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Central Kansas Drilling

867 WWC-5 records name this contractor — 0.3% of the Kansas register, from 1980 to 2022.

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.

867Records
71 ftMedian depth
9Counties
1980–2022Years
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
Depth71 ft118 ft60 ft — deeper here (867 records, 100 %)
Static water level34 ft78 ft24 ft — higher here (865 records, 100 %)
Estimated yield15 gpm25 gpm25 gpm — lower here (857 records, 99 %)

Where they work

CountyRecordsShare
Dickinson78690.7%
Geary283.2%
Saline283.2%
Clay70.8%
Morris50.6%
Ottawa50.6%
Mcpherson50.6%
Riley20.2%
Marion10.1%

What they drill

Water useRecordsShare
Domestic69480.0%
Domestic, Lawn and Garden13015.0%
Domestic, Livestock202.3%
Test hole/well60.7%
Monitoring well/observation/piezometer50.6%
Feedlot40.5%
(unstated)/abandoned20.2%
Other10.1%
Air Conditioning10.1%
Dewatering10.1%

Over what years

DecadeRecordsShare
2020s30.3%
2010s819.3%
2000s21725.0%
1990s30935.6%
1980s25729.6%

Plugging records — on this contractor's records

13 of the 867 records on this contractor's records carry a plugging report (1.5%), filed on form WWC-5P. The other 854 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 432 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?

854 of the 867 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

Central Kansas 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-5Drilled byUseDepth (ft)Yield (gpm)YearPlugging report
553233Central Kansas DrillingDomestic, Livestock56152022—
531362Central Kansas DrillingDomestic, Livestock48142020—
534433Central Kansas DrillingMonitoring well/observation/piezometer5902020—
521640Central Kansas DrillingDomestic, Livestock69152019—
528054Central Kansas DrillingDomestic, Livestock10402019—
529419Central Kansas DrillingDomestic66142019—
529420Central Kansas DrillingDomestic6512019—
517925Central Kansas DrillingDomestic, Lawn and Garden50112018—
518711Central Kansas DrillingDomestic6811.52018—
518712Central Kansas DrillingDomestic, Lawn and Garden72202018—
520256Central Kansas DrillingDomestic104142018—
520259Central Kansas DrillingDomestic85112018—
520723Central Kansas DrillingDomestic, Livestock76202018—
508034Central Kansas DrillingDomestic70102017—
510291Central Kansas DrillingDomestic9072017—
511341Central Kansas DrillingDomestic72142017—
498773Central Kansas DrillingDomestic3272016—
501586Central Kansas DrillingDomestic6362016—
501587Central Kansas DrillingDomestic79152016—
504457Central Kansas DrillingDomestic119102016—
504458Central Kansas DrillingDomestic72202016—
504888Central Kansas DrillingDomestic803.52016—
486456Central Kansas DrillingDomestic62252015—
486457Central Kansas DrillingDomestic78102015—
486458Central Kansas DrillingDomestic, Livestock46302015—
486459Central Kansas DrillingDomestic37202015—
487703Central Kansas DrillingDomestic5132015—
487705Central Kansas DrillingDomestic, Livestock75102015—
493442Central Kansas DrillingDomestic64202015—
493443Central Kansas DrillingDomestic, Lawn and Garden53202015—
493947Central Kansas DrillingDomestic, Livestock97102015—
495044Central Kansas DrillingDomestic, Lawn and Garden70202015—
475253Central Kansas DrillingDomestic, Livestock79132014—
475254Central Kansas DrillingDomestic, Lawn and Garden39152014—
476066Central Kansas DrillingDomestic, Lawn and Garden73202014—
479918Central Kansas DrillingDomestic, Livestock142102014—
480946Central Kansas DrillingDomestic, Livestock95202014—
480947Central Kansas DrillingDomestic, Livestock467.52014—
481441Central Kansas DrillingDomestic6462014—
483519Central Kansas DrillingDomestic, Livestock44252014—
464678Central Kansas DrillingDomestic58202013—
464679Central Kansas DrillingDomestic65152013—
465835Central Kansas DrillingDomestic9352013—
465837Central Kansas DrillingDomestic159142013—
465838Central Kansas DrillingDomestic133142013—
466620Central Kansas DrillingDomestic, Lawn and Garden81202013—
466621Central Kansas DrillingDomestic138142013—
466862Central Kansas DrillingDomestic4052013—
467061Central Kansas DrillingDomestic121142013—
468027Central Kansas DrillingDomestic104142013—
468028Central Kansas DrillingDomestic, Livestock52252013—
470179Central Kansas DrillingDomestic, Livestock70202013—
472017Central Kansas DrillingDomestic, Lawn and Garden89142013—
472020Central Kansas DrillingDomestic, Lawn and Garden70102013—
472076Central Kansas DrillingDomestic58162013—
472743Central Kansas DrillingDomestic163122013—
452389Central Kansas DrillingDomestic112142012—
452483Central Kansas DrillingDomestic81102012—
453102Central Kansas DrillingDomestic1105.52012—
455104Central Kansas DrillingDomestic57202012—
455105Central Kansas DrillingDomestic45202012—
455834Central Kansas DrillingDomestic66142012—
455835Central Kansas DrillingDomestic59142012—
456956Central Kansas DrillingDomestic, Lawn and Garden96142012—
456957Central Kansas DrillingDomestic, Lawn and Garden68142012—
458338Central Kansas DrillingDomestic67142012—
458339Central Kansas DrillingDomestic46142012—
459387Central Kansas DrillingDomestic, Lawn and Garden145152012—
459388Central Kansas DrillingDomestic, Lawn and Garden102152012—
459417Central Kansas DrillingDomestic65152012—
459418Central Kansas DrillingDomestic80152012—
443075Central Kansas DrillingDomestic113102011—
443076Central Kansas DrillingDomestic78152011—
443586Central Kansas DrillingDomestic132102011—
447345Central Kansas DrillingDomestic120142011—
447352Central Kansas DrillingDomestic, Lawn and Garden70182011—
447353Central Kansas DrillingFeedlot71182011—
447868Central Kansas DrillingDomestic5152011—
432996Central Kansas DrillingDomestic99142010—
433917Central Kansas DrillingDomestic102102010—
435362Central Kansas DrillingIrrigation119202010—
438007Central Kansas DrillingDomestic79152010—
438008Central Kansas DrillingDomestic38132010—
423095Central Kansas DrillingDomestic, Lawn and Garden82152009—
423096Central Kansas DrillingDomestic129152009—
424511Central Kansas DrillingDomestic81142009—
424513Central Kansas DrillingDomestic, Lawn and Garden121142009—
426447Central Kansas DrillingDomestic87142009—
427744Central Kansas DrillingDomestic, Lawn and Garden80142009—
427869Central Kansas DrillingDomestic85142009—
429347Central Kansas DrillingDomestic111122009—
412480Central Kansas DrillingDomestic5692008—
413739Central Kansas DrillingDomestic106152008—
413740Central Kansas DrillingDomestic122152008—
413742Central Kansas DrillingDomestic105122008—
416133Central Kansas DrillingDomestic7052008—
417712Central Kansas DrillingDomestic61152008—
418050Central Kansas DrillingDomestic, Lawn and Garden75142008—
418327Central Kansas DrillingDomestic, Lawn and Garden585.52008—
419685Central Kansas DrillingDomestic8012.52008—
420050Central Kansas DrillingDomestic74142008—
420163Central Kansas DrillingDomestic111102008—
399434Central Kansas DrillingDomestic84152007—
399435Central Kansas DrillingDomestic9052007—
399447Central Kansas DrillingDomestic6572007—
399448Central Kansas DrillingDomestic148152007—
400903Central Kansas DrillingDomestic801.52007—
400913Central Kansas DrillingDomestic130102007—
401342Central Kansas DrillingDomestic, Lawn and Garden115152007—
401343Central Kansas DrillingDomestic70152007—
401344Central Kansas DrillingDomestic, Lawn and Garden71252007—
401345Central Kansas DrillingDomestic49152007—
401346Central Kansas DrillingDomestic54142007—
401975Central Kansas DrillingDomestic11452007—
404195Central Kansas DrillingDomestic68152007—
404196Central Kansas DrillingDomestic88152007—
404846Central Kansas DrillingDomestic52152007—
406022Central Kansas DrillingDomestic, Lawn and Garden58152007—
406023Central Kansas DrillingDomestic, Lawn and Garden77102007—
409553Central Kansas DrillingDomestic69102007—
409554Central Kansas DrillingDomestic60152007—
380530Central Kansas DrillingDomestic74252006—
381143Central Kansas DrillingDomestic108102006—
381641Central Kansas DrillingDomestic4782006—
381642Central Kansas DrillingDomestic, Lawn and Garden52182006—
385008Central Kansas DrillingDomestic10492006—
385009Central Kansas DrillingDomestic11862006—
385199Central Kansas DrillingDomestic52152006—
385507Central Kansas DrillingDomestic, Lawn and Garden42152006—
385636Central Kansas DrillingDomestic, Lawn and Garden6652006—
385927Central Kansas DrillingDomestic121.5152006—
389068Central Kansas DrillingDomestic112102006—
389069Central Kansas DrillingDomestic10052006—
389070Central Kansas DrillingDomestic169102006—
389071Central Kansas DrillingDomestic51102006—
389439Central Kansas DrillingDomestic67112006—
389440Central Kansas DrillingDomestic70152006—
389441Central Kansas DrillingDomestic36152006—
391039Central Kansas DrillingDomestic12882006—
391040Central Kansas DrillingDomestic72122006—

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