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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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