# Backhus Drilling — 1,578 Kansas well records > 1,578 WWC-5 records name Backhus Drilling as the drilling contractor. Which counties, how deep, and over what years. ## Backhus Drilling **1,578** WWC-5 records name this contractor — 0.5% of the Kansas register, from 1975 to 2018. ### What this page is, and what it is not A count of the completion records that name this contractor. It is **not** a rating, a review, or a comment on anyone’s work — nothing in the WWC-5 register measures quality. What it does show is where a contractor works and what depths they report, which is what somebody comparing quotes actually wants to know. *Medians, on the records where the driller reported a figure — never a mean, which a handful of deep irrigation wells would carry away* | Measurement | Median | 90th percentile | Kansas median | |---|---|---|---| | Depth | **76 ft** | 110 ft | 60 ft — deeper here (1,577 records, 100 %) | | Static water level | **30 ft** | 66 ft | 24 ft — higher here (1,539 records, 98 %) | | Estimated yield | **20 gpm** | 30 gpm | 25 gpm — lower here (1,389 records, 88 %) | ### Where they work | County | Records | Share | |---|---|---| | [Marion](/county/marion.md) | 673 | 42.6% | | [Dickinson](/county/dickinson.md) | 384 | 24.3% | | [Harvey](/county/harvey.md) | 297 | 18.8% | | [Morris](/county/morris.md) | 104 | 6.6% | | [Mcpherson](/county/mcpherson.md) | 63 | 4.0% | | [Butler](/county/butler.md) | 24 | 1.5% | | [Geary](/county/geary.md) | 18 | 1.1% | | [Chase](/county/chase.md) | 5 | 0.3% | | [Clay](/county/clay.md) | 4 | 0.3% | | [Saline](/county/saline.md) | 4 | 0.3% | | [Kearny](/county/kearny.md) | 1 | 0.1% | | [Wabaunsee](/county/wabaunsee.md) | 1 | 0.1% | ### What they drill | Water use | Records | Share | |---|---|---| | [Domestic](/use/domestic.md) | 767 | 48.6% | | [Domestic, Lawn and Garden](/use/domestic-lawn-and-garden.md) | 579 | 36.7% | | [Domestic, Livestock](/use/domestic-livestock.md) | 201 | 12.7% | | Other | 6 | 0.4% | | [Public Water Supply](/use/public-water-supply.md) | 5 | 0.3% | | [Monitoring well/observation/piezometer](/use/monitoring-well-observation-piezometer.md) | 5 | 0.3% | | [Irrigation](/use/irrigation.md) | 3 | 0.2% | | [Oil Field Water Supply](/use/oil-field-water-supply.md) | 3 | 0.2% | | Pond/Swimming Pool/Recreation | 3 | 0.2% | | Test Hole, Cased | 3 | 0.2% | ### Over what years | Decade | Records | Share | |---|---|---| | 2010s | 607 | 38.5% | | 2000s | 43 | 2.7% | | 1990s | 364 | 23.1% | | 1980s | 383 | 24.3% | | 1970s | 180 | 11.4% | ### Plugging records — on this contractor's records **9** of the 1,578 records on this contractor's records carry a plugging report (0.6%), filed on form WWC-5P. The other **1,569** 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 **786** records here completed before 1995, that is exactly what a buyer checks. [Why it matters and who pays](/abandoned.md). ### An unplugged well on land in Kansas? 1,569 of the 1,578 records in Kansas 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](/privacy.md). ### The records *Backhus Drilling — « 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-5 | Drilled by | Use | Depth (ft) | Yield (gpm) | Year | Plugging report | |---|---|---|---|---|---|---| | [515027](/search.md) | Backhus Drilling | Domestic, Livestock | 70 | 20 | 2018 | — | | [515028](/search.md) | Backhus Drilling | Domestic, Lawn and Garden | 95 | 20 | 2018 | — | | [515128](/search.md) | Backhus Drilling | Domestic, Lawn and Garden | 80 | 20 | 2018 | — | | [516719](/search.md) | Backhus Drilling | Domestic, Lawn and Garden | 110 | 20 | 2018 | — | | [516720](/search.md) | Backhus Drilling | Domestic, Lawn and Garden | 80 | 25 | 2018 | — | | [516721](/search.md) | Backhus Drilling | Domestic, Lawn and Garden | 60 | 30 | 2018 | — | | [516765](/search.md) | Backhus Drilling | Domestic, Lawn and Garden | 110 | 15 | 2018 | — | | [516768](/search.md) | Backhus Drilling | Domestic, Lawn and Garden | 80 | 0 | 2018 | — | | [516772](/search.md) | Backhus Drilling | Domestic, Lawn and Garden | 80 | 20 | 2018 | — | | [517053](/search.md) | Backhus Drilling | Domestic | 105 | 35 | 2018 | — | | [517054](/search.md) | Backhus Drilling | Domestic, Lawn and Garden | 80 | 30 | 2018 | — | | [517058](/search.md) | Backhus Drilling | Domestic, Lawn and Garden | 105 | 20 | 2018 | — | | [517060](/search.md) | Backhus Drilling | Domestic, Lawn and Garden | 50 | 20 | 2018 | — | | [517588](/search.md) | Backhus Drilling | Domestic, Lawn and Garden | 80 | 20 | 2018 | — | | [517591](/search.md) | Backhus Drilling | Domestic, Livestock | 90 | 20 | 2018 | — | | [521048](/search.md) | Backhus Drilling | Domestic, Lawn and Garden | 80 | 15 | 2018 | — | | [521088](/search.md) | Backhus Drilling | Domestic, Lawn and Garden | 47 | 20 | 2018 | — | | [521316](/search.md) | Backhus Drilling | Domestic | 120 | 20 | 2018 | — | | [525113](/search.md) | Backhus Drilling | Domestic, Livestock | 110 | 30 | 2018 | — | | [508026](/search.md) | Backhus Drilling | Domestic, Livestock | 92 | 20 | 2017 | — | | [508035](/search.md) | Backhus Drilling | Domestic | 60 | 20 | 2017 | — | | [508076](/search.md) | Backhus Drilling | Domestic, Lawn and Garden | 90 | 0 | 2017 | — | | [508080](/search.md) | Backhus Drilling | Domestic, Lawn and Garden | 80 | 18 | 2017 | — | | [508083](/search.md) | Backhus Drilling | Domestic, Lawn and Garden | 80 | 12.5 | 2017 | — | | [508087](/search.md) | Backhus Drilling | Domestic, Lawn and Garden | 80 | 17.5 | 2017 | — | | [508090](/search.md) | Backhus Drilling | Domestic, Lawn and Garden | 95 | 18 | 2017 | — | | [508225](/search.md) | Backhus Drilling | Domestic | 55 | 0 | 2017 | — | | [508226](/search.md) | Backhus Drilling | Domestic | 92 | 20 | 2017 | — | | [508227](/search.md) | Backhus Drilling | Domestic | 80 | 20 | 2017 | — | | [508228](/search.md) | Backhus Drilling | Domestic | 75 | 20 | 2017 | — | | [508771](/search.md) | Backhus Drilling | Domestic, Lawn and Garden | 92 | 20 | 2017 | — | | [508772](/search.md) | Backhus Drilling | Domestic, Lawn and Garden | 92 | 20 | 2017 | — | | [511133](/search.md) | Backhus Drilling | Domestic, Livestock | 75 | 20 | 2017 | — | | [511383](/search.md) | Backhus Drilling | Domestic, Livestock | 50 | 20 | 2017 | — | | [511410](/search.md) | Backhus Drilling | Domestic | 72 | 20 | 2017 | — | | [512543](/search.md) | Backhus Drilling | Domestic, Lawn and Garden | 80 | 25 | 2017 | — | | [514865](/search.md) | Backhus Drilling | Domestic | 50 | 20 | 2017 | — | | [514866](/search.md) | Backhus Drilling | Domestic, Livestock | 45 | 20 | 2017 | — | | [514945](/search.md) | Backhus Drilling | Domestic, Livestock | 77 | 25 | 2017 | — | | [514951](/search.md) | Backhus Drilling | Domestic, Lawn and Garden | 135 | 5 | 2017 | — | | [514956](/search.md) | Backhus Drilling | Domestic, Lawn and Garden | 140 | 10 | 2017 | — | | [514960](/search.md) | Backhus Drilling | Domestic, Lawn and Garden | 80 | 20 | 2017 | — | | [514965](/search.md) | Backhus Drilling | Domestic, Lawn and Garden | 70 | 20 | 2017 | — | | [514966](/search.md) | Backhus Drilling | Domestic, Lawn and Garden | 45 | 15 | 2017 | — | | [514970](/search.md) | Backhus Drilling | Domestic | 50 | 20 | 2017 | — | | [515006](/search.md) | Backhus Drilling | Domestic, Lawn and Garden | 70 | 30 | 2017 | — | | [515009](/search.md) | Backhus Drilling | Domestic | 60 | 20 | 2017 | — | | [515010](/search.md) | Backhus Drilling | Domestic | 47 | 20 | 2017 | — | | [515017](/search.md) | Backhus Drilling | Domestic, Lawn and Garden | 77 | 20 | 2017 | — | | [515026](/search.md) | Backhus Drilling | Domestic, Lawn and Garden | 90 | 10 | 2017 | — | | [515029](/search.md) | Backhus Drilling | Domestic, Lawn and Garden | 80 | 17.5 | 2017 | — | | [515048](/search.md) | Backhus Drilling | Domestic, Lawn and Garden | 70 | 20 | 2017 | — | | [515065](/search.md) | Backhus Drilling | Test Hole, Cased | 70 | 35 | 2017 | — | | [515066](/search.md) | Backhus Drilling | Test Hole, Cased | 100 | 55 | 2017 | — | | [516752](/search.md) | Backhus Drilling | Domestic, Lawn and Garden | 110 | 15 | 2017 | — | | [516766](/search.md) | Backhus Drilling | Domestic, Lawn and Garden | 80 | 20 | 2017 | — | | [516767](/search.md) | Backhus Drilling | Domestic, Lawn and Garden | 105 | 7.5 | 2017 | — | | [516769](/search.md) | Backhus Drilling | Domestic, Lawn and Garden | 95 | 17.5 | 2017 | — | | [517052](/search.md) | Backhus Drilling | Domestic, Lawn and Garden | 70 | 40 | 2017 | — | | [517056](/search.md) | Backhus Drilling | Domestic, Lawn and Garden | 100 | 40 | 2017 | — | | [517057](/search.md) | Backhus Drilling | Domestic, Lawn and Garden | 95 | 20 | 2017 | — | | [521317](/search.md) | Backhus Drilling | Domestic, Lawn and Garden | 90 | 13 | 2017 | — | | [499279](/search.md) | Backhus Drilling | Domestic, Lawn and Garden | 72 | 20 | 2016 | — | | [499314](/search.md) | Backhus Drilling | Domestic | 50 | 20 | 2016 | — | | [503715](/search.md) | Backhus Drilling | Domestic, Lawn and Garden | 100 | 20 | 2016 | — | | [503716](/search.md) | Backhus Drilling | Domestic, Lawn and Garden | 140 | 22.5 | 2016 | — | | [503717](/search.md) | Backhus Drilling | Domestic, Lawn and Garden | 140 | 12.5 | 2016 | — | | [503718](/search.md) | Backhus Drilling | Domestic, Lawn and Garden | 50 | 20 | 2016 | — | | [503719](/search.md) | Backhus Drilling | Domestic, Lawn and Garden | 90 | 20 | 2016 | — | | [503720](/search.md) | Backhus Drilling | Domestic, Lawn and Garden | 120 | 17.5 | 2016 | — | | [503828](/search.md) | Backhus Drilling | Domestic, Lawn and Garden | 50 | 10 | 2016 | — | | [503829](/search.md) | Backhus Drilling | Domestic, Lawn and Garden | 60 | 20 | 2016 | — | | [503830](/search.md) | Backhus Drilling | Domestic, Lawn and Garden | 90 | 20 | 2016 | — | | [504670](/search.md) | Backhus Drilling | Domestic, Lawn and Garden | 80 | 20 | 2016 | — | | [504671](/search.md) | Backhus Drilling | Domestic, Lawn and Garden | 95 | 20 | 2016 | — | | [504672](/search.md) | Backhus Drilling | Domestic, Lawn and Garden | 110 | 20 | 2016 | — | | [504673](/search.md) | Backhus Drilling | Domestic, Lawn and Garden | 95 | 10 | 2016 | — | | [504674](/search.md) | Backhus Drilling | Domestic, Lawn and Garden | 90 | 20 | 2016 | — | | [504675](/search.md) | Backhus Drilling | Domestic, Lawn and Garden | 75 | 40 | 2016 | — | | [504676](/search.md) | Backhus Drilling | Domestic, Lawn and Garden | 120 | 11 | 2016 | — | | [504677](/search.md) | Backhus Drilling | Domestic, Lawn and Garden | 76 | 20 | 2016 | — | | [504678](/search.md) | Backhus Drilling | Domestic, Lawn and Garden | 76 | 20 | 2016 | — | | [504699](/search.md) | Backhus Drilling | Domestic, Lawn and Garden | 90 | 20 | 2016 | — | | [504700](/search.md) | Backhus Drilling | Domestic, Lawn and Garden | 50 | 20 | 2016 | — | | [504701](/search.md) | Backhus Drilling | Domestic, Livestock | 80 | 1.5 | 2016 | — | | [504702](/search.md) | Backhus Drilling | Domestic, Lawn and Garden | 50 | 40 | 2016 | — | | [504703](/search.md) | Backhus Drilling | Domestic, Lawn and Garden | 120 | 10 | 2016 | — | | [504927](/search.md) | Backhus Drilling | Domestic, Lawn and Garden | 77 | 20 | 2016 | — | | [505012](/search.md) | Backhus Drilling | Domestic, Lawn and Garden | 100 | 15 | 2016 | — | | [514985](/search.md) | Backhus Drilling | Domestic | 58 | 20 | 2016 | — | | [485326](/search.md) | Backhus Drilling | Domestic, Livestock | 102 | 22.5 | 2015 | — | | [485542](/search.md) | Backhus Drilling | Domestic, Livestock | 150 | 20 | 2015 | — | | [485557](/search.md) | Backhus Drilling | Domestic, Livestock | 135 | 20 | 2015 | — | | [487323](/search.md) | Backhus Drilling | Domestic | 120 | 30 | 2015 | — | | [487324](/search.md) | Backhus Drilling | Domestic, Lawn and Garden | 165 | 6 | 2015 | — | | [487325](/search.md) | Backhus Drilling | Domestic, Livestock | 75 | 20 | 2015 | — | | [487326](/search.md) | Backhus Drilling | Domestic, Lawn and Garden | 97 | 25 | 2015 | — | | [487356](/search.md) | Backhus Drilling | Domestic, Livestock | 75 | 25 | 2015 | — | | [487357](/search.md) | Backhus Drilling | Domestic, Livestock | 120 | 30 | 2015 | — | | [487358](/search.md) | Backhus Drilling | Domestic, Livestock | 90 | 9 | 2015 | — | | [487361](/search.md) | Backhus Drilling | Domestic, Livestock | 75 | 7.5 | 2015 | — | | [487362](/search.md) | Backhus Drilling | Domestic, Lawn and Garden | 94 | 25 | 2015 | — | | [487371](/search.md) | Backhus Drilling | Domestic, Lawn and Garden | 90 | 3 | 2015 | — | | [487402](/search.md) | Backhus Drilling | Domestic, Lawn and Garden | 103 | 30 | 2015 | — | | [487426](/search.md) | Backhus Drilling | Domestic | 28 | 20 | 2015 | — | | [487490](/search.md) | Backhus Drilling | Domestic, Lawn and Garden | 75 | 20 | 2015 | — | | [487491](/search.md) | Backhus Drilling | Domestic, Lawn and Garden | 95 | 4 | 2015 | — | | [487556](/search.md) | Backhus Drilling | Domestic, Livestock | 120 | 20 | 2015 | — | | [487557](/search.md) | Backhus Drilling | Domestic, Lawn and Garden | 80 | 18 | 2015 | — | | [487560](/search.md) | Backhus Drilling | Domestic, Livestock | 105 | 20 | 2015 | — | | [487561](/search.md) | Backhus Drilling | Domestic, Livestock | 65 | 20 | 2015 | — | | [487563](/search.md) | Backhus Drilling | Domestic, Livestock | 75 | 40 | 2015 | — | | [487569](/search.md) | Backhus Drilling | Domestic, Livestock | 120 | 15 | 2015 | — | | [487570](/search.md) | Backhus Drilling | Domestic, Livestock | 80 | 17.5 | 2015 | — | | [487571](/search.md) | Backhus Drilling | Domestic, Livestock | 80 | 4.5 | 2015 | — | | [487572](/search.md) | Backhus Drilling | Domestic | 72 | 6 | 2015 | — | | [487587](/search.md) | Backhus Drilling | Domestic, Lawn and Garden | 75 | 30 | 2015 | — | | [487588](/search.md) | Backhus Drilling | Domestic, Livestock | 95 | 25 | 2015 | — | | [493948](/search.md) | Backhus Drilling | Domestic, Livestock | 75 | 20 | 2015 | — | | [493953](/search.md) | Backhus Drilling | Domestic, Lawn and Garden | 90 | 15 | 2015 | — | | [493960](/search.md) | Backhus Drilling | Domestic, Lawn and Garden | 75 | 20 | 2015 | — | | [493961](/search.md) | Backhus Drilling | Domestic, Lawn and Garden | 75 | 20 | 2015 | — | | [493962](/search.md) | Backhus Drilling | Domestic, Lawn and Garden | 100 | 5 | 2015 | — | | [494265](/search.md) | Backhus Drilling | Domestic | 60 | 20 | 2015 | — | | [494266](/search.md) | Backhus Drilling | Domestic | 105 | 20 | 2015 | — | | [494267](/search.md) | Backhus Drilling | Domestic, Livestock | 60 | 15 | 2015 | — | | [494268](/search.md) | Backhus Drilling | Domestic, Lawn and Garden | 75 | 25 | 2015 | — | | [494269](/search.md) | Backhus Drilling | Domestic, Livestock | 50 | 20 | 2015 | — | | [494270](/search.md) | Backhus Drilling | Domestic | 50 | 20 | 2015 | — | | [494324](/search.md) | Backhus Drilling | Domestic, Livestock | 50 | 30 | 2015 | — | | [494325](/search.md) | Backhus Drilling | Domestic, Livestock | 50 | 30 | 2015 | — | | [494329](/search.md) | Backhus Drilling | Domestic | 105 | 20 | 2015 | — | | [494330](/search.md) | Backhus Drilling | Domestic | 95 | 0 | 2015 | — | | [495947](/search.md) | Backhus Drilling | Domestic, Livestock | 105 | 12.5 | 2015 | — | | [495948](/search.md) | Backhus Drilling | Domestic | 65 | 37.5 | 2015 | — | | [496945](/search.md) | Backhus Drilling | Domestic, Lawn and Garden | 125 | 20 | 2015 | — | | [497031](/search.md) | Backhus Drilling | Domestic, Livestock | 65 | 20 | 2015 | — | | [497032](/search.md) | Backhus Drilling | Domestic, Livestock | 50 | 2.5 | 2015 | — | | [499315](/search.md) | Backhus Drilling | Domestic, Lawn and Garden | 110 | 3 | 2015 | — | | [499911](/search.md) | Backhus Drilling | Domestic, Livestock | 120 | 25 | 2015 | — | ### Contractors with a comparable record count - [Pratt Well Service, INC](/driller/pratt-well-service-inc.md) 1,831 - [Pestinger Pump & Water Well Drlg., INC](/driller/pestinger-pump-water-well-drlg-inc.md) 1,794 - [Karst Water Well Drilling & Service, INC](/driller/karst-water-well-drilling-service-inc.md) 1,634 - [Environmental Priority Service, INC](/driller/environmental-priority-service-inc.md) 1,622 - [Evans Energy Development, INC](/driller/evans-energy-development-inc.md) 1,583 - [Hydro Resources Mid Continent, INC](/driller/hydro-resources-mid-continent-inc.md) 1,580 - [Terracon Consultants, INC](/driller/terracon-consultants-inc.md) 1,530 - [Bernard E. Carlile Water Well Service, INC](/driller/bernard-e-carlile-water-well-service-inc.md) 1,505 - [Howard Drilling Company Ag, LLC](/driller/howard-drilling-company-ag-llc.md) 1,478 - [Joe's Well Service, INC](/driller/joe-s-well-service-inc.md) 1,450 - [Sam's Water Well Service](/driller/sam-s-water-well-service.md) 1,435 --- Página: https://wwc5.pages.dev/driller/backhus-drilling/ Fonte: Water Wells WWC5 — Kansas Geological Survey, from records filed with the Kansas Department of Health and Environment Recolha: 2026-08-21