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.

1,578Records

76 ftMedian depth

12Counties

1975–2018Years

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	673	42.6%
Dickinson	384	24.3%
Harvey	297	18.8%
Morris	104	6.6%
Mcpherson	63	4.0%
Butler	24	1.5%
Geary	18	1.1%
Chase	5	0.3%
Clay	4	0.3%
Saline	4	0.3%
Kearny	1	0.1%
Wabaunsee	1	0.1%

What they drill

Water use	Records	Share
Domestic	767	48.6%
Domestic, Lawn and Garden	579	36.7%
Domestic, Livestock	201	12.7%
Other	6	0.4%
Public Water Supply	5	0.3%
Monitoring well/observation/piezometer	5	0.3%
Irrigation	3	0.2%
Oil Field Water Supply	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.

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.

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	Backhus Drilling	Domestic, Livestock	70	20	2018	—
515028	Backhus Drilling	Domestic, Lawn and Garden	95	20	2018	—
515128	Backhus Drilling	Domestic, Lawn and Garden	80	20	2018	—
516719	Backhus Drilling	Domestic, Lawn and Garden	110	20	2018	—
516720	Backhus Drilling	Domestic, Lawn and Garden	80	25	2018	—
516721	Backhus Drilling	Domestic, Lawn and Garden	60	30	2018	—
516765	Backhus Drilling	Domestic, Lawn and Garden	110	15	2018	—
516768	Backhus Drilling	Domestic, Lawn and Garden	80	0	2018	—
516772	Backhus Drilling	Domestic, Lawn and Garden	80	20	2018	—
517053	Backhus Drilling	Domestic	105	35	2018	—
517054	Backhus Drilling	Domestic, Lawn and Garden	80	30	2018	—
517058	Backhus Drilling	Domestic, Lawn and Garden	105	20	2018	—
517060	Backhus Drilling	Domestic, Lawn and Garden	50	20	2018	—
517588	Backhus Drilling	Domestic, Lawn and Garden	80	20	2018	—
517591	Backhus Drilling	Domestic, Livestock	90	20	2018	—
521048	Backhus Drilling	Domestic, Lawn and Garden	80	15	2018	—
521088	Backhus Drilling	Domestic, Lawn and Garden	47	20	2018	—
521316	Backhus Drilling	Domestic	120	20	2018	—
525113	Backhus Drilling	Domestic, Livestock	110	30	2018	—
508026	Backhus Drilling	Domestic, Livestock	92	20	2017	—
508035	Backhus Drilling	Domestic	60	20	2017	—
508076	Backhus Drilling	Domestic, Lawn and Garden	90	0	2017	—
508080	Backhus Drilling	Domestic, Lawn and Garden	80	18	2017	—
508083	Backhus Drilling	Domestic, Lawn and Garden	80	12.5	2017	—
508087	Backhus Drilling	Domestic, Lawn and Garden	80	17.5	2017	—
508090	Backhus Drilling	Domestic, Lawn and Garden	95	18	2017	—
508225	Backhus Drilling	Domestic	55	0	2017	—
508226	Backhus Drilling	Domestic	92	20	2017	—
508227	Backhus Drilling	Domestic	80	20	2017	—
508228	Backhus Drilling	Domestic	75	20	2017	—
508771	Backhus Drilling	Domestic, Lawn and Garden	92	20	2017	—
508772	Backhus Drilling	Domestic, Lawn and Garden	92	20	2017	—
511133	Backhus Drilling	Domestic, Livestock	75	20	2017	—
511383	Backhus Drilling	Domestic, Livestock	50	20	2017	—
511410	Backhus Drilling	Domestic	72	20	2017	—
512543	Backhus Drilling	Domestic, Lawn and Garden	80	25	2017	—
514865	Backhus Drilling	Domestic	50	20	2017	—
514866	Backhus Drilling	Domestic, Livestock	45	20	2017	—
514945	Backhus Drilling	Domestic, Livestock	77	25	2017	—
514951	Backhus Drilling	Domestic, Lawn and Garden	135	5	2017	—
514956	Backhus Drilling	Domestic, Lawn and Garden	140	10	2017	—
514960	Backhus Drilling	Domestic, Lawn and Garden	80	20	2017	—
514965	Backhus Drilling	Domestic, Lawn and Garden	70	20	2017	—
514966	Backhus Drilling	Domestic, Lawn and Garden	45	15	2017	—
514970	Backhus Drilling	Domestic	50	20	2017	—
515006	Backhus Drilling	Domestic, Lawn and Garden	70	30	2017	—
515009	Backhus Drilling	Domestic	60	20	2017	—
515010	Backhus Drilling	Domestic	47	20	2017	—
515017	Backhus Drilling	Domestic, Lawn and Garden	77	20	2017	—
515026	Backhus Drilling	Domestic, Lawn and Garden	90	10	2017	—
515029	Backhus Drilling	Domestic, Lawn and Garden	80	17.5	2017	—
515048	Backhus Drilling	Domestic, Lawn and Garden	70	20	2017	—
515065	Backhus Drilling	Test Hole, Cased	70	35	2017	—
515066	Backhus Drilling	Test Hole, Cased	100	55	2017	—
516752	Backhus Drilling	Domestic, Lawn and Garden	110	15	2017	—
516766	Backhus Drilling	Domestic, Lawn and Garden	80	20	2017	—
516767	Backhus Drilling	Domestic, Lawn and Garden	105	7.5	2017	—
516769	Backhus Drilling	Domestic, Lawn and Garden	95	17.5	2017	—
517052	Backhus Drilling	Domestic, Lawn and Garden	70	40	2017	—
517056	Backhus Drilling	Domestic, Lawn and Garden	100	40	2017	—
517057	Backhus Drilling	Domestic, Lawn and Garden	95	20	2017	—
521317	Backhus Drilling	Domestic, Lawn and Garden	90	13	2017	—
499279	Backhus Drilling	Domestic, Lawn and Garden	72	20	2016	—
499314	Backhus Drilling	Domestic	50	20	2016	—
503715	Backhus Drilling	Domestic, Lawn and Garden	100	20	2016	—
503716	Backhus Drilling	Domestic, Lawn and Garden	140	22.5	2016	—
503717	Backhus Drilling	Domestic, Lawn and Garden	140	12.5	2016	—
503718	Backhus Drilling	Domestic, Lawn and Garden	50	20	2016	—
503719	Backhus Drilling	Domestic, Lawn and Garden	90	20	2016	—
503720	Backhus Drilling	Domestic, Lawn and Garden	120	17.5	2016	—
503828	Backhus Drilling	Domestic, Lawn and Garden	50	10	2016	—
503829	Backhus Drilling	Domestic, Lawn and Garden	60	20	2016	—
503830	Backhus Drilling	Domestic, Lawn and Garden	90	20	2016	—
504670	Backhus Drilling	Domestic, Lawn and Garden	80	20	2016	—
504671	Backhus Drilling	Domestic, Lawn and Garden	95	20	2016	—
504672	Backhus Drilling	Domestic, Lawn and Garden	110	20	2016	—
504673	Backhus Drilling	Domestic, Lawn and Garden	95	10	2016	—
504674	Backhus Drilling	Domestic, Lawn and Garden	90	20	2016	—
504675	Backhus Drilling	Domestic, Lawn and Garden	75	40	2016	—
504676	Backhus Drilling	Domestic, Lawn and Garden	120	11	2016	—
504677	Backhus Drilling	Domestic, Lawn and Garden	76	20	2016	—
504678	Backhus Drilling	Domestic, Lawn and Garden	76	20	2016	—
504699	Backhus Drilling	Domestic, Lawn and Garden	90	20	2016	—
504700	Backhus Drilling	Domestic, Lawn and Garden	50	20	2016	—
504701	Backhus Drilling	Domestic, Livestock	80	1.5	2016	—
504702	Backhus Drilling	Domestic, Lawn and Garden	50	40	2016	—
504703	Backhus Drilling	Domestic, Lawn and Garden	120	10	2016	—
504927	Backhus Drilling	Domestic, Lawn and Garden	77	20	2016	—
505012	Backhus Drilling	Domestic, Lawn and Garden	100	15	2016	—
514985	Backhus Drilling	Domestic	58	20	2016	—
485326	Backhus Drilling	Domestic, Livestock	102	22.5	2015	—
485542	Backhus Drilling	Domestic, Livestock	150	20	2015	—
485557	Backhus Drilling	Domestic, Livestock	135	20	2015	—
487323	Backhus Drilling	Domestic	120	30	2015	—
487324	Backhus Drilling	Domestic, Lawn and Garden	165	6	2015	—
487325	Backhus Drilling	Domestic, Livestock	75	20	2015	—
487326	Backhus Drilling	Domestic, Lawn and Garden	97	25	2015	—
487356	Backhus Drilling	Domestic, Livestock	75	25	2015	—
487357	Backhus Drilling	Domestic, Livestock	120	30	2015	—
487358	Backhus Drilling	Domestic, Livestock	90	9	2015	—
487361	Backhus Drilling	Domestic, Livestock	75	7.5	2015	—
487362	Backhus Drilling	Domestic, Lawn and Garden	94	25	2015	—
487371	Backhus Drilling	Domestic, Lawn and Garden	90	3	2015	—
487402	Backhus Drilling	Domestic, Lawn and Garden	103	30	2015	—
487426	Backhus Drilling	Domestic	28	20	2015	—
487490	Backhus Drilling	Domestic, Lawn and Garden	75	20	2015	—
487491	Backhus Drilling	Domestic, Lawn and Garden	95	4	2015	—
487556	Backhus Drilling	Domestic, Livestock	120	20	2015	—
487557	Backhus Drilling	Domestic, Lawn and Garden	80	18	2015	—
487560	Backhus Drilling	Domestic, Livestock	105	20	2015	—
487561	Backhus Drilling	Domestic, Livestock	65	20	2015	—
487563	Backhus Drilling	Domestic, Livestock	75	40	2015	—
487569	Backhus Drilling	Domestic, Livestock	120	15	2015	—
487570	Backhus Drilling	Domestic, Livestock	80	17.5	2015	—
487571	Backhus Drilling	Domestic, Livestock	80	4.5	2015	—
487572	Backhus Drilling	Domestic	72	6	2015	—
487587	Backhus Drilling	Domestic, Lawn and Garden	75	30	2015	—
487588	Backhus Drilling	Domestic, Livestock	95	25	2015	—
493948	Backhus Drilling	Domestic, Livestock	75	20	2015	—
493953	Backhus Drilling	Domestic, Lawn and Garden	90	15	2015	—
493960	Backhus Drilling	Domestic, Lawn and Garden	75	20	2015	—
493961	Backhus Drilling	Domestic, Lawn and Garden	75	20	2015	—
493962	Backhus Drilling	Domestic, Lawn and Garden	100	5	2015	—
494265	Backhus Drilling	Domestic	60	20	2015	—
494266	Backhus Drilling	Domestic	105	20	2015	—
494267	Backhus Drilling	Domestic, Livestock	60	15	2015	—
494268	Backhus Drilling	Domestic, Lawn and Garden	75	25	2015	—
494269	Backhus Drilling	Domestic, Livestock	50	20	2015	—
494270	Backhus Drilling	Domestic	50	20	2015	—
494324	Backhus Drilling	Domestic, Livestock	50	30	2015	—
494325	Backhus Drilling	Domestic, Livestock	50	30	2015	—
494329	Backhus Drilling	Domestic	105	20	2015	—
494330	Backhus Drilling	Domestic	95	0	2015	—
495947	Backhus Drilling	Domestic, Livestock	105	12.5	2015	—
495948	Backhus Drilling	Domestic	65	37.5	2015	—
496945	Backhus Drilling	Domestic, Lawn and Garden	125	20	2015	—
497031	Backhus Drilling	Domestic, Livestock	65	20	2015	—
497032	Backhus Drilling	Domestic, Livestock	50	2.5	2015	—
499315	Backhus Drilling	Domestic, Lawn and Garden	110	3	2015	—
499911	Backhus Drilling	Domestic, Livestock	120	25	2015	—

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