue Valley Drilling, named on 305 of them (17.0%), ahead of Blue Valley Drilling, INC (182) and Associated Drilling, INC (96). The oldest record here was completed in 1975 and the most recent in 2026, and the deepest well on file reaches 408 feet — a irrigation well drilled by Associated Drilling, INC in 2014.
Plugging records — in Washington County
314 of the 1,798 records in Washington County carry a plugging report (17.5%), filed on form WWC-5P. The other 1,484 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 413 records here completed before 1995, that is exactly what a buyer checks. Why it matters and who pays.
Who drills in Washington County
| Contractor | Records | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Blue Valley Drilling | 305 | 17.0% |
| Blue Valley Drilling, INC | 182 | 10.1% |
| Associated Drilling, INC | 96 | 5.3% |
| Well Owner | 95 | 5.3% |
| Cox-beswick Irrigation Service, INC | 83 | 4.6% |
| Daryl Cox & Sons, INC | 75 | 4.2% |
| Boart Longyear Company | 74 | 4.1% |
| Coranco Great Plains, INC | 73 | 4.1% |
| Geo Cox & Sons, INC | 70 | 3.9% |
| Geocore, INC | 63 | 3.5% |
| Peterson Irrigation, INC | 55 | 3.1% |
| Washington Co. Conservation Dist | 51 | 2.8% |
| Associated Environmental, INC | 48 | 2.7% |
| Harold Strader Drilling Company | 40 | 2.2% |
| Strader Drilling Co., INC | 37 | 2.1% |
| Geocore Services INC | 36 | 2.0% |
| Williams Drilling Co., INC | 25 | 1.4% |
| Sargent Drilling | 25 | 1.4% |
When they were drilled
| Decade | Records | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 2020s | 201 | 11.2% |
| 2010s | 400 | 22.2% |
| 2000s | 539 | 30.0% |
| 1990s | 326 | 18.1% |
| 1980s | 160 | 8.9% |
| 1970s | 162 | 9.0% |
An unplugged well on land in Washington County?
1,484 of the 1,798 records in Washington 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 Washington County
| WWC-5 | Drilled by | Use | Depth (ft) | Yield (gpm) | Year | Plugging report |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1057134297 | Associated Drilling, INC | Domestic, Livestock | 64 | 30 | 2026 | — |
| 1057548085 | Associated Drilling, INC | Domestic, Lawn and Garden | 98 | 60 | 2026 | — |
| 1057548095 | Associated Drilling, INC | Domestic, Lawn and Garden | 100 | 60 | 2026 | — |
| 1057548188 | Associated Drilling, INC | Domestic, Livestock | 77 | 40 | 2026 | — |
| 1057548244 | Associated Drilling, INC | Domestic | 98 | 10 | 2026 | — |
| 1057275642 | Associated Drilling, Inc. #990 | Domestic | 140 | 30 | 2026 | — |
| 1057275825 | Associated Drilling, Inc. #990 | Domestic, Livestock | 155 | 16 | 2026 | — |
| 1057276167 | Associated Drilling, Inc. #990 | Domestic | 198 | 100 | 2026 | — |
| 1057276184 | Associated Drilling, Inc. #990 | Domestic | 180 | 100 | 2026 | — |
| 1057152693 | Rieschick Drilling CO | Domestic | 82 | 0 | 2026 | — |
| 1057087387 | Sargent Drlg #946 | Irrigation | 371 | 0 | 2026 | — |
| 1057188642 | Terracon Consultants #1084 | Monitoring well/observation/piezometer | 20 | 0 | 2026 | — |
| 1057188652 | Terracon Consultants #1084 | Monitoring well/observation/piezometer | 20 | 0 | 2026 | — |
| 1057188704 | Terracon Consultants #1084 | Monitoring well/observation/piezometer | 20 | 0 | 2026 | — |
| 1057106058 | Associated Drilling, INC | Feedlot | 112 | 100 | 2025 | — |
| 1056637456 | Associated Drilling, Inc. #990 | Test hole/well | 41 | 100 | 2025 | — |
| 1056887628 | Associated Drilling, Inc. #990 | Domestic, Livestock | 138 | 80 | 2025 | — |
| 1056907668 | Associated Drilling, Inc. #990 | Domestic, Lawn and Garden | 98 | 60 | 2025 | — |
| 1056973519 | Associated Drilling, Inc. #990 | Domestic, Livestock | 104 | 10 | 2025 | — |
| 1057011049 | Associated Drilling, Inc. #990 | Domestic | 100 | 15 | 2025 | — |
| 1057046066 | Associated Drilling, Inc. #990 | Domestic, Livestock | 118 | 5 | 2025 | — |
| 1056979334 | Blue Valley Drilling | Domestic, Livestock | 60 | 20 | 2025 | — |
| 1056979479 | Blue Valley Drilling | Domestic, Lawn and Garden | 50 | 5 | 2025 | — |
| 1056979518 | Blue Valley Drilling | Domestic, Livestock | 82 | 4 | 2025 | — |
| 1056657912 | Flint Hills Drlg #914 | Domestic | 160 | 30 | 2025 | — |
| 1056621641 | Rieschick Drilling Company | Monitoring well/observation/piezometer | 378 | 0 | 2025 | — |
| 1056621777 | Rieschick Drilling Company | Monitoring well/observation/piezometer | 232 | 0 | 2025 | — |
| 1056921203 | Rieschick Drilling Company | Irrigation | 260 | 800 | 2025 | — |
| 1056571044 | Sargent Drlg #946 | Irrigation | 260 | 800 | 2025 | — |
| 1056587683 | Sargent Drlg #946 | Irrigation | 152 | 800 | 2025 | — |
| 1056589984 | Sargent Drlg #946 | Irrigation | 404 | 0 | 2025 | — |
| 1056863583 | Sargent Drlg #946 | Domestic, Livestock | 257 | 0 | 2025 | — |
| 1056865960 | Sargent Drlg #946 | Irrigation | 169 | 0 | 2025 | — |
| 1056877210 | Sargent Drlg #946 | Irrigation | 110 | 0 | 2025 | — |
| 1054199088 | Associated Drilling, Inc. #990 | Domestic, Livestock | 65 | 15 | 2024 | — |
| 1054588953 | Associated Drilling, Inc. #990 | Domestic | 97 | 20 | 2024 | — |
| 1055314881 | Associated Drilling, Inc. #990 | Geothermal, Closed Loop, Vertical | 200 | 0 | 2024 | — |
| 1055413008 | Associated Drilling, Inc. #990 | Domestic | 135 | 0 | 2024 | — |
| 1055583532 | Associated Drilling, Inc. #990 | Domestic | 144 | 0 | 2024 | — |
| 1055583641 | Associated Drilling, Inc. #990 | Domestic, Lawn and Garden | 123 | 15 | 2024 | — |
| 560475 | Blue Valley Drilling | Domestic, Lawn and Garden | 62 | 40 | 2024 | — |
| 560499 | Blue Valley Drilling | Domestic, Livestock | 108 | 100 | 2024 | — |
| 1056979298 | Blue Valley Drilling | Domestic, Livestock | 39 | 25 | 2024 | — |
| 1056979396 | Blue Valley Drilling | Domestic, Livestock | 74 | 25 | 2024 | — |
| 1056979425 | Blue Valley Drilling | Domestic | 50 | 5 | 2024 | — |
| 1056979449 | Blue Valley Drilling | Domestic | 109 | 40 | 2024 | — |
| 1056979463 | Blue Valley Drilling | Domestic, Livestock | 198 | 75 | 2024 | — |
| 1056979504 | Blue Valley Drilling | Domestic, Livestock | 78 | 15 | 2024 | — |
| 1054310617 | Flint Hills Drlg #914 | Geothermal, Closed Loop, Vertical | 200 | 12 | 2024 | — |
| 1054310626 | Flint Hills Drlg #914 | Geothermal, Closed Loop, Vertical | 200 | 0 | 2024 | — |
| 1054401822 | Flint Hills Drlg #914 | Domestic | 137 | 10 | 2024 | — |
| 1054576568 | Flint Hills Drlg #914 | Domestic, Lawn and Garden | 240 | 20 | 2024 | — |
| 1054706869 | Flint Hills Drlg #914 | Domestic | 118 | 20 | 2024 | — |
| 1054706929 | Flint Hills Drlg #914 | Domestic, Livestock | 80 | 100 | 2024 | — |
| 1054866853 | Flint Hills Drlg #914 | Geothermal, Closed Loop, Vertical | 200 | 0 | 2024 | — |
| 1054730040 | Sargent Drlg #946 | Irrigation | 360 | 0 | 2024 | — |
| 1054942628 | Sargent Drlg #946 | Irrigation | 203 | 0 | 2024 | — |
| 1054942730 | Sargent Drlg #946 | Domestic, Livestock | 167 | 0 | 2024 | — |
| 1053249727 | Associated Drilling, INC | Domestic | 100 | 0 | 2023 | — |
| 1053367346 | Associated Drilling, Inc. #990 | Domestic, Livestock | 158 | 4 | 2023 | — |
| 1053375131 | Associated Drilling, Inc. #990 | Domestic | 58 | 2 | 2023 | — |
| 1053430646 | Associated Drilling, Inc. #990 | Domestic | 99 | 100 | 2023 | — |
| 1053430657 | Associated Drilling, Inc. #990 | Domestic | 155 | 30 | 2023 | — |
| 558409 | Blue Valley Drilling | Domestic, Livestock | 160 | 15 | 2023 | — |
| 558410 | Blue Valley Drilling | Domestic, Livestock | 240 | 75 | 2023 | — |
| 558429 | Blue Valley Drilling | Domestic, Livestock | 160 | 15 | 2023 | — |
| 558430 | Blue Valley Drilling | Domestic | 80 | 5 | 2023 | — |
| 558449 | Blue Valley Drilling | Domestic | 110 | 25 | 2023 | — |
| 558450 | Blue Valley Drilling | Domestic | 72 | 75 | 2023 | — |
| 558452 | Blue Valley Drilling | Irrigation | 110 | 250 | 2023 | — |
| 558454 | Blue Valley Drilling | Domestic, Livestock | 167 | 25 | 2023 | — |
| 558456 | Blue Valley Drilling | Domestic, Lawn and Garden | 90 | 25 | 2023 | — |
| 559038 | Blue Valley Drilling | Domestic, Lawn and Garden | 73 | 50 | 2023 | — |
| 559387 | Blue Valley Drilling | Domestic, Livestock | 62 | 3 | 2023 | — |
| 560478 | Blue Valley Drilling | Domestic, Livestock | 102 | 100 | 2023 | — |
| 560480 | Blue Valley Drilling | Domestic, Lawn and Garden | 150 | 75 | 2023 | — |
| 560500 | Blue Valley Drilling | Domestic, Livestock | 101 | 75 | 2023 | — |
| 562033 | Blue Valley Drilling | Domestic, Lawn and Garden | 46 | 30 | 2023 | — |
| 562889 | Blue Valley Drilling | Geothermal, Open Loop, Inj. of Water | 46 | 15 | 2023 | — |
| 560476 | Blue Valley Drilling, INC | Domestic, Livestock | 140 | 30 | 2023 | — |
| 560477 | Blue Valley Drilling, INC | Domestic, Livestock | 103 | 75 | 2023 | — |
| 560497 | Blue Valley Drilling, INC | Domestic, Livestock | 130 | 25 | 2023 | — |
| 562032 | Blue Valley Drilling, INC | Domestic | 44 | 5 | 2023 | — |
| 1053288620 | Flint Hills Drlg #914 | Domestic, Lawn and Garden | 140 | 30 | 2023 | — |
| 1053288632 | Flint Hills Drlg #914 | Geothermal, Closed Loop, Vertical | 200 | 50 | 2023 | — |
| 1053288644 | Flint Hills Drlg #914 | Domestic, Lawn and Garden | 140 | 30 | 2023 | — |
| 1053314856 | Flint Hills Drlg #914 | Geothermal, Closed Loop, Vertical | 200 | 0 | 2023 | — |
| 1053850178 | Flint Hills Drlg #914 | Domestic | 100 | 30 | 2023 | — |
| 1053853720 | Flint Hills Drlg #914 | Geothermal, Closed Loop, Vertical | 200 | 30 | 2023 | — |
| 1053318040 | Peterson Mcnett Drlg | Domestic | 108 | 50 | 2023 | — |
| 1053846422 | Plains Environmental Services, INC | Monitoring well/observation/piezometer | 25 | 0 | 2023 | — |
| 1053846431 | Plains Environmental Services, INC | Monitoring well/observation/piezometer | 21 | 0 | 2023 | — |
| 1053846446 | Plains Environmental Services, INC | Monitoring well/observation/piezometer | 30 | 0 | 2023 | — |
| 1053846455 | Plains Environmental Services, INC | Monitoring well/observation/piezometer | 26 | 0 | 2023 | — |
| 1053846464 | Plains Environmental Services, INC | Monitoring well/observation/piezometer | 25 | 0 | 2023 | — |
| 1053439991 | Rosencrantz-bemis Ent | Irrigation | 155 | 773 | 2023 | — |
| 1053286273 | Sargent Drlg #946 | Irrigation | 167 | 700 | 2023 | — |
| 1054144332 | Unknown | Monitoring well/observation/piezometer | 25 | 0 | 2023 | — |
| 1054144904 | Unknown | Monitoring well/observation/piezometer | 27 | 0 | 2023 | — |
| 1054144915 | Unknown | Monitoring well/observation/piezometer | 30 | 0 | 2023 | — |
| 1054145008 | Unknown | Monitoring well/observation/piezometer | 25 | 0 | 2023 | — |
| 550709 | Associated Drilling, INC | Domestic | 100 | 60 | 2022 | — |
| 1052899738 | Associated Drlg | Domestic | 98 | 5 | 2022 | — |
| 1052900333 | Associated Drlg | Domestic | 76 | 10 | 2022 | — |
| 1052909088 | Associated Drlg | Domestic | 97 | 0 | 2022 | — |
| 556430 | Blue Valley Drilling | Domestic, Livestock | 136 | 10 | 2022 | — |
| 556449 | Blue Valley Drilling | Domestic | 101 | 10 | 2022 | — |
| 556451 | Blue Valley Drilling | Irrigation | 112 | 205 | 2022 | — |
| 556452 | Blue Valley Drilling | Irrigation | 114 | 200 | 2022 | — |
| 556453 | Blue Valley Drilling | Irrigation | 109 | 180 | 2022 | — |
| 556454 | Blue Valley Drilling | Domestic, Livestock | 90 | 75 | 2022 | — |
| 556529 | Blue Valley Drilling | Irrigation | 116 | 180 | 2022 | — |
| 556530 | Blue Valley Drilling | Domestic | 55 | 40 | 2022 | — |
| 556703 | Blue Valley Drilling | Domestic, Livestock | 50 | 20 | 2022 | — |
| 556704 | Blue Valley Drilling | Domestic | 98 | 15 | 2022 | — |
| 556749 | Blue Valley Drilling | Domestic | 83 | 30 | 2022 | — |
| 556750 | Blue Valley Drilling | Domestic | 150 | 15 | 2022 | — |
| 556751 | Blue Valley Drilling | Domestic, Livestock | 125 | 150 | 2022 | — |
| 558453 | Blue Valley Drilling | Domestic | 82 | 15 | 2022 | — |
| 558455 | Blue Valley Drilling | Domestic, Livestock | 100 | 20 | 2022 | — |
| 556702 | Blue Valley Drilling, INC | Domestic, Livestock | 60 | 10 | 2022 | — |
| 550872 | Flint Hills Drilling #914 | Geothermal, Closed Loop, Vertical | 240 | 50 | 2022 | — |
| 550873 | Flint Hills Drilling #914 | Domestic | 140 | 50 | 2022 | — |
| 550876 | Flint Hills Drilling #914 | Geothermal, Closed Loop, Vertical | 240 | 0 | 2022 | — |
| 1052891488 | Flint Hills Drlg #914 | Domestic | 80 | 0 | 2022 | — |
| 1052891500 | Flint Hills Drlg #914 | Geothermal, Closed Loop, Vertical | 200 | 100 | 2022 | — |
| 1052894538 | Flint Hills Drlg #914 | Geothermal, Closed Loop, Vertical | 240 | 5 | 2022 | — |
| 1052894548 | Flint Hills Drlg #914 | Geothermal, Closed Loop, Vertical | 200 | 50 | 2022 | — |
| 1052894556 | Flint Hills Drlg #914 | Domestic | 80 | 20 | 2022 | — |
| 557069 | Larsen & Associates | Monitoring well/observation/piezometer | 23.5 | 0 | 2022 | — |
| 1053072249 | Sargent Drlg #946 | Monitoring well/observation/piezometer | 300 | 0 | 2022 | — |
| 552413 | Associated Drilling, INC | Domestic, Lawn and Garden | 98 | 80 | 2021 | — |
| 543295 | Associated Env | Monitoring well/observation/piezometer | 30 | 0 | 2021 | — |
| 543296 | Associated Env | Monitoring well/observation/piezometer | 20 | 0 | 2021 | — |
| 546986 | Associated Env | Monitoring well/observation/piezometer | 25 | 0 | 2021 | — |
| 544935 | Blue Valley Drilling | Domestic | 80 | 15 | 2021 | — |
| 544936 | Blue Valley Drilling | Domestic, Livestock | 40 | 15 | 2021 | — |
| 544940 | Blue Valley Drilling | Domestic | 155 | 20 | 2021 | — |
| 544945 | Blue Valley Drilling | Domestic, Lawn and Garden | 55 | 25 | 2021 | — |
| 551729 | Blue Valley Drilling | Domestic, Livestock | 96 | 76 | 2021 | — |
By water use in Washington County
- Domestic in Washington County 684
- Domestic, Livestock in Washington County 273
- Monitoring well/observation/piezometer in Washington County 425
Counties with a comparable register
- Cowley 2,223
- Kearny 2,143
- Sheridan 2,086
- Ellsworth 2,028
- Rush 1,921
- Geary 1,901
- Barber 1,835
- Phillips 1,775
- Norton 1,770
- Russell 1,752
- Cloud 1,746
- Morris 1,671
- Rawlins 1,643
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.